A History of Western Music
by J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca
10th Edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780393668179 |
| eText ISBN | 9780393419641 |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publishing Year | 2018 |
| Edition | 10th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1120 |
A History of Western Music, 10th Edition, presents a structured historical textbook covering Western musical traditions across more than one thousand years. Written by J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca, the volume introduces undergraduate students, higher education instructors, and practicing musicians to the technical and cultural developments shaping musical creation from ancient traditions to contemporary works.
The narrative unfolds through six core historical divisions. It connects early Christian chant and medieval polyphony to Renaissance Franco-Flemish compositions, seventeenth-century chamber music, Enlightenment symphonic structures, nineteenth-century Romantic opera, and post-war twentieth-century classical traditions alongside popular musical movements.
To support direct analytical practice, a companion three-volume anthology offers printed scores for 229 specific compositions referenced within the text. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, this setup supports standard undergraduate music history courses, equipping students with foundational context for historical research and performance analysis.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Music in Antiquity
Chapter 2: The Christian Church in the First Millennium
Chapter 3: Roman Liturgy and Chant
Chapter 4: Song and Dance Music to 1300
Chapter 5: Polyphony through the Thirteenth Century
Chapter 6: New Developments in the Fourteenth Century
Chapter 7: Music and the Renaissance
Chapter 8: England and Burgundy in the Fifteenth Century
Chapter 9: Franco-Flemish Composers, 1450–1520
Chapter 10: Madrigal and Secular Song in the Sixteenth Century
Chapter 11: Sacred Music in the Era of the Reformation
Chapter 12: The Rise of Instrumental Music
Chapter 13: New Styles in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 14: The Invention of Opera
Chapter 15: Music for Chamber and Church in the Early Seventeenth Century
Chapter 16: France, England, Spain, and the New World in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 17: Italy and Germany in the Late Seventh Century
Chapter 18: The Early Eighteenth Century in Italy and France
Chapter 19: German Composers of the Late Baroque
Chapter 20: Musical Taste and Style in the Enlightenment
Chapter 21: Opera and Vocal Music in the Early Classic Period
Chapter 22: Instrumental Music: Sonata, Symphony, and Concerto
Chapter 23: Classical Music in the Late Eighteenth Century
Chapter 24: Revolution and Change
Chapter 25: The Romantic Generation: Song and Piano Music
Chapter 26: Romanticism in Classic Forms: Orchestral, Chamber, and Choral Music
Chapter 27: Romantic Opera and Musical Theater to Midcentury
Chapter 28: Opera and Musical Theater in the Later Nineteenth Century
Chapter 29: Late Romanticism in Germany and Austria
Chapter 30: Diverging Traditions in the Later Nineteenth Century
Chapter 31: The Early Twentieth Century: Vernacular Music
Chapter 32: The Early Twentieth Century: The Classical Tradition
Chapter 33: Radical Modernists
Chapter 34: Between the World Wars: Jazz and Popular Music
Chapter 35: Between the World Wars: The Classical Tradition
Chapter 36: Postwar Crosscurrents
Chapter 37: Postwar Heirs to the Classical Tradition
Chapter 38: The End of the Millennium
Chapter 39: Music in the Twenty-First Century
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