Video Interview
J. Peter Burkholder recently answered some questions about revising the Seventh Edition of A History of Western Music. Use the links below to watch Professor Burkholder answer the questions.
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- Why did you want to tackle the huge job of revising A History of Western Music?
- What were the strengths of previous editions of A History of Western Music, and how did you build on these strengths in the Seventh Edition?
- What were the weaknesses of previous editions of A History of Western Music that you set out to ameliorate?
- What do you think is most exciting about this revision?
- The Seventh Edition displays a new organization. How did you approach the book’s overall structure?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on Antiquity?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on the Middle Ages?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on the Renaissance?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on the Baroque period?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on the Classical period?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on the 17th and 18th centuries?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on the Romantic period?
- How did you approach revisions to the chapters on the 20th century?
- Tell us how this revision incorporates popular music.
- Tell us how this revision incorporates New World music.
- Tell us how this revision incorporates music by women.
- Discuss the revisions to the Norton Anthology of Western Music. (part 1)
- Discuss the revisions to the Norton Anthology of Western Music. (part 2)
- Of the many changes to the new edition, which ones will benefit students the most?
- Students often complain that A History of Western Music is big, complicated, and hard to remember. How did you make this edition more accessible, while maintaining the authority and comprehensiveness of earlier editions?
- Discuss the Music in Context essays that have been added to this edition.
- Discuss the three main themes of the Seventh Edition.
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