Concise History of Western Music
Hardcover
Barbara Russano Hanning (Author, City College, City University of New York)
The most engaging and accessible brief survey of Western music history, at the best value on the market.
Based on A History of Western Music, by J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca, Concise History of Western Music, Fourth Edition, offers authoritative coverage of the essential works and genres in Western music history. By setting musical events into a memorable historical and cultural context, Concise History of Western Music provides a history students will read and remember.
Book Details
- Hardcover
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Forthcoming
December 2009
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ISBN 978-0-393-93251-5
- 5 × 8 in
/ 736 pages
- Territory Rights: Worldwide
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