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: <[email protected]> > 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 >> > > > --
