The Oxford Anthology of Western Music, Volume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century, accompanies chapters 1-11 of The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition*, by Richard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs (9780195097627).
From ancient Greek music and Christian plainchant to the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, this comprehensive volume includes a rich assortment of landmark musical scores. These include works found in many surveys as well as important pieces that are rarely anthologized, including Antoine de Fevin's Missa super Ave Maria; Adrian Willaert's Benedicta es; the Overture and Act 3 of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Atys; Dietrich Buxtehude's Durch Adams Fall; and an aria from Jean-Philippe Rameau's Castor et Pollux.
Designed with students in mind, this unique collection includes introductory essays at the beginning of each piece and an index of names and terms.
A corresponding set of recordings* (2 CDs) contains all musical examples from the anthology in high-quality MP3 format (9780199768288).
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Oxford Anthology of Western Music
Volume Two: The Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Late Nineteenth Century
Edited by Klara Moricz and David E. Schneider
V2 Print Anthology: 9780199768264
V2 Recorded Anthology (3 CDs): 9780199768295
Oxford Anthology of Western Music
Volume Three: The Twentieth Century
Edited by Klara Moricz and David E. Schneider
V3 Print Anthology: 9780199768271
V3 Recorded Anthology (2 CDs): 9780199768301
Oxford Recorded Anthology of Western Music
Concise Edition
Recorded Anthology (3 CDs): 9780199768318
The Oxford History of Western Music
College Edition
Richard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs
Textbook: 9780195097627
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