Music History

Music history is the study of the composition, performance, reception, and criticism of music over time. Such studies of music are concerned with a composer's life and works, the developments of styles and genres, the social function of music for a particular group of people, or the modes of performance at a particular place and time. The methods of music history include source studies (esp. manuscript studies), paleography, philology (especially textual criticism), style criticism, historiography (the choice of historical method), musical analysis, and iconography. The application of musical analysis to further these goals is often a part of music history, though pure analysis or the development of new tools of music analysis is more likely to be seen in the field of music theory.

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America - with CD
from Diana Waring Presents
for 1st-6th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
Bach Book
by Victoria Tierney & Crystal Landucci
from Oregon Coast Music Association
for 2nd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Beethoven
by Reba Paeff Mirsky
from Follett
for 2nd-5th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Beethoven Lives Upstairs - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Beethoven's Heroic Symphony (Once Upon a Masterpiece)
from Charlesbridge
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$14.41
Best of Tchaikovsky
from My Father's World
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Bold Composer
Creative Minds Biographies
by Judith P. Josephson, illustrated by Barbara Kiwak
from Lerner Publishing Group
for 2nd-4th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Boll Weevil
by Glen Rounds
from Golden Gate Junior Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
Boy Who Loved Music
by David Lasker
1st edition from Viking Press
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Double Bass Blues
by Andrea J. Loney
First Edition from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Drum Dream Girl
by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael Lopez
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Famous Children: Haydn
by Ann Rachlin
from Barron's
for 1st-3rd grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Famous Children: Mozart
by Ann Rachlin
from Barron's
for 1st-3rd grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Flying to Neverland with Peter Pan
by J. M. Barrie, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Carolyn Leigh
from Blue Apple
for Nursery-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Gonna Sing My Head Off
by Kathleen Krull
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Gonna Sing My Head Off
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Allen Garns
First Printing from Scholastic Reference
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Great Composers - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by John Green, Paul Negri
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in Fine Art Coloring Books (Location: COL-ART)
$3.99
Horn for Louis
Stepping Stones
by Eric A. Kimmel
from Penguin Random House
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Hot Peas & Barley-O - Book & CD
by Susan Brumfield
from Hal Leonard Corp
for 1st-6th grade
in Europe (Location: HISMC-EUR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Jazz on a Saturday Night
by Leo & Diane Dillon
from Blue Sky press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers
by Mike Venezia
from Children's Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
Ludwig van Beethoven
by Mike Venezia
from Children's Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
Metropolitan Opera Guide
by Mary Ellis Peltz and Robert Lawrence, illustrated by Alexandre Serebriakoff
7th edition from Modern Library
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Mozart's Magic Fantasy - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Mozart's Magnificent Voyage - CD
Classical Kids
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Mr. Bach Comes to Call - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Music Appreciation 2 - Bundle
from Zeezok Publishing
for 2nd-6th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
Musical Genius
by Barbara Allman
from Darby Creek Publishing
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$7.61
Musical Memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder - with CD
Experience History Through Music
by Diana Waring
from Diana Waring Presents
for 1st-6th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
My Favorite Songs
by Maria Trapp
from Veritas Press
for Kindergarten-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$17.00
Songs to Grow On
by Beatrice Landeck, piano arrangements by Florence White, illustrated by David Stone Martin
from Edward B. Marks Music Corporation
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Star-Spangled Banner
by Peter Spier
from Yearling
American History for 2nd-6th grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
$9.34
Stephen Foster
Lives and Times
by Peggy Pancella
from Heinemann Library
for 1st-4th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray
by Opal Wheeler
from Zeezok Publishing
for 1st-6th grade
in Opal Wheeler Great Musicians Series (Location: BIO-OPAL)
$12.71
Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray
by Opal Wheeler, illustrated by Mary Greenwalt
First Edition from E.P. Dutton & Co.
for 1st-6th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Stories of the Great Composers Book 1 (with CD)
by June Montgomery, Maurice Hinson
from Alfred Publishing
for 1st-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Story of Mendelssohn in Words and Music CD
from Vox Music Group
Music history CD for ages 8-16
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of Mendelssohn with Music - CD
from My Father's World
Music history CD for ages 8-16
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of Mozart in Words and Music CD
from Vox Music Group
Music history CD for ages 8-16
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of Mozart with Music
from My Father's World
Music history CD for ages 8-16
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of Schubert in Words and Music CD
from Vox Music Group
Music history CD for ages 8-16
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of Tchaikovsky in Words and Music CD
from Vox Music Group
Music history CD for ages 8-16
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of Tchaikovsky with Music
from My Father's World
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of the Incredible Orchestra
by Bruce Koscielniak
from HMH Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Story of Verdi in Words and Music CD
from Vox Music Group
for 1st-7th grade
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Story of Wagner in Words and Music CD
from Vox Music Group
for 1st-7th grade
in Music Masters CDs (Location: CD-MUMA)
Strike Up the Orchestra
from Friedman / Fairfax
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
Sweet Music in Harlem
by Debbie A. Taylor, Illustrated by Frank Morrison
from Lee & Low Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Tchaikovsky Discovers America
by Esther Kalman
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-6th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Tchaikovsky Discovers America - CD
by Classical Kids
from Classical Kids
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Those Amazing Musical Instruments!
1 Har/Cdr from Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
for 1st-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
Trombone Shorty
by Troy Andrews, illustrated by Bryan Collier
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
2016 Caldecott Honor Book, 2016 Coretta Scott King Award Winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.26
Turandot
by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by Winslow Pinney Pels
from Morrow Junior Books
for 2nd-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Usborne Classical Music Reference Book
by Anthony Marks, Illustrated by Galia Bernstein
from Usborne
for 2nd-5th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
Usborne Classical Music Sticker Book
by Anthony Marks
from Usborne
for 2nd-5th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Westward Ho! - with CD
Experience History Through Music
by Diana Waring
from Diana Waring Presents
for 1st-6th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
What's So Great About Francis Scott Key
by Marylou Morano Kjelle
from Mitchell Lane Publishers
for 2nd-5th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers
by Mike Venezia
from Children's Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers
by Mike Venezia
from Children's Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
World of Composers: Bach
by Greta Cencetti
from Peter Bedrick Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.80 (1 in stock)