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 centre of the story. The narrative of A History of Western Music naturally focuses on the musical works,

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 Gabrieli's In ecclesiis, Lully's Te Deum, Haydn's ..

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 Gabrieli's In ecclesiis, Lully's Te Deum, Haydn's ..

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 Gabrieli's In ecclesiis, Lully's Te Deum, Haydn's ..

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 centre of the story. The narrative of A History of Western Music naturally focuses on the musical works,

Traces the developments in the evolution of musical drama. This book aims to reveal the genre's beginnings in the seventeenth century and its progress. It examines the standard performance repertoire and works considered important for the genre's development. It also presents an investigation of opera from Eastern European countries and Finland.