THE BOOK OF MUSICAL DOCUMENTS by Nettl, Paul - 1948

NY: Philosophical Library. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are almost as new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall, XIV + 381pp. 1948. Light gray cloth, blue spine and front cover lettering. MUSIC. Introduction by Carleton Sprague Smith. "This book, the first of its knd in English, represents a survey of music history by presentation of original documents. It begins with the roots of human civilization, the music of the primitive and Asiatic peoples, of the Hellenes and Hebrews. The music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque follow, while the emphasis lies upon the classicists and romanticists. Nor does it overlook the most recent development of European and American music. Statements of medieval writers alternate with unknown memoirs; letters of musicians, poets, and philosophers are followed by excerpts from poems, diaries, archieves, etc. We learn not only what Chaucer, Shakespeare, Goethe, and Heine thought about music, but also about the musical regulations in the Nazi horror camp of Theresienstadt. " Some Chapters: Primitives and Asiatic peoples; Hellenic and early Jewish culture; Pre-classical time; Gluck - Opera and ballet; Bach and Handel; Haydn, Mozart; Beethoven; Early and Late Romanticism; Vienna, a center of music; French and Italians; Russians and Czechs; Music of recent times; Music in a degenerate world. ... Index. 24 b/w plates. .