Concise history of western music / Barbara Russano Hanning ; based on Donald Jay Grout & Claude V. Palisca, A history of western music, fifth edition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanning, Barbara Russano, 1940-

Contributor:

Grout, Donald Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

xii, 585 pages : illustrations (some color), plates, music ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Norton, [1998]

Summary:

This exciting new volume, based on Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca's A History of Western Music, Fifth 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 (16 in full color), diagrams, maps, music examples, sideheads, chronologies, and a glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Grout, Donald Jay. History of western music.

ISBN:

0393971686

OCLC:

36824885