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A Treasury of Early Music: Masterworks of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque Era

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Carl Parrish - 1964

Fifty first-rate musical compositions document the development of musical style from the early Middle Ages to the Middle of the 18th century.

Among the selections are a Gregorian hymn, an English lute piece, operatic arias, instrumental and vocal motets, a French ballad, as well as works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Buxtehude, and other masters. Commentary evaluates style, form and historical setting, and complete compositions or sections of compositions are supplied when possible.

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Franklin Hamilton - 1964

When Edward the Confessor, King of England, died in January 1066 without an obvious heir to the throne, his death precipated two invasions of England and a series of battles for the crown by three men: King Harold II of England, King Harold Hardrada of Norway, and Duke William of Normandy (later King William I of England).

The outcome determined the course of western civilization for a thousand years to come. Robert Silverberg, writing under the name Franklin Hamilton, brings alive the human participants of the conflict, making them relevant to the modern-day world.

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1964

A Treasury of Early Music: Masterworks of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque Era

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