The Concise Oxford History of Music
by Gerald Abraham
ISBN: 0193113198
ISBN-13: 9780193113190
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Published date: 1980
Pages: 990
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An authoritative, comprehensive volume by one of the world's most highly respected musicologists covers the whole history of music by genre, from its first recorded emergence in Sumer and Egypt to the death of Stravinsky.
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Abraham, Gerald
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Abrahan Gerald
London: Oxford University Press, 1979. 968 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This book employs the microscope, the Concise the telescope. Through the telescope one sees the broad lines and can also pick out details that reveal life and reality-though not, unfortunately, the details which would fill out and qualify simplified accounts of complex matters.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ( more information)
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Abraham, Gerald
London: Oxford University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Dustjacket price-clipped with minor edge wear.; ; 968 pages . ( more information)
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The Concise Oxford History of Music
Abraham, Gerald
NY: Oxford Univ Pr, 1980. First printing. Cloth, map endpapers; 968 pps. with index. Illustrated and with numerous musical examples. Most comprehensive, authoritative one-volume works on the histor of music. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First. Hard Cover. ( more information)
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Abraham, Gerald
London: Oxford University Press, 1979. Cloth. 968 pp. indexed. Endpaper maps. No ownership or other marks. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is price-clipped and protected in mylar. A nice hardcover copy. Mus. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information)
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Abraham, Gerald
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