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The Oxford History of Western Music, Third Edition, guides students on an immersive journey through the evolution of Western music from ancient and medieval times to the present day. By emphasizing the connections between works within each cultural era and across time and place, the text goes beyond a simple retelling of musical history to develop students' listening skills for each period's key works. Accompanied by anthologies and streaming audio featuring recordings of previously undocumented ancient pieces and links to existing music, The Oxford History of Western Music is a comprehensive text ideal for building students' understanding and appreciation of the classical canon.

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Richard Taruskin was late Professor Emeritus of Music Scholarship at The University of California, Berkeley. He was the 2017 recipient of the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. His other works inlcude Text and Act (Oxford University Press, 1995), Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions (University of California Press, 1996), and The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays (University of California Press, 2009) Christopher H. Gibbs is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music at Bard College, Co-Artistic Director of the Bard Music Festival, and Executive Editor of The Musical Quarterly. His other works include The Life of Schubert (Cambridge University Press, 2000), Franz Liszt and His World (Princeton University Press, 2006), and Franz Schubert and His World (Princeton University Press, 2014).

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