A Comprehensive History of Western Music (Revised Edition)

Author: Yu Runyang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book includes seven sections: Ancient Greek and Roman Music, Medieval Music, Renaissance Music, Baroque Music, Classical Music, Romantic Music, and 20th-Century Music. It is a key textbook for the "Nineteen-Ninety-Five" National Key Textbook Project in general higher education in China and part of the "Music Volume" of the "Major Series of Chinese Art Education." It introduces readers to the general history of Western music. The book is divided into seven sections in chronological order: Ancient Greek and Roman Music, Medieval Music, Renaissance Music, Baroque Music, Classical Music, Romantic Music, and 20th-Century Music. It is rich in content, profound in theory, and authoritative, making it an excellent textbook for students of art in general higher education. This book is one of the series textbooks edited under the auspices of the Education Department of the Ministry of Culture, designated as the textbook for the general history of Western music in China's higher professional music colleges. Later, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as a research project in humanities and social sciences under the "Nineteen-Ninety-Five" program and funded by the Ministry of Education for research.