Western Music History (Textbook for General Education Elective Courses of Peking University)

Author: Zhu Qiuhua
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Publish Date: 2002-09-19
Features: This book explores the development process of Western music within the broader context of cultural and art history. It analyzes various phenomena in the history of Western traditional music from the perspective of music culture, aiming to provide a comprehensive and general introduction to various musical styles from ancient Greece and Rome to the present day. It introduces the representatives and representative works of different musical creative tendencies, as well as the social backgrounds that gave rise to distinct musical styles and schools. It reveals the humanistic spirit and aesthetic characteristics of musical works in different social and historical periods. At the same time, it strives to avoid excessive involvement in deep musical technical theory analysis, focusing instead on cultivating students' intuitive understanding of music. This enables them to not only grasp the development of Western music and its cultural characteristics but also further enhance their musical aesthetic appreciation and judgment skills.