The UTC Library now has online access to all five volumes of Richard Taruskin’s Oxford History of Western Music. Taruskin’s work explores the evolution of music in the West from the 16th Century to the present. As on online resource, the Oxford History of Western Music features captivating illustrations and over 1,800 examples of music throughout the collection. The Oxford History of Western Music is compatible with EndNote for researches using that service. This resource serves as a highly useful reference tool for those conducting music research.
Highlights include:
This chapter looks at Parisian cathedral music in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, most specifically at the Notre Dame de Paris
This chapter is a thorough examination of music of the English courts of the seventeenth century
Closer to home, this chapter looks at the evolution of American music in the early twentieth century and the influence of Parisian jazz.