Willi Apel's classic study of Gregorian chant is now in paperback. This extensive survey describes the evolutionary processes of its long history as well as its definition and terminology, the structure of the liturgy, the texts, the notation, the rhythm, the tonality, and the methods and forms of psalmody.

Gregorian Chant (Midland Book)

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Apel, Willi

Music

Indiana University Press

This classic work has served a generation of pianists, organists, and harpsichordists and remains a necessity for every serious keyboard musician today. It is a detailed chronological survey from the 14th century to the end of the 17th. Beginning with the earliest sources, Professor Apel examines national styles and individual composers as well as the careers of the many evolving musical forms and instruments. Much of the material is organized by period and by national style areas - from Poland to Portugal. A monument of scholarship, this indispensable reference work is also remarkably user-friendly and engagingly written throughout.

The History of Keyboard Music to 1700

Discusses various surviving printed works from the seventeenth century that are intended for the violin. This book describes the music of some sixty Italian composers of this period and details the individual innovative aspects of the pieces, their form, and issues of performance practice. It is intended as a reference source.

Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century (Music -- Scholarship and Performance)

Binkley, Thomas

Indiana Univ. Pr

Willi Apel's classic study of Gregorian chant is now in paperback. This extensive survey describes the evolutionary processes of its long history as well as its definition and terminology, the structure of the liturgy, the texts, the notation, the rhythm, the tonality, and the methods and forms of psalmody.

Numerous musical excerpts serve to support a careful study of early keyboard music

Harvard Dictionary of Music, 2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

This great anthology of music literature makes available to all music lovers a wonderful storehouse of hitherto inaccessible treasure. The volume includes the development of Oriental, Medieval, and Renaissance music from the beginning to 1600. Its more than 200 representative examples are individually complete compositions, each of sufficient length to illustrate clearly a form or style. The authors provide an explanatory commentary with bibliography, English translations of foreign texts, and an index. The "Library Journal" says of it, "in short, Volume 1 of the music historian's classic dreams No competitors on the market. Highly recommended."

Historical Anthology of Music, Volume I: Oriental, Medieval, and Renaissance Music: Revised Edition

Davison, Archibald T.

Harvard University Press

Historical Anthology of Music, Volume II: Baroque, Rococo, and Pre-Classical Music

The Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music

Daniel, Ralph T.

A classic and invaluable reference work for over thirty years. Soon after its initial publication, the Harvard Dictionary of Music by Willi Apel was firmly established as a standard and essential resource for everyone concerned with music. The product of exceptional scholarship, it was praised as being comprehensive, concise, authoritative, scholarly, and enjoyable. Leopold Stokowski wrote, "I so often consult your dictionary of music, and with such never failing enlightenment, that I must offer you my thanks for your unique book, so profound and so broad in scope ... The vast scholarship... is of immeasurable value to the whole world of music." The Christian Science Monitor called it "a highly satisfying book of musical knowledge, in which basic definitions are given with fine intellectual integrity, and musical facts are carefully separated from plausible deductions or theories." 
 For this second edition the dictionary has been thoroughly revised, updated, and substantially enlarged. Mr. Apel and eightyeight other eminent music scholars have contributed new articles and revised old ones completely. The already comprehensive list of accurate definitions has grown measurably and it now even includes nothus, pyiba, and meringue. 
 In the greatly expanded coverage of ethnomusicology, cumbia-an Afro-Panamanian dance form - and Vietnam are only two of the new entries. Additionally, all the general information about individual countries has been revised and the discussion of both theory and history has been amply increased. Developments of the last two decades are given special attention with particular emphasis on compositional techniques, including electronic music and serial music. Individual compositions, representative of every type from every era, are described. 
 The bibliography following each article, a unique feature of the first edition, has been updated and expanded. There are fifty percent more illustrations than in the first edition, including explicit drawings of instruments, clear music examples, diagrams, charts and a full-page outline of the history of music. 
 An extensive list of the most important music libraries and collections throughout the world with summaries of their significant musical holdings is a valuable part of the dictionary. The section on historical editions now lists fifty-three collections of music and briefly describes each volume within each collection. 
 The Harvard Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, is the result of imaginative, specialized, modern, and reliable music scholarship. Containing nearly 1000 pages of precise and accessible information on all musical subjects, it offers over fifty percent more material than the first edition. It is essential not only to the scholar of music, the professional performer, and the practicing amateur, but to everyone who has ever anticipated the pleasure of a weekly musical broadcast, purchased a favorite recording, or truly enjoyed a concert.

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Gregorian Chant (Midland Book)

The History of Keyboard Music to 1700

Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century (Music -- Scholarship and Performance)

Gregorian Chant (Midland Book)

The History of Keyboard Music to 1700

Harvard Dictionary of Music, 2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition

Historical Anthology of Music, Volume I: Oriental, Medieval, and Renaissance Music: Revised Edition

Historical Anthology of Music, Volume II: Baroque, Rococo, and Pre-Classical Music

The Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music

Harvard Dictionary of Music, 2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition