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Music History and Appreciation |
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Written by Jon Ensminger
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Tuesday, 14 February 2006 |
 | Music: An Illustrated Historical Overview by Johannes Rademacher. Concise, interesting, nicely illustrated music history from a European perspective.
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 | What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland, Alan Rich (Introduction). This is a classic music appreciation book, written by one of America's most highly-respected composers.
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 | The Chronicle of Classical Music: An Intimate Diary of the Lives and Music of the Great Composers by Alan Kendall. A new book receiving great reviews. Illustrated reference chronicles the last 400 years of music-making.
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 | The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music by Stanley Sadie (Editor) and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Explanations, discographies and bibliographies for every historical period. Stanley Sadie is the editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vladimir Ashkenazy is a famous pianist and conductor.
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 | Music Listening Today (with 2-CD Set) by Charles R. Hoffer. The companion CDs make this a good value as an all-in-one music appreciation package. A good variety of music is included on the CDs.
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 | The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven by Charles Rosen. Winner of the National Book Award, a highly respected work on the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven .
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 | An Outline History of Western Music by Milo Arlington Wold (Editor). The 9th edition of a popular outline of music history. This is mainly a reference and review book.
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 | Studying Music History: Learning, Reasoning, and Writing About Music History and Literature by David Poultney. This book takes an unusual approach: encourage short projects utilizing original source materials. Summarizes major features of historical periods.
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 | Source Readings in Music History : Greek Views of Music W. Oliver Strunk (Editor), Leo Treitler (Editor), and Thomas J. Mathiesen. A good resource for those wanting to read what the ancient Greeks thought and wrote about music.
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 | The Development of Western Music: A History by K Marie Stolba. An excellent, well-organized,user-friendly textbook.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 December 2007 )
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