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A history of western music
- Title
- A history of western music / J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca.
- Author
- Burkholder, J. Peter (James Peter)
- Publication
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2010.
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- Description
- xxxiv, 986 p., 129 p. : ill. (some col.), music; 27 cm.
- Summary
- "The narrative of A History of Western Music naturally focuses on the musical works, styles, genres and ideas that have proven most influential, enduring and significant - but it also encompasses a wide range of music, from religious to secular, from serious to humorous, from art music to popular music, and from Europe to the Americas."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. A22-A86) and index.
- Contents
- Editorial advisory board -- Maps -- Guide to recordings -- Part one, The ancient and medieval worlds. Music in antiquity ; The Christian Church in the first millennium ; Roman liturgy and chant ; Song and dance music in the Middle Ages ; Polyphony through the thirteenth century ; French and Italian music in the fourteenth century -- Part two, The Renaissance. Music and the Renaissance ; England and Burgundy in the fifteenth century ; Franco-Flemish composers, 1450-1520 ; Sacred music in the era of the Reformation ; Madrigal and secular song in the sixteenth century ; The rise of instrumental music -- Part three, The seventeenth century. New styles in the seventeenth century ; The invention of opera ; Music for chamber and church in the early seventeenth century ; France, England, Spain and the New World in the seventeenth century ; Italy and Germany in the late seventeenth century -- Part four, The eighteenth century. The early eighteenth century in Italy and France ; German composers of the late Baroque ; Musical taste and style in the Enlightenment ; Opera and vocal music in the early classic period ; Instrumental music : sonata, symphony, and concerto at midcentury ; Classical music in the late eighteenth century -- Part five, The nineteenth century. Revolution and change ; The Romantic generation : song and piano music ; Romanticism in classic forms : orchestral, chamber, and choral music ; Romantic opera and musical theater to midcentury ; Opera and musical theater in the later nineteenth century ; Late Romanticism in Germany and Austria ; Diverging traditions in the later nineteenth century -- Part six, The twentieth century and after. The early twentieth century ; Modernism and the classical tradition ; Between the World Wars : jazz and popular music ; Between the World Wars : the classical tradition ; Postwar crosscurrents ; Music since 1970 -- Glossary -- For further reading.
- Call Number
- JMF 13-440
- ISBN
- 9780393931259 (hardcover)
- 0393931250 (hardcover)
- 9780393932805
- 039393280X
- LCCN
- 2008044302
- OCLC
- 227016322
- Author
- Burkholder, J. Peter (James Peter)
- Title
- A history of western music / J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca.
- Imprint
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2010.
- Edition
- 8th ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. A22-A86) and index.
- Added Author
- Grout, Donald Jay.Palisca, Claude V.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Grout, Donald Jay. History of western music. 8th ed. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2010 (OCoLC)639686119
- Research Call Number
- JMF 13-440