Renaissance Music – Music in Western Europe 1400– 1600 (The Norton Introduction to Music History) - Softcover

Atlas, Allan W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393971694 ISBN 13: 9780393971699

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

Synopsis

Focused foremost on the music and then on the social, political, and economic forces that combined to produce it, this book is the ideal undergraduate textbook for music history classes covering the period from c. 1400 to c. 1600. Atlas's graceful, accessible prose illuminates musical concepts and historical details. A clear format and comprehensive content make Renaissance Music a true teaching and learning text, crafted to meet the needs of today's students discovering this music and its history for the first time.

About this title

Synopsis:

Part of the "Norton Introduction to Music" series, this text offers a comprehensive view of 15th- and 16th-century music in Europe. It discusses the music illustrated in the accompanying anthology, which is available separately, and contains over 100 of the best-known works of the Renaissance.

About the Author:

Allan W. Atlas is Professor of Music at Brooklyn College and Chair of the Graduate Music Department at The City University of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393971694
• ISBN 13: 9780393971699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 752