Based on the award-winning six-volume work by Richard Taruskin, The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive
history of Western music available.
Distinctive Features
繚 Offers a unique focus on the people behind music history
繚 Places musical works within their larger cultural, social, and political contexts, providing a truly complete narrative of music history
繚 Covers music of all eras along with a special emphasis on the most studied works of the past 200 years
繚 Improves critical thinking by offering differing perspectives on how the Western musical canon developed
繚 Builds listening and analysis skills through comprehensive discussion of key works
繚 Includes helpful learning and study tools (timelines, maps, musical examples and diagrams, chapter summaries, key terms, study questions, and a glossary)
Offering a complete package for building students' understanding and appreciation of the classical canon, this groundbreaking text is also supplemented by a variety of high-quality
resources:
繚 Instructor's Resource CD containing a computerized test bank, an Instructor's Manual, study questions, PowerPoint-based lecture slides, and links to Oxford Music Online
繚 A free companion website (www.oup.com/us/taruskin) with chapter outlines, key terms and definitions, and suggested links; through an access code card included with the
purchase of a new text, students will also gain free 18-month access to Oxford Music Online, including Grove's Dictionary of Music
繚 Three score anthologies* featuring complete scores of key works discussed in the text and introductory essays prepared by a team of expert authors; a full
three-volume CD set* corresponding to the three score anthologies contains all musical examples from the anthologies in high-quality MP3 format
--- Volume 1: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century
Edited by David J. Rothenberg and Robert R. Holzer
簿聶翻 V1 Print Anthology: 978-0-19-976825-7
簿聶翻 V1 Recorded Anthology (2 CDs): 978-0-19-976828-8
--- Volume 2: The Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Late Nineteenth Century
Edited by Kl簿聶翻ra M簿聶翻ricz and David E. Schneider
簿聶翻 V2 Print Anthology: 978-0-19-976826-4
簿聶翻 V2 Recorded Anthology (3 CDs): 978-0-19-976829-5
--- Volume 3: The Twentieth Century
Edited by Kl簿聶翻ra M簿聶翻ricz and David E. Schneider
簿聶翻 V3 Print Anthology: 978-0-19-976827-1
簿聶翻 V3 Recorded Anthology (2 CDs): 978-0-19-976830-1
繚 A concise edition of recordings* is also available on 3 CDs: 978-0-19-976831-8
* Sold separately
