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Contents

Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century

CHAPTER 11 Island and Mainland

Music in the British Isles Through the Early Fifteenth Century and its Influence on the Continent

Chapter:
CHAPTER 11 Island and Mainland
Source:
MUSIC FROM THE EARLIEST NOTATIONS TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Author(s):
Richard Taruskin

Richard Taruskin

Ever since the late eighteenth century, when the first modern histories of music were written, the most famous piece of “ancient music” in the Western world (apart from chants in daily use) has been the little composition reproduced in its entirety in Fig. 11-1, a piece still known to many who have otherwise never run into any early music at all.

Citation (MLA):
Richard Taruskin. "Chapter 11 Island and Mainland." The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press. New York, USA. n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2024. <https://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume1/actrade-9780195384819-chapter-011.xml>.
Citation (APA):
Taruskin, R. (n.d.). Chapter 11 Island and Mainland. In Oxford University Press, Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century. New York, USA. Retrieved 4 Oct. 2024, from https://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume1/actrade-9780195384819-chapter-011.xml
Citation (Chicago):
Richard Taruskin. "Chapter 11 Island and Mainland." In Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century, Oxford University Press. (New York, USA, n.d.). Retrieved 4 Oct. 2024, from https://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume1/actrade-9780195384819-chapter-011.xml
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