[Luchesi]

I downloaded this and gave them a donation.

https://kupdf.net/download/ludmila-ulehla-contemporary-harmony_590de3e0dc0d60802f959eaa_pdfLudmila Ulehla - Contemporary Harmony

 

[Andrew Kenneth]

Just received this =>

Gegenwärtig - 100 Jahre Neue Musik - Die Donaueschinger Musiktage
(216 page fully illustrated history of the Donaueschinger Musiktage)

 

[Jay]

Music In the Western World: A History In Documents -- Piero Weiss/Richard Taruskin
Contemplating Music: Challenges To Musicology -- Joseph Kerman
Music and Marx: Ideas, Practice, Politics -- Regula Qureshi
Music As Cultural Practice, 1800-1900 -- Lawrence Kramer

 

[juliante]

Anyone know if a good overview of chamber music - history, discussions on 'greatest' works?

 

[Xenophiliu]

Anyone know if a good overview of chamber music - history, discussions on 'greatest' works?

I don't know how in depth you are looking, but these are general surveys that aren't comprehensive. I find a lot of these overview books tend to be along the lines of recording liner notes, which is fine if you don't want a lot of depth and would rather have a companion or a starter guide.

I really only know Mark Radice's well, as it is a textbook and have come across it from time to time.

Chamber Music: An Essential History, Radice
Guide to Chamber Music, Dover
Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide, Keller
A Friend's Guide to Chamber Music: European Trends from Haydn to Shostakovich, Monsman