"A General History of World Music" is a masterpiece on music history published by the famous French publishing house Seuil. The work is based on the development process of human civilization, using a historical perspective and concise writing style to analyze and describe the musical civilization from prehistory to contemporary society.

Author: Roland de Candé

Translator: Wang Ruihua Translated by Cao Shengchao

Editor: Lu Yanping He Luwei

Cover design: Liu Qinghai

Finished product: 165×240mm

Number of pages in the first volume: 609

Number of pages in the next volume: 449

Publication date: March 2014

Price: 128.80 yuan

Publisher: China Renmin University Press

Book introduction

《 "A General History of World Music" is a masterpiece on music history published by the famous French publishing house Seuil. The work is based on the development process of human civilization, using a historical perspective and concise writing style to analyze and describe the musical civilization from prehistory to contemporary society.

The development of music is as long and long as the development of the entire human society and civilization. Such a broad and rich field is far beyond the scope of one book. Therefore, this book focuses on the history of world music development. : In terms of region, it focuses on the mainstream music culture in Europe; in terms of timeline, it focuses on the development of music in the past five centuries, especially on the types of music, genres, and a large number of famous and talented composers and works that emerged during this period. A systematic review and detailed introduction were carried out. In addition to the introduction, the author also makes in-depth thoughts and bold predictions about contemporary music society.

As for ancient music from the 10th century BC and beyond, due to limitations of documentary research, the author only gave a brief overview; as for Eastern music, the author did not spend much space, but we can also learn from A framework understanding can be obtained from the introduction and the first three chapters reviewed by the author.