THE GROWTH OF MUSIC - Part 1: From the Troubadours to J. S. Bach; Part 2: The Age of Sonata from C. P. E. Bach to Beethoven; Part 3: Ideals of the Nineteenth Century

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 12mo. 160, 176, 194 pp. Please note, these are very heavy books and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Blue cloth; gray cloth; and green cloth; all three are lettered in black on the front panels and spines. The titles are: Part One: From the Troubadours to J. S. Bach; Part Two: The Age of Sonata from C. P. E. Bach to Beethoven; and Part Three: Ideals of the Nineteenth Century. All three books have light wear on the corners; no dustjackets; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Book One: From the Troubadours to Monteverde; Music in England Up to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century; Music in Four Countries at the End of the Seventeenth Century: Italy; France; England; Germany; The Lives of Handel and Bach; Vocal Music of Handel and Bach; and Instrumental Music of Handel and Bach. Part Two: A Bird's Eye View; Instruments; The Lives of Haydn and Mozart; Sonata Form; Quartet and Symphony; Music Words and Drama; Opera in Paris and Vienna; and Beethoven. Part Three: New Paths; Schubert and Song; The Orchestra and Berlioz; The Piano and Its Composers; Wagner and the Opera; Chamber Music and the Symphony; National Ideals; and Our Own Part; followed by an index of names..