Anthology for Music in Western Civilization, Volume C : Romanticism to the Present
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Book Description
All volumes of ANTHOLOGY FOR MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION by Wright, Simms, and Roden contain scores representing all the major European styles, genres, and composers. The anthologies include an introduction to, a score for, and (where applicable) lyrics and translation for each piece discussed in the text MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION and included in its CD set. It is available in a two- and a three-volume set to provide instructors with maximum flexibility. It can also be customized through TextChoice.
About the Author
Timothy J. Roden (Bachelor of Music, Houghton College, 1980; Ph.D, Northwestern University, 1992) teaches music history, world music, survey of music literature, and music appreciation at Ohio Wesleyan University. He received grants from Northwestern University and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst that allowed him to complete research in Berlin, Germany, concerning German orchestral lieder. He has contributed an article on Schumann's lieder to the NATS JOURNAL, is preparing an edition of orchestral lieder for a scholarly press, and has prepared ancillaries to accompany Wright, LISTENING TO MUSIC (Thomson-Schirmer). Craig Wright (Bachelor of Music, Eastman School of Music, 1966; Ph.D., Harvard, 1972) taught at the University of Kentucky for one year and has taught at Yale University for the past thirty years. He is the author of numerous scholarly books and articles on composers ranging from Leoninus to Bach. Wright has also been the recipient of many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Einstein and Kinkeldey Awards of the American Musicological Society, and the Dent Medal of the International Musicological Society. In 2004 he was awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Chicago. Bryan R. Simms (Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1966; Ph.D., Yale University, 1971) has taught since 1976 at the University of Southern California, where he has been Director of Graduate Studies and is currently chair of the department of musicology. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright Foundation, and he is the author of books and articles on topics in twentieth-century music and music theory, including MUSIC OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (Schirmer 1996) and, most recently, THE ATONAL MUSIC OF ARNOLD SCHOENBERG, 1908-1923 (Oxford University Press).
Anthology for Music in Western Civilization, Volume C : Romanticism to the Present,Timothy J. Roden,Craig Wright,Bryan R. Simms,Wadsworth Publishing,049500894X,General,Music,Music appreciation,Music collections,Musical analysis,Music / General
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