2,000 Years of Music Compiled by and Released in Memory of Dr. Curt Sachs
produced by Curt Sachs, 1881-1959 (Folkways Records, 1962), 1 hour 5 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
A tribute to prominent musicologist and pioneering ethnomusicologist Dr. Curt Sachs, this compilation of Western classical music tours Greek, Jewish and Gregorian chant traditions; early polyphony of the 2nd century; religious polyphony of the 16th century; German dances and opera; songs of the troubadours; early music from the Netherlands; madrigals and motets.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 5 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Piece, Song
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Producer
- Curt Sachs, 1881-1959
- Release Date
- 1962
- Subject
- World Music, Music & Performing Arts, Europe, Europa
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Europa