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Standard Texts in Music History

This is a guide to standard resources for introductory study or review of western art music, jazz, popular music, and world music.

Music Anthologies

Historical Anthology of Music. 2 vols. by Davison, Archibald T., and Willi Apel, eds.
Call Number: M 2 .D27 1962
Norton Anthology of Western Music. 5th ed. 2 vols. by Burkholder, J. Peter, and Claude V. Palisca, eds.
Call Number: M 1 .N88 2006
Anthology for Music in Western Civilization. 3 vols. by Roden, Timothy, Craig Wright, and Bryan Simms, eds.
Call Number: MT 6 .A628 2006
The European Musical Heritage, 800-1750. by Fuller, Sarah, ed.
Call Number: M 2 .E89
Anthology of Medieval Music. by Hoppin, Richard H., ed.
Call Number: M 2 .A617
Anthology of Renaissance Music: Music in Western Europe, 1400-1600. by Atlas, Allan W., ed.
Call Number: MT 91 .A63 1998
Music of the Baroque: An Anthology of Scores. 2d ed. by Schulenberg, David, ed.
Call Number: MT 91 .M87 2008
Anthology of Baroque Music: Music in Western Europe, 1580- 1750. by Hill, John Walter, ed.
Call Number: MT 6.5 .A62 2005
Music in the Classic Period: An Anthology with Commentary. by Kirby, F. E., ed.
Call Number: M 2 .M957
Anthology of Classical Music. by Downs, Philip G., ed.
Call Number: MT 6 .A63 1992
Music in the Romantic Period: An Anthology with Commentary. by Kirby, F. E., ed.
Call Number: MT 6.5 .M985
Anthology of Romantic Music. by Plantinga, Leon, ed.
Call Number: MT 6.5 .A64
Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music. by Morgan, Robert P., ed.
Call Number: MT 6.5 .A66 1992
Music of the Twentieth Century: An Anthology. by Simms, Bryan.
Call Number: MT 6.5 .M986
Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music. by Wennerstrom, Mary H., ed.
Call Number: MT 6 .W48

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