Concise history of western music

Hanning, Barbara Russano 1940- (Author). Burkholder, J. Peter (James Peter). Based on (work): History of western music. (Added Author).

Summary: This text based on Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca's A History of Western Music, Ninth Edition, is perfect for those who seek an authoritative, readable text that is more succinct than the parent book. Concise History of Western Music combines Grout and Palisca's uncompromising reliability, scope, and respect for the narrative, while offering many more pedagogical aids, such as chapter preludes and postludes; "Etudes," excursions that explore the material more deeply than the main text; and "Windows," boxed discussions of special topics. This book also includes numerous vignettes (quotations by musicians and writers), illustrations, diagrams, music examples, sideheads, chronologies, and a glossary.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393920666
ISBN: 0393920666
ISBN: 9780393124262
ISBN: 0393124266
ISBN: 9780393263220
ISBN: 0393263223
ISBN: 9780393921618
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ISBN: 9780393936940
Physical Description: print
xxxiv, 646, 52 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part one. The ancient and medieval worlds -- Part two. The age of the renaissance -- Part three. The long seventeenth century -- Part four. The eighteenth century -- Part five. The nineteenth century: the age of romanticism -- Part six. The twentieth century and today.