The Oxford History Of English Music: Volume 1: From The Beginnings To C.1715,New Carp A Halfdrowned Land Where The

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The Oxford History Of English Music: Volume 1: From The Beginnings To C.1715,New Carp A Halfdrowned Land Where TheThis First Volume Of A Magisterial Twovolume Survey Of English Music Charts Its Development From Its Beginnings To About 1715. It Looks At The Music Of Early Monastic Institutions And The Development Of Polyphony, Including The Extraordinarily Advanced Midthirteenthcentury Canon, 'Sumeris Icumen In.' It Deals With The First Golden Age Of English Music, Namely The Midfifteenthcentury Composers Represented In The Old Hall Manuscript, Such As Dunstable