Paul Henry Lang (August 28, 1901 in Budapest – September 21, 1991 in Lakeville, Connecticut) was a Hungarian-American musicologist and music critic.

Paul Henry Lang (August 28, 1901 in Budapest – September 21, 1991 in Lakeville, Connecticut) was a Hungarian-American musicologist and music critic. Lang was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was educated in Catholic schools. In 1918, as World War I was coming to an end, he was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army though he had not completed school, and sent to the Italian front.

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Paul Henry Lang’s most popular book is Music in Western Civilization. One Hundred Years Of Music In America by. Paul Henry Lang (Contributor).

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Lang's monumental history of music and musical culture has stood for the past half-century as the definitive work of its . Those were certainly the days in which Paul Henry Lang wrote his masterful Music in Western Civilization

Lang's monumental history of music and musical culture has stood for the past half-century as the definitive work of its kind. The scope of the book is vast. Those were certainly the days in which Paul Henry Lang wrote his masterful Music in Western Civilization. Though it was perhaps nearing the end of them(it was published in 1941), it's very much a book of its time. It took a bit of trudging to wade through this massive tome. Lang begins with the music of the ancient Greeks and steadily marches through all the way to the turn of the 20th century. If you are looking for a history that canvases beyond this boundary, you need find yourself another book.

Paul Henry Lang, a renowned musicologist and music critic, died on Saturday at his home in Lakeville, Conn. Mr. Lang's "Music in Western Civilization" has been a standard text at American conservatories ever since its publication in 1941

Paul Henry Lang, a renowned musicologist and music critic, died on Saturday at his home in Lakeville, Conn. He was 90 years old. He died of heart failure, his son Jeremy said. Lang's "Music in Western Civilization" has been a standard text at American conservatories ever since its publication in 1941. The book's greatest value, though, is not the relative concision with which it presents streams of historical facts, but Mr. Lang's way of placing the music of an era within a broader social and cultural context.

Paul Henry Lang (August 28, 1901, Budapest – September 21, 1991, Lakeville, Connecticut) was a. .

Paul Henry Lang (August 28, 1901, Budapest – September 21, 1991, Lakeville, Connecticut) was a Hungarian-American musicologist and music critic. Lang was born in Budapest, Hungary, and studied at the Budapest Music Academy, under Zoltán Kodály, among others. He graduated in 1922, and from 1922–24 played bassoon in various orchestras.

Lang became best known for his often provocative articles and books on both contemporary trends in music and music history. One Hundred Years of Music in America.

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Are you sure you want to remove One hundred years of music in America from your list? One hundred years of music in America. Published 1985 by Da Capo Press in New York. Originally published: New York : G. Schirmer : Distributor to the book trade, Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Da Capo Press music reprint series. 322 p. ; Number of pages.