Listen to This!

by Bonds, Mark Evan

• ISBN13: 9780131838253
• ISBN10: 0131838253
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Based on five fundamentals introduced in the beginning of the book, Bonds analyzes the great works of the Western repertoire, along with related works in popular, jazz, and world music. Hoping to motivate and inspire students in a lifelong interest in all musical forms, Bonds proceeds chronologically through time, and offers a true listening approach. Within each section, each chapter focuses on a single work, bringing in related information about the composer and his/her times, as needed. The chapters focus on a series of Listening Guides that offer richer analysis and more detailed guidance than any other text, and sidebars on technology and music, the music business, and contemporary culture also enhance the book.

Table of Contents

The Elements of Music: A Brief Introduction

Melody

Sci-Tech:The acoustics of melody

Rhythm

Harmony Cultural Contexts:Illegal Harmony?

Texture

Timbre Sci-Tech:The acoustics of timbre

Dynamics

Form

Word-Music Relationships

Genre

The Middle Ages

Part-opener: The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages: An Overview

Hildegard von Bingen:Play of Virtues(excerpt) (3:30) Texture

Primarily monophonic

Melody

Primarily conjunct, occasionally disjunct

Cadences

Word-Music Relationships

Primarily syllabic, occasionally melismatic

Rhythm

Primarily free, but at one point in duple meter

Listening Guide Bio: Visions Through Music

The Composer Speaks: Hildegard Defends the Practice of Music Cultural

Contexts:The Morality Play Expand Your Playlist:Chant(Christian plainchant, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish chant)

San Ildefonso Indians of New Mexico:Eagle Dance(3:00) (Global Connection: Chant) Texture

All voices sing one melodic line together

Word-Music Relationships

Vocables

Voices as instruments

Form

A-B-A

Melody

A terraced melody

Listening Guide Cultural Contexts:The Powwow Expand Your Playlist:Native American Music

Francesco Landini: "Behold, Spring" (1:13) Texture: Polyphonic

Rhythm

Triple meter

Melody

Largely stepwise; each unit ends with a cadence

Form

Shaped by form of text, with repeated text set to same music (ABBA)

Word-Music Relationships

Largely syllabic, occasionally melismatic

Listening Guide Bio: The Composer as Poet The Money Trail:Producing a Manuscript Expand Your Playlist:Medieval polyphony (Perotin, Machaut, da Firenze)

Alfonso el Sabio:Songs to the Virgin Maryno

249, "He Who Gladly Serves" (1:48) Timbre: Contrast between the percussion instruments (two drums) and the wind instruments (two shawms)

Form: Repetition and variation of short melodic units throughout (A, B, and C)

Texture: Three distinct textures on the sha

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