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18th Century

1. Anthology for Music in the Eighteenth Century

   John A. Rice, Walter Frisch

   A concise anthology including a wide range of eighteenth-century music.More

2. Music in the Eighteenth Century

   John A. Rice, Walter Frisch

   Eighteenth Century Music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts.More

3. Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

   J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca

   Sixth Edition / Volume(s): 1: Ancient to Baroque

   The newly expanded recorded anthology features updated recordings from some of the best performers and ensembles working today alongside classic recordings by great artists.More

4. Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

   J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca

   Sixth Edition / Volume(s): Vol. 2: Classic to Romantic

   The newly expanded recorded anthology features updated recordings from some of the best performers and ensembles working today alongside classic recordings by great artists.More

5. Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

   J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca

   Sixth Edition / Volume(s): Concise Version

   The newly expanded recorded anthology features updated recordings from some of the best performers and ensembles working today alongside classic recordings by great artists.More

6. Norton Anthology of Western Music

   J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca

   Sixth Edition / Volume(s): 2: Classic to Romantic

   This comprehensive collection of 205 scores illustrates every significant trend and genre of Western music from antiquity to modern times.More

7. Norton Anthology of Western Music

   J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca

   Sixth Edition / Volume(s): 1: Ancient to Baroque

   This comprehensive collection of 205 scores illustrates every significant trend and genre of Western music from antiquity to modern times.More

8. Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style, 1720–1780

   Daniel Heartz

   A glittering cultural tour of Europe's major capitals during a period of intense musical change.More

9. Strunk's Source Readings in Music History: The Baroque Era

   Leo Treitler, Margaret Murata

   Revised Edition / Volume(s): 4

   Though traditionally labeled "Baroque," the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in music could as easily be termed "early modern," since many of the genres that are popular today—were established during that time.More

10. Strunk's Source Readings in Music History: The Late Eighteenth Century

    Leo Treitler, Wye Jamison Allanbrook

    Revised Edition / Volume(s): 5

    In The Late Eighteenth Century, Wye Jamison Allanbrook presents twenty-six readings that reveal how the music establishment of 1750-1800 saw itself.More

11. Classical Music: The Era of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

    Philip G. Downs

    In this, the fourth volume in the Norton Introduction to Music History series, Philip Downs traces the rise and decline of the "Classical" style from the birth of Haydn (1732) to the death of Beethoven (1827).More

12. Anthology of Classical Music

    Philip G. Downs

    For this carefully selected anthology, the author of Classical Music has chosen representative works from the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. All seventy-six selections--complete pieces, movements, or integral sections--are discussed at length in the companion text.More

13. The Sonata in the Classic Era

    William S. Newman

    Third Edition

    "The Sonata in the Classic Era is one of the great achievements of modern musicology. . . .I cannot recall any book in recent years that can equal it for its erudition, its strictly scientific method, and its amazing completeness. It will stand for many years to come as the unsurpassed text on its subject at all universities of the old and the new world." —Denes Bartha, University of PittsburghMore

14. Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat Major ("Drum Roll")

    Joseph Haydn, Karl Geiringer

    In 1970, Haydn's stint as Kapellmeister (director of music) for the Esterházy family came to an end when Prince Nicholas ("The Magnificent"), the great patron of the arts and an admirer of Haydn's music passed away.More

15. Cantata No. 140

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Gerhard Herz

    An original concept: in one volume, a study-size score of a major musical work, and a comprehensive body of tools for the study of that work.More