Books in the The New Oxford History of Music series

A study of early Christian music in medieval western Europe, which surveys the repertoires of Byzantine and Roman chants. Summarized accounts of Syrian, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian chants are represented alongside the Christian chant by way of an introduction to other musical forms.

Volume IX completes The New Oxford History of Music in 10 volumes, and includes the whole span of western instrumental music and opera in the greater part of the nineteenth century.

Opera and Church Music 1630-1750

The Age of Beethoven 1790-1830

The Modern Age 1890-1960

Takes account of developments in late-mediaeval music scholarship during the latter decades of the 20th century, and includes experience gained through changes in performance practice. The book discusses marginal areas of the subject, such as Jewish traditions and mediaeval dance music.

The Age of Enlightenment 1745-1790

Ars Nova and the Renaissance 1300-1540

The Age of Humanism 1540-1630