This magnificent survey of the most popular period in music history is an extended essay embracing music, aesthetics, social history, and politics, by one of th

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First published in 2002, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on extensive scholarship in the field.

Aims to locate music within the framework of intellectual activity pertaining to the long nineteenth century (c 1789-1914). This title focuses on the interdisci

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