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A History of Western Music Shorter Edition (edition 1960)

by Donald Jay Grout

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This is a chronological presentation of the development of Western music within Western culture. This edition has increased coverage of 20th-century music, and timelines covering musical events throughout history.
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Title:A History of Western Music Shorter Edition
Authors:Donald Jay Grout
Info:W W Norton & Company, Inc (1960), Edition: First, Hardcover
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This is the essential reference work for understanding the history of Western music. Filled with so many details, yet interesting not only for that reason but also because it is well-written. Worth a few moments of consideration or a whole afternoon immersing yourself in the wonder of music and its development over the centuries. ( )
  jwhenderson | Dec 23, 2022 |
It has a great depth and breadth of information--if you can find it. The book is poorly organized and sections are ordered in a counter-intuitive way. Again, a good thorough survey text that deserves its place as the standard of Western music history. Pity you'll have trouble finding things in it. ( )
  karimagon | Jun 23, 2022 |
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  laplantelibrary | Mar 18, 2022 |
Very well illustrated history of music ( )
  Brightman | Mar 27, 2018 |
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Grout, Donald Jayprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Burkholder, Petermain authorsome editionsconfirmed
Palisca, Claude V.main authorsome editionsconfirmed

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The purpose of a revision of a well-beloved historical survey is to improve the book and bring it into currency, not to recast it entirely.
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The State of Music at the End of the Ancient World
Anyone living in a province of the Roman Empire in the fifth century of the Christian era might have seen roads where people used to travel and now traveled no more, temples and arenas built for throngs and now falling into disuse and ruin, and life everywhere becoming with each generation poorer, more insecure, and more brutish.
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This is a chronological presentation of the development of Western music within Western culture. This edition has increased coverage of 20th-century music, and timelines covering musical events throughout history.

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