History of Music [Hardcover] BALTZELL, W.J.

Description

1905 edition by W. J. Baltzell. Hardcover has some normal wear. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and binding is secure. Ships from Colorado.

This early 20th-century volume on the “History of Music” by W.J. Baltzell offers a fascinating window into the study of music’s evolution and cultural significance in the decades before the advent of modern musicology. Published in 1905, it represents one of the earliest comprehensive attempts to trace the development of music from ancient civilizations through the Renaissance and into the Romantic era. While the scholarship may be dated by today’s standards, this work holds immense value as a primary source, reflecting the perspectives and methodologies of music historians from that era. Baltzell’s prose style and areas of emphasis reveal the intellectual currents and cultural biases that shaped the field in his time. For collectors interested in the history of musicology or early 20th-century perspectives on the arts, this well-preserved copy presents an opportunity to engage with an important artifact from a formative period in the discipline’s evolution.