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A history of western music

Title
A history of western music / J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca.
ISBN
9780393931259 (hardcover)
0393931250 (hardcover)
Edition
8th ed.
Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2010.
Physical Description
xxxiv, 985 p., 129 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 12, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Guide to recordings
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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