Acknowledgments | p. XI |
First Hearing: Developing Your Listening Skills | p. 1 |
Making Music | p. 11 |
Some Thoughts on the Recordings Used in Classical Music 101 | p. 33 |
The Voices of the Orchestra | p. 45 |
Colors and Pictures: More Thoughts About Listening | p. 109 |
Second Hearing: Beethoven's Seventh Symphony | p. 145 |
Theory, and Practice | p. 161 |
The Symphony | p. 181 |
A Conversation with James Levine | p. 191 |
Attending a Live Performance | p. 243 |
The Piano | p. 281 |
A Conversation with Emanuel Ax | p. 310 |
The Violin | p. 337 |
A Conversation with Joshua Bell | p. 344 |
Stringing Along: Music for Viola, Cello, and Double Bass | p. 367 |
The Woodwinds | p. 379 |
The Brass Family | p. 391 |
The Percussion: Bells, Whistles, Thunder, and a Beating Heart | p. 399 |
Early Music: From These Roots | p. 409 |
The Singer's Art: Lieder and Vocal Music | p. 421 |
A Conversation with Marilyn Horne | p. 452 |
Lift Every Voice: Music with Chorus | p. 477 |
Feeling Music: Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 | p. 507 |
Mount Olympus and Elysian Fields: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | p. 519 |
Coda: Some Final Notes | p. 529 |
Discography for Classical Music 101 | p. 541 |
Resources for the Classical Music Lover | p. 563 |
Traveling to Hear Classical Music: Concert Halls and Theaters Around the World | p. 569 |
Index | p. 647 |
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