Welcome to our Music History publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

  • Reflect our high scholarly standards
  • Speak effectively to today's college students
  • Represent the most current pedagogical trends

Browse our titles for Music History courses by selecting from the topic links below.

Baroque

Johann Sebastian Bach

The Culmination of An Era
ISBN13: 9780195005547ISBN10: 0195005546 Hardcover , 400 pages
Dec 1966,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$84.95 (04)

Music of the Baroque

An Anthology of Scores
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195331165ISBN10: 0195331168 Paperback , 400 pages
Dec 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$69.95 (04)
An ideal instructional package for courses in music history and literature, Music of the Baroque: An Anthology of Scores, Second Edition, and its accompanying textbook offer a vivid introduction to European music from 1600 through 1750.

Music of the Baroque

Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195331066ISBN10: 0195331060 Hardcover , 384 pages
Dec 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$77.95 (04)
An ideal instructional package for courses in music history and literature, Music of the Baroque, Second Edition, and its accompanying anthology of scores offer a vivid introduction to European music from 1600 through 1750.

Country Music

Country Music

A Cultural and Stylistic History
ISBN13: 9780199730599ISBN10: 0199730598 Paperback , 560 pages
Aug 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$45.00 (04)
The Full Story of Country Music, Told by a Renowned Scholar

Introduction to Music History

ISBN13: 9780195379884ISBN10: 0195379888 Hardcover , 512 pages
Oct 2009,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$74.95 (04)
A "-free" book of music history: anthology-free, box-free, and clutter-free!

Music History - 20th Century

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Listening through the Noise

The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music
ISBN13: 9780195387650ISBN10: 0195387651 Hardcover , 216 pages
Jul 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$99.00 (06)
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Making Music for Modern Dance

Collaboration in the Formative Years of a New American Art
ISBN13: 9780199743216ISBN10: 0199743215 Hardcover , 400 pages
Sep 2011,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$99.00 (06)
A unique look at the evolution of music for modern dance.

Country Music

A Cultural and Stylistic History
ISBN13: 9780199730599ISBN10: 0199730598 Paperback , 560 pages
Aug 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$45.00 (04)
The Full Story of Country Music, Told by a Renowned Scholar

Music History - American

Mariachi Music in America

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
ISBN13: 9780195141467ISBN10: 0195141466 Mixed Media , 128 pages
Aug 2005,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Making Music for Modern Dance

Collaboration in the Formative Years of a New American Art
ISBN13: 9780199743216ISBN10: 0199743215 Hardcover , 400 pages
Sep 2011,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$99.00 (06)
A unique look at the evolution of music for modern dance.

Music in America

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
ISBN13: 9780195146677ISBN10: 0195146670 Mixed Media , 144 pages
Oct 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)

American Popular Music

From Minstrelsy to MP3
Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780195396300ISBN10: 0195396308 Paperback , 560 pages
Oct 2009,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$92.95 (04)
The best-selling and most complete, authoritative, and colorful package for introducing American popular music

Country Music

A Cultural and Stylistic History
ISBN13: 9780199730599ISBN10: 0199730598 Paperback , 560 pages
Aug 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$45.00 (04)
The Full Story of Country Music, Told by a Renowned Scholar

American Popular Music

From Minstrelsy to MP3
Fourth Edition
ISBN13: 9780199859115ISBN10: 0199859116 Paperback , 576 pages
Jul 2013,  Not Yet Published

Retail Price to Students:

$92.95 (04)
The best-selling and most comprehensive introduction to American popular music

Music History - Western

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Oxford Recorded Anthology of Western Music

Concise Edition
3 CDs
ISBN13: 9780199768318ISBN10: 0199768315 CD - Audio
Jul 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$90.00 (04)
This concise set of high-quality MP3 recordings offers the key selections to accompany The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition.
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Oxford Recorded Anthology of Western Music

Volume Three: The Twentieth Century
2 CDs
ISBN13: 9780199768301ISBN10: 0199768307 CD - Audio
Jul 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$71.95 (04)
This set of high-quality MP3 recordings accompanies the Oxford Anthology of Western Music, Volume Three: The Twentieth Century.
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Oxford Recorded Anthology of Western Music

Volume Two: The Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Late Nineteenth Century
3 CDs
ISBN13: 9780199768295ISBN10: 0199768293 CD - Audio
Jul 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$71.95 (04)
This set of high-quality MP3 recordings accompanies the Oxford Anthology of Western Music, Volume Two: The Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Late Nineteenth Century.
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Oxford Recorded Anthology of Western Music

Volume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century
2 CDs
ISBN13: 9780199768288ISBN10: 0199768285 CD - Audio
Jul 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$71.95 (04)
This set of high-quality MP3 recordings accompanies the Oxford Anthology of Western Music, Volume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century.

The Oxford History of Western Music

College Edition
ISBN13: 9780195097627ISBN10: 0195097629 Hardcover , 1248 pages
Jan 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$84.95 (04)
The Story of Western Classical Music. . . . Told by Today's Outstanding Music Historians

Oxford Anthology of Western Music

Volume Two: The Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Late Nineteenth Century
ISBN13: 9780199768264ISBN10: 0199768269 Spiral Bound , 816 pages
Apr 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$44.95 (04)
The accompanying anthology for the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century portion of The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, by Richard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs

Oxford Anthology of Western Music

Volume Three: The Twentieth Century
ISBN13: 9780199768271ISBN10: 0199768277 Spiral Bound , 624 pages
Mar 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$44.95 (04)
The accompanying anthology for the twentieth-century portion of The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, by Richard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs

Oxford Anthology of Western Music

Volume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century
ISBN13: 9780199768257ISBN10: 0199768250 Spiral Bound , 544 pages
Mar 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$44.95 (04)
The accompanying anthology for chapters 1-11 of The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, by Richard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs

Jazz

Keeping Time

Readings in Jazz History
ISBN13: 9780195091731ISBN10: 0195091736 Paperback , 464 pages
Oct 1998,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$37.95 (04)
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Pioneers of Jazz

The Story of the Creole Band
ISBN13: 9780199732333ISBN10: 0199732337 Paperback , 400 pages
Apr 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$24.95 (01)

Opera

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Living Opera

ISBN13: 9780195381382ISBN10: 0195381386 Hardcover , 352 pages
Apr 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$27.95 (02)
This delightful collection of twenty in-depth interviews explores the artistic passions and personal stories of the most important figures in opera around the world today

Opera

A History in Documents
ISBN13: 9780195116380ISBN10: 0195116380 Paperback , 352 pages
Jan 2002,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
This fascinating journey through the history of opera features more than 100 selections, from opera's late Renaissance infancy through modern times.

Research Methods

Music Research

A Handbook
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199797127ISBN10: 0199797129 Paperback , 352 pages
Jul 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
The Award-Winning Guide to Music Research
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Colonial Counterpoint

Music in Early Modern Manila
ISBN13: 9780195378269ISBN10: 0195378261 Hardcover , 408 pages
May 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$24.95 (06)
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Songs, Scribes, and Society

The History and Reception of the Loire Valley Chansonniers
ISBN13: 9780195381528ISBN10: 0195381521 Hardcover , 312 pages
Nov 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$45.00 (06)