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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN num: 9780534619626
ISBN number: 0534619622
Label: Schirmer
Manufacturer: Schirmer
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 864
Printing Date: July 01, 2005
Publishing house: Schirmer
Sale Popularity Level: 164037
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Understand music in context with MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION! Clear and easy-to-understand, this music text provides you with the tools you need to succeed in this course. With a focus on the history of music in the wider context of Western civilization, you will see how study of music history is important to the practice and performance of music today. Numerous full-colour photographs, maps, and timelines give you a sense of the place of music within the arts and humanities in the West. Class preparation is made easy with the book-specific website that contains features such as additional musical selections, a music glossary, unit resources, and more.
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I'm surprised that there are professors who use this. The textbook itself may be good, but the workbook seems like it has been translated from German into Korean, Korean into Pig Latin, Pig Latin into Spanish, Spanish into Dutch, Dutch into Cantonese, and finally, Cantonese into English. Good luck making sense of its instructions. My classmates and I came to the conclusion that the workbook and the anthology were never edited. They are rife with mistakes.
As for the CDs, many pieces from the anthology are missing. Those pieces are available on the book's website, but that's still pretty bad form, especially given how much this kind of thing costs for a student.
Unfortunately, if your professor has chosen this, then you have no choice. I wish you luck.
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I am a doctoral student in conducting and an avid lover of books. I purchase many books each year and am constantly in search of texts that are interesting, well-designed, well-written, and easy to understand. I loathe all books that do not meet these qualifications. Craig Wright and Bryan Simms have written what I believe is the best general survey of western music history EVER! The writing is clear, engaging, and easy to understand. The book is in full colour with thousands of maps, examples of art, architecture, pictures of composers, palaces, instruments, etc. The chapters are short and are written in such a way that the material is easily retained. Furthermore, each chapter concludes with an EXCELLENT summary and list of key terms which can be used as a self-test for recall of important facts and concepts. Finally, the book is built around a comprehensive list of pieces spanning all periods in the history of western music. The accompanying scores and CD's are also excellent (though the CD's can be hard to find online). The book also contains an exceptional glossary and an easy-to-use index. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand history of music. It is also exceptional for use as a graduate history review text and I highly recommend it for anyone facing doctoral qualifying or comprehensive exams in history. A beautiful work - well worth the price.
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