The Oxford History of Western Music: College Edition

By Richard Taruskin

Book Overview

Based on the award-winning six-volume work by Richard Taruskin, The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive history of Western music available.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
BL Offers a unique focus on the people behind music history
BL Places musical works within their larger cultural, social, and political contexts, providing a compelling narrative of music history
BL Covers music of all eras along with a special emphasis on the most studied works of the past 200 years
BL Improves critical thinking by offering differing perspectives on how the Western musical canon developed
BL Builds listening and analysis skills through comprehensive discussion of key works
BL Includes helpful learning and study tools (timelines, maps, musical examples and diagrams, chapter summaries, key terms, study questions, and a glossary)

Offering a complete package for building students' understanding and appreciation of the classical canon, this groundbreaking text is also supplemented by a variety of high-quality resources:

--- Instructor's Resource CD containing a computerized test bank, an Instructor's Manual, study questions, PowerPoint-based lecture slides, and links to Oxford Music Online

--- A free companion website (www.oup.com/us/taruskin) with chapter outlines, key terms and definitions, and suggested links
--- Three score anthologies* featuring scores of key works discussed in the text and introductory essays prepared by a team of expert authors; a full three-volume CD set* corresponding to the three score anthologies contains musical examples from the anthologies in high-quality MP3 format:

Oxford Anthology of Western Music
Volume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century
Edited by David J. Rothenberg and Robert R. Holzer
V1 Print Anthology: 9780199768257
V1 Recorded Anthology (2 CDs): 9780199768288

Oxford Anthology of Western Music
Volume Two: The Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Late Nineteenth Century
Edited by Kl M (c) z and David E. Schneider
V2 Print Anthology: 9780199768264
V2 Recorded Anthology (3 CDs): 9780199768295

Oxford Anthology of Western Music
Volume Three: The Twentieth Century
Edited by Kl M (c) z and David E. Schneider
V3 Print Anthology: 9780199768271
V3 Recorded Anthology (2 CDs): 9780199768301

--- A concise edition of recordings* is also available on 3 CDs: 9780199768318

* Sold separately

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195097629
• ISBN13: 9780195097627
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 1248 Pages
• Weight: 5.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 2.2" x 10.1"