Barbara Hanning's Concise History of Western Music offers students a manageable introduction to the forces that shaped music. Combining concision with the imaginative pedagogy that her text pioneered, Hanning focuses on an essential repertoire of 109 characteristic works-from the Middle Ages to the present-providing students with the cultural and historical context to illuminate the music and remember its significance.
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The most student-friendly music history text available.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780393263220
Publisert
2014-06-20
Utgave
5. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Ww Norton & Co
Vekt
1405 gr
Høyde
277 mm
Bredde
208 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
06, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
736

Biografisk notat

Barbara Russano Hanning (Professor of Music, The City College and Graduate Center, CUNY) taught music history to undergraduate and graduate students for forty years and is the author of a book on early opera. She has served as president of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music and chaired the Music Department at City College for fifteen years.