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Norton Anthology of Western Music: Volume 1: Ancient to Baroque | 
 enlarge | Creators: J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 153744
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 742
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0393979903
Dewey Decimal Number: 780.9
EAN: 9780393979909
ASIN: 0393979903
Publication Date: July 11, 2005
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Product Description
The ideal companion to A History of Western Music, Seventh Edition, the two-volume Norton Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, includes 172 historically significant scores, 71 of them new to this edition, with a strengthened emphasis on twentieth-century music. Revised and enlivened commentaries closely examine the scores to clarify their historical significance, and professional recordings of all works in the anthology are included on CDs, many in dynamic new performances.
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 Norton Anthology October 9, 2008
The book was in great condiditon. It is put together well with great description, both theoretical and musical, about each piece.
Not necessarily for your average music lover December 13, 2007
These anthologies are mostly used in music history courses to my knowledge and so I don't believe it's fair to say that this book fails to offer enough excerpts in this genre, or in this country, or during such and such years. I used this book during my first semester of music history at the undergraduate level (focusing on the second volume the next semester) and there simply isn't enough time to cover everything that ever happened during this period.
The anthology strives to give textbook examples of certain genres, forms, etc. and even ones that don't follow such rules that I HOPE are explained by an instructor. The reason they do that is so students don't leave the class thinking every piece fall neatly into rules. It's only big schools (who more than likely have a graduate program like I'm in) that can afford to offer classes that can focus on narrower time periods. It was only until I was in grad school that I could take a semester class that just focused on the Baroque; Just 150 years were studied in one semester and even then things were left out. For a comprehensive reference for music history, this is a great anthology.
Excellent January 9, 2007
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This book was sent out the day after I bought it, and was in the stated condition. Excellent service, would buy from this seller again.
meh -it's a textbook November 11, 2006
It was a textbook required for a class. It's a very scholarly book and if you have an interest in ancient-baroque music this has very good examples of that music.
 Too Much Information, Too Little Space September 2, 2004
13 out of 20 found this review helpful
As is typical with surveys of music written before 1800, this volume devotes way too little time and space to a period of music history spanning almost 2000 years, and yet volume two deovtes roughly the same amount of space to two hundred years of music history (ca. 1800-present). One gets the impression that a series of relatively inconsequential composers filled in the blanks until Bach and Handel, and that's grossly unfair not only to the composers of those works (and the works themselves), but also to those who wish to learn something about music written before Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi and Puccini.
If you're looking to learn something about music written before 1800, stay away from these kinds of surveys and point yourself in the direction of books focused more on particular subject areas -- for example, James Anthony's book on French Baroque music and Gary Tomlinson's book "Monteverdi and the End of the Renaissance" provide lucid breakdowns for those new to these genres, as well as those who already have some background in the subject matter.
There are a few books that are even more general than those I mentioned above but that still provide a clear outline of music from paricular eras. For example, Richard Hoppin's "Medieval Music" and the accompanying "Anthology of Medieval Music" is a fine place to begin a study of this period. Alan Atlas' "Renaissance Music: Music in Western Europe, 1400-1600", and Howard Mayer Brown's "Music in the Renaissance" (2nd Edition) are excellent surveys of the music of that period. For Baroque music, Claude Palisca's "Baroque Music" (3rd Edition) is a good primer, as is Manfred F. Bukofzer's "Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi to Bach." Also advised is reading primary sources, since they often give the reader an idea of the intentions of the composers and are a great aid in understanding the motives behind historically-informed performances of this repetoire. For this, look to Oliver Strunk's "Source Readings in Music History: The Baroque Era."
(By the way, all of these books can be found on Amazon.com)
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