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		History of Music Recommendations - Set 1
		History of Music Recommendations - Set 2

HISTORY OF MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS SET 1

Recommendations for A History of Music - Set 1 are drawn from The Century series from Harmonia Mundi, which features a total of twenty compact discs, each carefully conceived and compiled using the most prestigious recordings in the Harmonia Mundi catalog. When complete, this series will offer an in-depth exploration of the glories of twenty-five centuries of Western music. Perfect for libraries or schools, these discs will also provide hours of enjoyment for the casual listener who will be interested only in the periods he or she already enjoys or would like to discover. Each volume in the Century collection is presented in a unique eight-panel digipak with 16-page booklet exclusively designed for this series, fully illustrated and containing texts that are both educational and entertaining.

Selections for Set 1
If youï¿½re interested in learning (and hearing) more about the history and development of Christian liturgical music, and by extension about that of the Western music heritage, this set is for you. The original set began with the pre-Christian period of Greek music, then traced development through Early Roman chant, Byzantine and Melkite chant, and other early forms such as Ambrosian, Beneventan and Mozarabic, moved on to Gregorian chant and its lineage, and then treated medieval secular and medieval polyphonic liturgical music. However, ï¿½Chant of the Early Christiansï¿½ and ï¿½1000 Years of Gregorian Chantï¿½ have been deleted by the publisher. Thus while there is a significant gap in the developmental overview, the series is still important and valuable.


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Music of the Ancient World presents a sampling of pre-Christian Greek music, early Hebrew traditions, and early Byzantine, Melkite and Gallican chant forms. Perfect for those interested in exploring the history and development of western music, these discs will also provide hours of enjoyment for the listener who is interested only in specific periods discover.
Troubadours, Trouveres, Minnesangers and Courtly Arts presents a sampling of secular music forms from the 11th to 13th century from the south of France: music of the Troubadors & Trouveres, as well as Cantitas de Santa Maria (Spain) the Minnesangers and Carmina Burana (Germany). Perfect for those interested in exploring the history and development of western music, these discs will also provide hours of enjoyment for the listener who is interested only in specific periods discover.
The Birth of Polyphony presents a sampling of early Medieval polyphony, including that of Aquitaine, the School of Notre Dame, period manuscripts and the Salisbury Rite in England. Perfect for those interested in exploring the history and development of western music, these discs will also provide hours of enjoyment for the listener who is interested only in specific periods discover.

HISTORY OF MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS SET 2

Recommendations for A History of Music-Set 2 are drawn from The Century series from Harmonia Mundi, which features a total of twenty compact discs, each carefully conceived and compiled using the most prestigious recordings in the Harmon ia Mundi catalog. When complete, this series will offer an in-depth exploration of the glories of twenty-five centuries of Western music. Perfect for libraries or schools, these discs will also provide hours of enjoyment for the casual listener who will be interested only in the periods he or she already enjoys or would like to discover. Each volume in the Century collection is presented in a unique eight-panel digipak with 16-page booklet exclusively designed for this series, fully illustrated and containing texts that are both educational and entertaining.

Selections for Set 2
If you’re interested in learning (and hearing) more about the history and development of Christian liturgical music, and by extension about that of the Western music heritage, this set is for you. Beginning with the birth of polyphony in the late Medieval period, continuing through the major creative phases of the Renaissance sacred music period, this collection tracks the development of the high points of polyphonic sacred music in the West.

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Ars Nova: A Revolution in the Late Middle Ages presents Ars Nova, a musical style that came into being during this time and which literally was a "new art" in sacred musical composition. It was characterised by virtuosity and complexity, was both applauded and condemned, and provided not just the first polyphonic masses, but laid the groundwork for later Renaissance sacred music.
Ars Subtilior: The Dawn of the Renaissance presents Ars Subtilior, a further music style that developed in Renaissance sacred music, characterized by rhythmic complexity, changes of metre, syncopations and changes in register. The CD focuses in three areas: Ars Subtilior, 15th Century English sacred music and Franco-Flemish polyphony. As with the whole series, the liner notes are substantial in discussing thes styles, their development and history.
Renaissance Sacred Music presents the main body of Renaissance sacred music, and includes most of the composers that come to mind with that term is used. The composition of the polyphonic mass, as the musical touchstone of the period because of its status, beauty and complexity, is discussed and illustrated, so that the reader/listener understand how Medieval and Renaissance sacred music began with existing Gregorian melodies, and by adding a new voice and styles created a new sacred form.
Songs of the Renaissance focuses on songs of the Renaissance, that is to say, mainly on the non-sacred polyphonic compositions of the names we know so well. By doing so it reminds us of the breadth of composition work done by almost all of these composers, and by illustrating the movement of the Medieval and Renaissance developmental process from sacred to secular, begins to lay the foundation for what we know think of as "classical music.

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