The World of Music

by Willoughby, David

• ISBN13: 9780072491500
• ISBN10: 0072491507
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The World of Music offers a diverse and entertaining recordings package and an approach that emphasizes the progressive development of listening skills. Students are introduced to music elements through simpler music styles and familiar recordings and gradually build up to the most rigorous forms of Western music. The structure of the text provides an alternative to traditional music appreciation texts while still successfully investing readers with the skills necessary to listen to all music with knowledge and sophistication.

Table of Contents

PART I PREPARATION FOR LISTENING

Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Music

The Infinite Variety of Music: A Global Perspective

The American Mainstream and Ethnic Diversity

Music in Culture

Social Aspects

Musical Aspects

Acculturation

Labels: A Help or a Hindrance?

Artists and Artistry

Goals for Listening

Listening Experiences: A Collage of Musical Styles

Summary

Chapter 2: Vocabulary for Listening and Understanding: The Nature of Music

Definitions of Music

Physical Characteristics

Music as a Science

Music as Sound and Silence

Music as Movement through Time

Expressive and Functional Qualities

Music as an Art

Music as a Universal Phenomenon

Music as a Means of Expression

Music as a Psychological Phenomenon

Music as a Changing Art

Music as a Process

The Creative Process

The Performance Process

The Listening Process

Participation in Music

Summary

Chapter 3: Vocabulary for Listening and Understanding: The Elements of Music

Goals for Listening

The Elements of Music

Pitch (Frequency)

Melody

Harmony

Duration (Time)

Rhythm

Tempo, Pulse, Meter, Syncopation

Bars (Measures), Phrases

Loudness (Intensity)

Tone Quality (Timbre)

Interaction of the Elements

To Create a Style: Musical Concepts

Unity and Variety

Tension and Forward Energy

Texture

Genres and Forms

Melodic Growth and Character

Listening Experiences

Summary

PART II LISTENING TO VERNACULAR MUSIC

Chapter 4: American Folk Music Traditions

Goals for Listening

The Nature of Folk Music

Oral Tradition

Field Recordings

Types of Folk Music

Songs

Narrative Ballads(Story Songs)

Broadsides

Lyric Songs

Work Songs

Children's Songs

Rally and Protest songs

Dance Music

Spirituals and the Blues

Folk Roots: An Expanded View

Ethnic Traditions

A Folk Revival

Urban Blues

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 5: American Religious Music Traditions

Goals for Listening

Early American Hymn Singing

Psalm Singing

Psalters

Lining Out

Singing Schools

The Fasola and Shape-Note Systems

Composers and Writers

William Billings

Isaac Watts

Charles Wesley

Twentieth-Century Gospel Music

Revival Music

Traditional Black Gospel

Popular Contemporary Styles

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 6: Jazz in America

Goals for Listening

What is Jazz?

The Jazz Style

The Feel of Swing

Instruments

Improvisation

The Beginnings of Jazz

Roots

Merging of Cultures and Styles

Chronology of Styles

New Orleans Jazz

Chicago Jazz (Dixieland)

Stride and Boogie Woogie

Swing and Big Band Jazz

Bebop

Cool, Hard Bop, Funk, and Free

Modern Jazz and Fusion

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 7: American Popular Music

Goals for Listening

The Definition and Scope of Popular Music

Pre-Twentieth Century

The Colonial Period

The First "American" Songs

Henry Russell

Stephen Foster

Rally and Protest Songs

Minstrel Show

Twentieth Century

Tin Pan Alley

Vaudeville

Musicals

Film

Radio and Recordings

A Transition

Country Music

Hillbilly

Western Swing and Cowboy Songs

The Nashville Sound

Bluegrass

Contemporary Country Sounds

African American Influences

Gospel

Rhythm and Blues

The Motown Sound

Soul

Rap

Rock

Rock and Roll

The Establishment

The British Invasion

Modern Rock

Early Twenty-First Century Music

Summary

Additional Listening

PART III LISTENING TO WORLD MUSICGoals for Listening

Native American Music

Style and Context

Assimilation and Preservation

Ethnic Music in the United States

Reggae

Latino Music

Cajun and Zydeco Music

Klezmer

Folk and Classical Music of Canada

Music of South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean

Indigenous Folk Culture

Musical Instruments

Folk Songs and Dances

Church Influence

Concert Art Music

South America

Mexico

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 9: Music Beyond the Americas

Goals for Listening

Music of India

Hindustani Music

The Musical Elements

Performance

Popular Music

Music of Japan

The Musical Tradition

Musical Styles and Performance Practice

Gagaku

Kabuki

Koto, Shakuhachi, Shamisen

Music of Sub-Saharan Africa

Music in Context

The Instruments

The Musical Style

Rhythm

Other Aspects of Music

Western Influences

Popular Music

Other Musics

Music of Eastern Europe

Music of the Jewish People

Music of Indonesia

Summary

Aditional Listening

PART 4 LISTENING TO WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC

Chapter 10 Music to 1600

Goals for Listening

The Beginnings of Western Music (until about 1450 A.D.)

Gregorian Chant

Notation

Polyphonic Music

The Renaissance (1450-1600)

Choral/Vocal

Mass

Motet

Madrigal

Instrumental Music

The Reformation

Composers

Josquin des Prez(c. 1440-1521)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)

Giovanni Gabrieli )c. 1557-1612)

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 11 Music of the Baroque (1600-1750)

Goals for Listening

Musical Characteristics

Texture

Major-Minor Tonal System

Continuo

Word Painting

Other Musical Characteristics

Instruments

Musical Forms and Genres

Orchestral Works

Chamber Music

>Keyboard Works

Choral Music

Opera

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach

George Frideric Handel

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 12 Music of the Classic Period (1750-1820)

Goals for Listening

Musical Characteristics

Instruments

Genres

Instrumental Genres

Vocal, Choral, Opera

Forms

Sonata Form

Theme and Variations

Minuet and trio

Rondo

Composers

Franz Joseph Haydn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Summary

Aditional Listening

Chapter 13 Music of the Romantic Period (Nineteenth Century)

Goals for Listening

Musical Characteristics

Forms and Genres

Composers

Franz Schubert

Felix Mendelssohn

Fryderyk Chopin

Johannes Brahms

Richard Wagner

Giuseppe Verdi

Pyotr l'yich Tchaikovsky

Other Composers

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 14 Music of the Twentieth Century

Goals for Listening

Musical Characteristics

Experimental Music

Stylistic Developments

Impressionsim: Claude Debussy

Neoclassicism: Igor Stravinsky

Atonal Music and Serialism: Arnold Schoenberg

Nationalism and Folk Music: Béla Bartók

Electronic Music: Edgard Varèse

Chance Music: John Cage

Minimalism

Traditional Sounds

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 15 American Classical Music

Goals for Listening

Perspectives on American Classical Music

The Classical/Popular Dichotomy

The Preoccupation with Europe

Romanticism and the Virtuoso

The French Connection

Immigrants

Music Instruction

American Composers

Experimentalism: Charles Ives

Nationalism: Aaron Copland

Additional American Composers

Summary

Additional Listening

Chapter 16 Music in American Society

The Music Industry

Manufacturing

Musical Instruments

Audio Equipment

Uniforms and Robes

Publishing

Merchandising

Performance

Management

Music and the Media

Radio

Music in Advertising

Music Videos

Music, Computers, and the Internet

Newsprint

Music in the Community

A Diverse Musical Life

Promotion and Development

Government Support

Corporate Support

Civic Support

Summary

Appendix A: Classification of Instruments according to Methods of Tone Production

Appendix B: Architectural and Audio Acoustics

Glossary

Bibliography

Credits

Index