I, too, would love to hear how you arrived at your topic. As I have mentioned before, I have been using your book happily since 1973! Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manolo Laguillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arthur Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LUTELIST" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: P H Lang: Music in Western Civilization
> Dear Arthur, > > thank you very much for your informed answer. > If I was expecting one opinion, it was precisely yours. > The URL you provide is also very good... > > BTW, Arthur, let me ask you something I am often curious about: how did > you arrive to that thesis theme, Francesco Canova da Milano? > I imagine you have told the story quite often, and perhaps it is even > written down somewhere, so answering my question would be as easy as > providing the link to that text. > If that's not the case, I'm sure many in this list (at least newcomers > as myself) share with me this desire of knowing... > > Saludos from Barcelona, > > Manolo Laguillo > > > > Arthur Ness wrote: > >> Dear Manollo, >> >> I did not realize that the book was available in >> translation. Paul Henry Lang was a much admired >> musicologist and member of the music facuilty at >> Columnbia University. His Music in Western Civilization >> (1941) is his best known work. He also wrote a >> pathfinding book on Handel, among other nice things. >> >> WesternCiv is for its time (1941) a >> comprehensive coverage of most areas of music history. >> It is an easy read, since he seems to have been aiming >> for the general reader, and he has a fine ,literary >> style (in English, at least). As a result he does not >> always go into the detail that one might expect in a >> history intended for professional musicians or >> conservatory >> students. Another drawback is that so many discoveries >> have been made since he wrote, that much is lacking. >> >> Take a look here in the dealers's column. Some copies >> are very inexpensive in German or English (3-5 Euros). >> >> http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib/en/kvk.html >> >> Hope this helps in your decision. >> >> The standard one-volume music history is Grout (Donald >> Jay) and Palisca (Claude) A History of Western Music >> (Norton--many editions). In Spanish from Alianza in >> Madrid. >> ajn. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manolo Laguillo" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:20 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] P H Lang: Music in Western Civilization >> >> >>> Hi, lutefriends, >>> >>> I have found the spanish translation, made in >>> Argentina in 1963, of >>> >>> Paul Henry Lang: Music in Western Civilization. >>> >>> It is a substantial volume (nearly 900 pages), and the >>> price, even being >>> a 2nd hand book, is also quite hefty. This is because >>> of the weight, >>> which pushes the sending costs. >>> >>> What is your opinion of this book? Is it worth the >>> expens? >>> >>> Thank you in advance for your responses. >>> >>> Saludos from Barcelona, >>> >>> Manolo Laguillo >>> >>> -- >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >> >> >> > > -- >
