When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieve international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have.The fourth edition incorporates new scholarship that traces the most important developments in the evolution of musical drama. After surveying anticipations of the operative form in the lyric theater of the Greeks, medieval dramatic music, and other forerunners, the book reveals the genre's beginnings in the seventeenth century and follows its progress to the present day.A SHort History of Opera examines not only the standard performance repertoire, but also works considered important for the genre's development. Its expanded scope investigates opera from Eastern European countries and Finland. The section on twentieth-century opera has been reorganized around national operatic traditions, including a chapter devoted solely to opera in the United States that incorporates material on the American musical and ties between classical opera and popular musical theater. A separate section on Chinese opera is also included.With an extensive multilanguage bibliography, more than one hundred musical examples, and stage illustrations, this authoritative one-volume survey will be invaluable to students and serious opera buffs. New fans will also find it highly accessible and informative. Extremely thorough in its coverage. A Short History of Opera is now more than ever the book to turn to for anyone who wants to know about the history of this art form.

A Short History of Opera, 2nd Edition

Arts & Photography

Grout, Donald J.

Music

Columbia University Press

The Eighth Edition of A History of Western  Music is a vivid, accessible, and richly  contextual view of music in Western culture.Building on his monumental revision of the  Seventh Edition, Peter Burkholder has refined an inspired narrative for a new generation of  students, placing people at the center of the  story. The narrative of A  History of Western Music naturally focuses  on the musical works, styles, genres, and ideas  that have proven most influential, enduring, and significant—but it also encompasses a wide range  of music, from religious to secular, from  serious to humorous, from art music to popular  music, and from Europe to the Americas. With a  six-part structure emphasizing the music’s  reception and continued influence, Burkholder’s  narrative establishes a social and historical  context for each repertoire to reveal its legacy and its significance today.

A History of Western Music

History

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Palisca, Claude V.

NY: Norton

This comprehensive collection of 205 scores illustrates every significant trend and genre of Western music from antiquity to modern times.Highlights of the repertoire include new works from all periods: more contrasting virelais, ballades, and other chansons from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries; large-scale choral works, including Gabrieliâ€™s In ecclesiis, Lullyâ€™s Te Deum, Haydnâ€™s Creation, and Prokofievâ€™s Alexander Nevsky; more opera, including Norma, Les Huguenots, and Madama Butterfly; orchestral and chamber works by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, DvorÃ¡k, and Tchaikovsky; and new twentieth-century works by Satie, BartÃ³k, Milhaud, Prokofiev, VarÃ¨se, Hindemith, Cowell, Cage, Feldman, Stockhausen, Boulez, Berio, Reich, Adams, Ligeti, Schnittke, and Michael Daugherty.

Study and Listening Guide for A History of Western Music, 5th ed. & Norton Anthology of Western Music, 3rd ed.

Burkholder, J. Peter

Reference

The history of Western art music comes alive in this sweeping overview. Based on the definitive Grout/Palisca A History of Western Music, Concise History of Western Music offers a wealth of information in a convenient form accessible to all music lovers and features lush illustrations, music examples, and contemporary accounts from musicians through the ages.

Concise History of Western Music

Hanning, Barbara Russano

Thoroughly revised and updated with outstanding new pedagogy, Concise History of Western Music, Second Edition, provides an authoritative yet succinct survey of Western music history. Based on Grout and Paliscas classic A History of Western Music, Sixth Edition, Professor Hanning's text retains the uncompromising reliability and scope of its parent volume while presenting material in readable prose, with more pedagogy and fewer details. Lavishly illustrated with maps, timelines, color plates, and musical examples, Concise History of Western Music, Second Edition, delivers authoritative scholarship in an accessible and engaging format.

The definitive history of Western Music\nThe 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.

History of Western Music

Littlehampton Book Services Lt

Alessandro Scarlatti, an Introduction to His Operas

Univ. Of California Pr.

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A Short History of Opera, 2nd Edition

A History of Western Music

A History of Western Music

A History of Western Music

Study and Listening Guide for A History of Western Music, 5th ed. & Norton Anthology of Western Music, 3rd ed.

Concise History of Western Music

Concise History of Western Music

History of Western Music

Alessandro Scarlatti, an Introduction to His Operas