Development of Western Music: A History
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ISBN: 0697125475 / Publisher: Brown & Benchmark Pub, September 1994
A splendid text that traces the development of Western art music from antiquity into the early 1990s...
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A splendid text that traces the development of Western art music from antiquity into the early 1990s (two and a half chapters are devoted to the 20th century). An abundance of figures and musical examples illustrate the text, and 32 color plates are also included. This edition (1st ed., 1990) incorporates data from recent research and updates the accounts of accomplishments of significant late 20th-century composers. Auxiliary to the history text is The Development of Western Music: An Anthology , in two volumes, whose selections are recorded and obtainable in CD or cassette form. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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