A History of Emotion in Western Music : A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop.

Spitzer, Michael.

A History of Emotion in Western Music : A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop. - 1 online resource (457 pages)

This landmark book not only offers the first account of the history of emotion in Western music, with a broad sweep from Gregorian chant to Beyoncé, but also lays out an original theory for understanding musical emotion that centers the work of composers and performers.

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