Music in Western Civilization

By P.H. Lang

Lang's monumental history of music and musical culture has stood for the past half-century as the definitive work of its kind. The scope of the book is vast, beginning with the music of ancient Greece... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393094286
• ISBN13: 9780393094282
• Release Date: January 1940
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 6.5" x 2.0"

Customer Reviews

A MUST

This is the most comprehensive and engaging history of music ever written. It is a shame that the likes of Stolba and Wright & Simms are being foisted upon unsuspecting undergraduate apprentices of music history in academies all over the U.S. These "histories" are overpriced and simpleton both in their writing and scope. Lang is a superb writer, a connoisseur of history, art, literature, politics, culture, AND music. This work is a MUST for any serious student/lover of music and music history.

Absolutely indispensible

This book is a classic in every sense of the word and belongs on the bookshelf of every lover of music in the world. Essential.