A Short History of Opera. [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1965] Grout, Donald Jay.

A Short History of Opera.

Arts & Photography

GROUT, DONALD JAY

Music

Columbia University Press

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.

A History of Western Music (Revised Edition)

W.W.Norton

A History of Western Music, Shorter Edition

Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

This is Volume 1 of a six CD set that inludes 6 discs. This volume covers the history of western music from the medieval era to later times. It includes Gregorian chants, medieval ballads, madrigals, motets, chansons, danseries, concertos, and artists ranging from Euripides and Magister Albertus to artists such as Purcell, Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach.

Concise Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

Palisca, Claude V.

History

This audio complement to "A History of Western Music" includes recordings of all the works appearing in "The Norton Anthology of Western Music". As in the previous edition, the recordings are of the highest quality and are performed by outstanding groups and soloists. New track references in the textbook allow students to locate the recorded works on the CD set as they read the corresponding discussions in the text. The collection features 20 new works, plus an additional 14 new recordings of works included in the previous edition

Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Vol. 2: Classic to Modern

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is the most up-to-date body of musical knowledge ever gathered together.
The New Grove composer biographies have been selected from the dictionary to bring the finest of the biographies to a wider audience. Each has been expanded and updated for book publication and contains a comprehensive work-list, index, and fully revised bibliography, in addition to the definitive view of the subject's life and works.
The riches of the Italian baroque continue to be discovered by music lovers. From the operas of Monteverdi to the concertos of Vivaldi―through the operas of Cavalli and Alessandro Scarlatti, the serene string music of Corelli―this repertory has been increasingly played and recorded. This volume presents authoritative biographical essays and musical assessments of the six greatest composers of this period, written by a team of leading scholars, including Denis Arnold, Thomas Walker, and Donald Grout.

The New Grove Italian Baroque Masters: Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Corelli, A. Scarlatti, Vivaldi, D. Scarlatti (The New Grove Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Talbot, Michael

Walker, Thomas

Arnold, Denis

Newcomb, Anthony

Sheveloff, Joel

Arts & Literature

W.W.Norton&Company

History Of Western Music

Burkholder, J. Peter (james Peter)

The definitive history of Western Music The 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.

Norton Anthology of Western Music

Burkholder, J. Peter

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