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A general history of music from the infancy of the Greek drama to the present period is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking... Read Full Overview

A friend and pupil of Mendelssohn, the composer and author William Smith Rockstro (1823-95) was regarded as an expert on early music. He contributed articles on the subject to Sir George Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians as well as teaching counterpoint and plainsong... Read Full Overview

A General History of Music: From the Infancy of the Greek Drama to the Present Period is a comprehensive book written by William Smyth Rockstro in 1886. The book provides an in-depth account of the history of music, beginning with the emergence of Greek drama and tracing its... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

""A General History of Music: From the Infancy of the Greek Drama to the Present Period"" is a comprehensive book written by William Smyth Rockstro and published in 1886. The book provides a detailed account of the evolution of music from ancient Greece to the contemporary period... Read Full Overview