A General History of Music (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A General History of Music<br><br>For a Treatise of the History of Music from a general point of view R. G. Kiesewetter has laid the foundation in his admirable work (entirely the result of personal researches), entitled: "History of our Modern, or European, Music." The task that devolves on those who come after him is, on the one hand, to treat more in detail of the last century than he has done - carefully summing up the results of modem research -, on the other, to condense in a shorter review the period of preparation for "our modern music;" - in fact, to allot to each period as much time and consideration as its intrinsic worth and interest at the present day shall appear to warrant.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.