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Music History

1. The Women Troubadours

   Meg Bogin

   An introduction to the women poets of 12th-century Provence and a collection of their poems.More

2. The Beethoven Quartets

   Joseph Kerman

   A critical study of the structure, style, and significance of the sixteen string quartets.More

3. Medieval Music

   Richard H. Hoppin

   The present book will be of great usefulness to the college student who wants more information than can be gleaned from a survey of all Western music but may not have time for an intensive study of the entire medieval repertory.More

4. Anthology of Medieval Music

   Richard H. Hoppin

   This anthology is designed to accompany Medieval Music, the initial offering in the Norton Introduction to Music History series. It will also undoubtedly provide a welcome addition to the heretofore severely limited repertoire of medieval pieces available in contemporary notation.More

5. The Ring of the Nibelung

   Richard Wagner, Andrew Porter

   "Andrew Porter's utterly natural, often poetic, faithfully rendered English text should be a revelation...The immediacy of instant comprehension gives the entire drama an added dimension."—The New York TimesMore

6. Pope Marcellus Mass

   Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Lewis Lockwood

   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

7. 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

8. Preludes, Op. 28

   Frédéric Chopin, Thomas Higgins

   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

9. 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

10. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor

    Ludwig Van Beethoven, Elliot Forbes

    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

11. Symphony in B Minor ("Unfinished")

    Franz Schubert, Martin Chusid

    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

12. Fantastic Symphony

    Hector Berlioz, Edward T. Cone

    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

13. Dichterliebe

    Robert Schumann, Arthur Komar

    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

14. Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"

    Claude Debussy, William W. Austin

    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

15. Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 503

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Kerman

    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