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Music History

1. Anthology for Music in the Medieval West

   Margot Fassler, Walter Frisch

   A concise anthology featuring a wide range of medieval music.More

2. Music in the Medieval West

   Margot Fassler, Walter Frisch

   Medieval music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts.More

3. Music in the Baroque

   Wendy Heller, Walter Frisch

   Baroque music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts.More

4. Anthology for Music in the Baroque

   Wendy Heller, Walter Frisch

   A concise anthology including a wide range of Baroque music.More

5. Anthology for Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

   Joseph Auner, Walter Frisch

   A concise anthology including a wide range of music from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.More

6. Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

   Joseph Auner, Walter Frisch

   The music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts.More

7. The Birth of an Opera: Fifteen Masterpieces from Poppea to Wozzeck

   Michael Rose

   The Birth of an Opera offers illuminating insight into how operas are written and the personalities, incidents, and musical circumstances that have shaped their composition.More

8. An Introduction to America's Music

   Richard Crawford, Larry Hamberlin

   Second Edition

   An ear-opening exploration of music’s New World, from Puritan psalmody to mash-ups.More

9. Anthology for Music in the Eighteenth Century

   John A. Rice, Walter Frisch

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

10. The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument

    David Schoenbaum

    The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it.More

11. A History of Opera

    Carolyn Abbate, Roger Parker

    A bold, engaging exploration of opera’s fundamental nature and enduring appeal, from the sixteenth century to the present.More

12. Music in the Eighteenth Century

    John A. Rice, Walter Frisch

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

13. Anthology for Music in the Renaissance

    Richard Freedman, Walter Frisch

    A concise anthology including a wide range of Renaissance music.More

14. Music in the Renaissance

    Richard Freedman, Walter Frisch

    Renaissance music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts.More

15. The Story of Opera

    James Parakilas

    Four centuries of opera through the stories they tell.More