A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period
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A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period is an influential multi-volume 18th-century survey of Western music history that helped establish musicology as a scholarly discipline.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
multi-volume work
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music history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ scholarly work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Enlightenment scholarship ⓘ |
| author | Charles Burney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogCode | Burney, General History of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
18th-century music
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Baroque music ⓘ Renaissance music ⓘ ancient Greek music ⓘ medieval music ⓘ |
| field |
music history
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musicology ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1776 ⓘ |
| genre | historical survey ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
educated general readers
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scholars ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
multi-volume treatise
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prose ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Eurocentric view of music history ⓘ |
| hasReprints | modern scholarly editions ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of musicology as an academic discipline
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later music historians ⓘ |
| isConsidered | foundational text in musicology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastVolumePublicationYear | 1789 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential early contribution to music historiography
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systematic survey of Western music history ⓘ use of primary historical sources ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| publisherLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Western music history ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | earliest ages of music to the 18th century ⓘ |
| volumeCount | 4 ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupation |
composer
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music historian ⓘ |
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Charles Burney
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