Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!allegra!dep From: dep@allegra.UUCP (Dewayne Perry) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: Books on musicology Message-ID: <5127@allegra.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 09:00:37 EDT Article-I.D.: allegra.5127 Posted: Wed Sep 18 09:00:37 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Sep-85 05:33:51 EDT References: <1228@hcrvx1.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 31 A niggling nit: Tovey's books are more properly classified as musical analysis and not musicology (but you are forgiven for your inherent good taste in Haydn). Now that the nit has been taken care of - I agree that Tovey's books are worth having. They can be had in both hard and paper back forms. And since they have been around for quite a while, it is possible to find quite nice copies of them in used book stores. Rosen's book gives what I consider a lopsided view of the classical period - far too heavy on Beethoven, far too light on Haydn and Mozart and completely silent on everyone else. Another good writer is Karl Geiringer (University of California, Santa Barbara - emeritus now I think). His book on Haydn (the latest is the third edition) is probably the best one volume work on Haydn (for the full load, get H.C.Robbins Landon's 5 vol (approximately $80 per volume) set). His book on Brahms is also quite good. Both books can be had in paperback as well as hardback. The standard one volume History of Western Music by Donald J. Grout (Norton & Co) is worth having for the breadth and range of music history (and its very good bibliography). If you are interested inthe problems of musicology proper, Duckle's book on musicology is pretty much the standard work. One can never have too many good books on good subjects - Dewayne