Renaissance Music: Music in Western Europe 14001600 (The Norton Introduction to Music History)

About this book

Renaissance Music by Allan W. Atlas is a formidable new addition to Nortons Introduction to Music History series. Focused foremost on the music and then on the social political and economic forces that combined to produce it this book is the ideal undergraduate textbook for music history classes covering the period from c. 1400 to c. 1600. Atlass graceful accessible prose illuminates musical concepts and historical details. A clear format and comprehensive content make Renaissance Music a true teaching and learning text crafted to meet the needs of todays students discovering this music and its history for the first time.