| | The Development of Western Music: A History |  | Author: K. Marie Stolba
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5911626
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
ISBN: 0072414294
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780072414295
ASIN: 0072414294
Publication Date: December 30, 2007
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Product Description
The abridged version of this highly successful text presents the history of music in the Western world with an emphasis on the most important styles, composers, and works.
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 This book is a LIFESAVER! March 22, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Ironically, during my undergraduate years I thought this book contained a little too much information. While the format was appealing, I relied on my professor's concise notes... However, now that I am in graduate school and am forced to read 'Soundings' by Watkins I am thanking my lucky stars for Stolba's 'Development of Western Music.' This book is a life saver! It's to the point, comprehensive, yet concise. This book shows me the difference between scholarly writing and someone that just likes to hear himself talk... The index and table of contents make this book a very handy reference.
 A Definitive Music History June 16, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently bought this book and found it to be outstanding. Ihave read quite a few music books including library references(although not text books - which this is) and found this book to be quite readable yet scholarly and comprehensive. There are many insets devoted to major composers, virtually no significant composer is omitted and there are many maps showing the cultural settings of the varius music periods. There are couple page summaries at the end of chapters. Unlike some books you're half way through by the time you get to Beethoven. I was glad that there is extensive coverage to medieval and renaissance music. The latin liturgy is well explained. The book shows well the place of music history in the general history of the west - in fact I got some new insights about western history. Lastly it is reasonably price for a college text.
A Definitive Music History January 13, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I recently bought this book and found it to be outstanding. Ihave read quite a few music books including library references(although not text books - which this is) and found this book to be quite readable yet scholarly and comprehensive. There are many insets devoted to major composers, virtually no significant composer is omitted and there are many maps showing the cultural settings of the varius music periods. There are couple page summaries at the end of chapters. Unlike some books you're half way through by the time you get to Beethoven. I was glad that there is extensive coverage to medieval and renaissance music. The latin liturgy is well explained. The book shows well the place of music history in the general history of the west - in fact I got some new insights about western history. Lastly it is reasonably price for a college text. END
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