Nineteenth-Century Music: The Western Classical Tradition

by Jon W. Finson

Book Overview

This up-to-date view of nineteenth-century classical music places a strong emphasis on the history of opera and on schematic representations of musical structure and form. The book presents a highly concise survey of nineteenth-century music tailored for the increasingly limited amount of time available to readers for the study of any one period, and focuses specifically on the central repertory heard today in the concert hall and at the opera house...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0139271791
• ISBN13: 9780139271793
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 9.2"