Music in the Eighteenth Century

La música en el siglo XVIII 


Digital Resources

These pages assemble various resources to accompany John A. Rice's Music in the Eighteenth Century and Anthology for Music in the Eighteenth Century, published by W. W. Norton in 2012 as part of its series "Western Music in Context" (and La música en el siglo XVIII, published by Akal (Madrid, 2019).


Resources, arranged by chapters, include pictures, maps, facsimiles of eighteenth-century manuscript and printed scores, internet portals, suggestions for reading and recordings, and study guides. 


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Here are links to the companion websites for the other books in the series "Western Music in Context."


Margot Fassler, Music in the Medieval West

Richard Freedman, Music in the Renaissance

Wendy Heller, Music in the Baroque

Walter Frisch, Music in the Nineteenth Century

Joseph Auner,  Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries


And here are links to reviews of Music in the Eighteenth Century (and La música en el siglo XVIII):


Margaret Butler, Journal of Music History Pedagogy

Martin Nedbal, College Music Symposium

Bryan Proksch, Haydn

Javier del Olivo, Platea Magazine

Albert Ferrer Flamarich, Codalario.com