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	by J. Peter Burkholder, Jennifer L. King, Barbara Russano Hanning, and Claude V. Palisca Sales Rank: 691921	Discount: 6 % $20.60 At Amazon on 4-12-2008.

*Features* Cover Type: Paperback with 470 pages Published by: W W Norton & Co Inc. Np; 3Rev Ed edition March 30, 2007 Written in: English ISBN 10 Number: 0393928950 ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393928952 Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1.1 inches Weighs: 1.8 pounds *Book Description* Thoroughly revised and updated with outstanding new pedagogy, Concise History of Western Music, Second Edition, provides an authoritative yet succinct survey of Western music history. Based on Grout and Paliscas classic A History of Western Music, Sixth Edition, Professor Hanning's text retains the uncompromising reliability and scope of its parent volume while presenting material in readable prose, with more pedagogy and fewer details. Lavishly illustrated with maps, timelines, color plates, and musical examples, Concise History of Western Music, Second Edition, delivers authoritative scholarship in an accessible and engaging format. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. *About The Author* Barbara Russano Hanning is professor of music and chair of the music department at the City College of New York, where she has taught for many years. Among her publications are Of Poetry and Music's Power: Humanism and the Creation of Opera (1980) and Musical Humanism and Its Legacy (1992, co-editor). --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. *Reader Reviews* This review is from: Concise History of Western Music, Second Edition (Hardcover) Barbara Hanning's "Concise History of Western Music" is indeed a thinned-out version of Grout's comprehensive survey history of western music. While it's certainly not as concise as a volume of Cliff's Notes, Hanning's edition very successfully accomplishes what it sets out to do: it condenses the Grout, creating an easier reading and teaching text for use with college (undergraduate) musicians and students. If brevity is your thing, and most especially if you are new to music studies, you might instead look at Nicholas Cook's "Music: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford, 1998, reissued 2000). There, you'll find a truly _concise_ text (about 120 pages) that discusses the status of western music in modern society, as well as some of "classical" music's persistent historical themes, composers, and performance trends. If you're not involved with post-secondary music or humanities coursework, you may not consider the Hanning (or the Palisca "History of Western Music," for that matter) the most rewarding text for independent reading. Hanning's text functions quite well (perhaps best) as a book for classroom teaching and discussion, and I prefer it to Palisca's Grout edition. Comment \| Permalink \| (Report this) Back To Top
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