Norton Anthology of Western Music

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By J. Peter Burkholder and Claude V. Palisca and Donald Jay Grout

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Norton Anthology of Western Music offers a definitive survey of Western musical tradition. Combining current scholarship with a vibrant narrative, it explores the evolution of music from chant to hip-hop. Author J. Peter Burkholder weaves together stories of people and their choices, connecting past and present to provide a rich context for tomorrow's musicians.
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Ideal for students, teachers, and enthusiasts of Western music history seeking a comprehensive and trusted resource.

The definitive history of Western Music

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The definitive survey, combining current scholarship with a vibrant narrative. Carefully informed by feedback from dozens of scholars, it remains the book that students and teachers trust to explain what’s important, where it fits, and why it matters.

Peter Burkholder weaves a compelling story of people, their choices, and the western musical tradition that emerged. From chant to hip-hop, he connects past to present to create a context for tomorrow’s musicians.

Norton Anthology of Western Music is the definitive history of Western Music.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393656435

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Spiral bound

Date Published: 01 July 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Eighth Edition

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 43.0mm

Width: 211.0mm

Height: 257.0mm

Weight: 1366g

Pages: 1008

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Arts & Culture Claude V. Palisca Donald Jay Grout J. Peter Burkholder Non-Fiction

About the Author

J. Peter Burkholder is Distinguished Professor of Musicology at Indiana University. He has written and edited four books on Charles Ives, as well as numerous articles on topics spanning from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of Musicology, Musical Quarterly, 19th-Century Music, Music Theory Spectrum, and other journals. He has served as President, Vice President, and Director-at-Large of the American Musicological Society and on the board of the College Music Society. His writings have received awards from the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and ASCAP.

Donald Jay Grout, late professor of music at Cornell University, also wrote a standard history of opera.

Claude V. Palisca, late professor of music at Yale University, began his collaboration on A History of Western Music with the Third Edition. Among his many publications are a history of Baroque music and a collection of scholarly essays on Italian Renaissance music.