A History of Western Music

Key differences between 9th and 8th editions

• Period between current and previous publications: 5 years (2014 vs 2009).
• The newest Ninth Ed. of History of Western Music has 214 pages more than the Eighth Ed.
• New In Performance boxes introduce performance decisions behind the music.
• In the Ninth Edition the Anthology of Western Music has been expanded to 220 works, with more music from the 20th and 21st centuries.
• New chapters:
• 38 The End of the Millennium
• 39 Music in the Twenty-First Century