Concise History of Western Music

The most student-friendly music history text available, now with Total Access.

Barbara Hanning’s Concise History of Western Music offers students a manageable introduction to the forces that shaped music. Combining concision with the imaginative pedagogy that her text pioneered, Hanning focuses on an essential repertoire of 109 characteristic works―from the Middle Ages to the present―providing students with the cultural and historical context to illuminate the music and remember its significance. The new Total Access program unlocks a full suite of media resources with every new book, including instant access to streaming recordings of the complete Norton Anthology of Western Music repertoire, an ebook, audio for nearly every short example in the text, and stunning Metropolitan Opera video.

• The Norton Anthology of Western Music (Seventh Edition) (Vol. Volume 1)
• Norton Anthology of Western Music (Eighth Edition) (Vol. 1: Ancient to Baroque)
• The Norton Anthology of Western Music (Seventh Edition) (Vol. Volume 2)
• The Norton Anthology of Western Music (Seventh Edition) (Vol. Volume 3)
• Student Workbook: for Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony
• Music in the Western World
• Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony
• Alfred's Group Piano for Adults: Student Book 2, 2nd Edition (Book & CD-ROM)
• Keyboard Musicianship: Piano for Adults, Book One
• The Art of Conducting