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Offline jonze701

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Music histori book
on: April 02, 2007, 08:50:53 PM
hey i am looking for somekind of book. :P would like a histori (music) book. anyone know a good one?
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Offline pianistimo

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Re: Music histori book
Reply #1 on: April 03, 2007, 01:11:37 AM
barbara hanning's 'concise history of western music' is a good one.  updated.  also, reinhard pauley wrote a good one for classical music. 
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Re: Music histori book
Reply #2 on: April 03, 2007, 06:43:35 PM
thx m8.
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Offline quantum

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Re: Music histori book
Reply #3 on: April 03, 2007, 09:27:45 PM
This widely used where I live:

A History of Western Music, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)
by Donald J. Grout (Author), Claude V. Palisca (Author), J. Peter Burkholder (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Music-Seventh/dp/0393979911/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4780501-2345431?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175635263&sr=8-1

Used to be encouraged by the RCM for their history exams.  RCM is changing their stance and no longer suggesting a particular text to use:

The Enjoyment of Music, Tenth Edition (Enjoyment of Music) (Hardcover)
by Kristine Forney (Author), Joseph Machlis (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Enjoyment-Music-Tenth/dp/0393928853/ref=sr_1_9/103-4780501-2345431?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175635378&sr=8-9

I used an older version of this in uni:

Listen (Hardcover)
by Joseph Kerman (Author), Gary Tomlinson (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Listen-Joseph-Kerman/dp/0312434251/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4780501-2345431?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175635600&sr=8-1
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Re: Music histori book
Reply #4 on: April 12, 2007, 05:05:50 PM
The Histroy of Western Music by Grout.  For keyboard:  Keyboard Music by Kirby.
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