music historiography

The Autonomy of Music

In the preface to volume 4 of the Oxford History of Western Music Richard Taruskin outlines the way…

The Art of Time

I just started the second volume of Taruskin's massive Oxford History of Western Music and he …

Renaissance Serendipity

Is this a propos or what? The day after I put up a post explaining why the idea of "Renaissan…

"Renaissance" Music?

One of the most radical things about Richard Taruskin's Oxford History of Western Music is the…

World of Music

As a bit of a footnote to our recent discussion: I decided to re-read Taruskin's Oxford History…

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