A History Of Western Music
by Grout, Donald Jay
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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£13.76£6.88
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1964. Shorter Edition. Donald Jay Grout.. Professor of Music, Cornell University.." A History of Western Music " Shorter Edition, provides a text of impeccable scholarship, modern in approach, beautifully written and proportioned for the stury of music history. This short edition is based on the author's full-length study of the development of western music from the close of the ancient world down through the most recent trends in atonalism and dodeaphony. Every aspect of music history is covered: all vocal and instrumental forms, notation, performance, music printing, development of instruments, and biographical information on composers. It is lavishly illustrated: 113 music examples, 100 half-tone illustrations of manuscripts, paintings, etc. Appendices include a glossary of musical terms,etc. Name has been 'blacked-out' on fep and ffep. Two corners of book bruised. A clean, tight copy. The painting on the jacket is "The Musician" by Bartholomeus Van der Helst.. Fifth Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A702
- Title
- A History Of Western Music
- Author
- Grout, Donald Jay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Fifth Impression
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Music History Music Criticism Music Studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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