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  • Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis: Form and Content in Tonal Music

    Allen Forte, Steven Gilbert

    Paperback

    This book is intended to serve as a basic textbook on Schenkerian analysis, the analytical approach developed over a period of many years by the Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935).

  • Music Notation in the Twentieth Century: A Practical Guidebook

    Kurt Stone

    Paperback

    Stone is undoubtedly one of the world's leading authorities on contemporary music notation and its problems. As head of the Index of New Musical...

  • Introduction to Contemporary Music

    Joseph Machlis

    Second Edition

    Hardback

    Biographical and historical data and clear technical explanations are featured in a guide to the appreciation of twentieth-century music that includes a full discussion of trends since 1961, a dictionary of composers, and a concentrated review of musical concepts.

  • Medieval Music

    Richard H. Hoppin

    Paperback

    Medieval Music by Richard H. Hoppin surveys the history and development of music in the Western world from its roots in early Christian liturgy up to the initial glimmerings of the Renaissance in the fifteenth century.

  • Anthology of Medieval Music

    Richard H. Hoppin

    Paperback

    This anthology is designed to accompany Medieval Music, the initial offering in the Norton Introduction to Music History series. It will also undoubtedly provide a welcome addition to the heretofore severely limited repertoire of medieval pieces available in contemporary notation.