The Enjoyment of Music

by Forney, Kristine

• ISBN13: 9780393979800
• ISBN10: 0393979806
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Note on Abbreviations	xi
Pre-Course Survey	xiii
Exercises and Studies
Explore: Music and Today's Listener: The State of the Art	1	(2)
Review: Elements of Music: Melody and Rhythm	3	(2)
Review: Elements of Music: Harmony and Texture	5	(2)
Review: Elements of Music: Form	7	(2)
Review: Elements of Music: Tempo and Dynamics	9	(2)
Review: World Musical Instruments, Ensembles, and Their Context	11	(2)
Review: Western Orchestral Instruments	13	(2)
Review: Musical Instruments and Ensembles	15	(2)
Listen: Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra	17	(2)
Review: Style and Function in Music	19	(2)
Explore: The Roles of Music around the World	21	(2)
Review: Music in the Middle Ages	23	(2)
Explore: Music of the Muses	25	(2)
Listen: Hildegard of Bingen and Chant	27	(2)
Listen: Organum and Motet	29	(2)
Explore: Chant as Music for Worship	31	(2)
Listen: Medieval Secular Music	33	(2)
Explore: Opening Doors to the East	35	(2)
Review: The Renaissance Spirit	37	(2)
Explore: When the Old World Meets the New World	39	(2)
Review: Music in the Renaissance Era	41	(2)
Listen: Renaissance Sacred Music	43	(2)
Listen: Sixteenth-Century Secular Music	45	(2)
Review: Transition to the Baroque	47	(2)
Review: The Organization of Musical Sounds	49	(2)
Review: The Baroque and the Arts	51	(2)
Explore: Music and the Religious Spirit in the New World	53	(2)
Review: Baroque Vocal Forms	55	(2)
Listen: Baroque Opera and the Italian Cantata	57	(2)
Listen: Bach and the Lutheran Cantata	59	(2)
Listen: Handel and the Oratorio	61	(2)
Review: Baroque Instrumental Forms	63	(2)
Listen: The Baroque Sonata and Concerto	65	(2)
Listen: The Baroque Suite	67	(2)
Listen: Baroque Keyboard Music	69	(2)
Review: From Baroque to Classical	71	(2)
Review: Focus on Form	73	(2)
Review: The Classical Spirit	75	(2)
Explore: Concert Life in the Americas: Then and Now	77	(2)
Review: Chamber Music and Symphony in the Classical Era	79	(2)
Listen: Eighteenth-Century Chamber Music	81	(2)
Listen: The Eighteenth-Century Symphony	83	(2)
Review: The Classical Masters	85	(2)
Explore: The Composer Heard 'round the World	87	(2)
Review: The Concerto and Sonata in the Classical Era	89	(2)
Explore: East Meets West: Turkish Influences on the Viennese Classics	91	(2)
Listen: The Classical Concerto and Sonata	93	(2)
Listen: Haydn and Classical Choral Music	95	(2)
Listen: Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro	97	(2)
Review: Schubert and the Transition from Classicism to Romanticism	99	(2)
Listen: Schubert: From Song to Chamber Music	101	(2)
Review: The Romantic Movement	103	(2)
Review: The Nineteenth-Century Art Song	105	(2)
Listen: Romantic Lieder	107	(2)
Review: The Nineteenth-Century Piano Piece and Its Composers	109	(2)
Listen: Romantic Piano Music	111	(2)
Review: Romantic Program Music and Nationalism	113	(2)
Listen: Berlioz and Smetana	115	(2)
Explore: Music and Nationalism	117	(2)
Review: Absolute Forms: The Symphony and the Concerto	119	(2)
Listen: Brahms and Dvorak as Symphonists	121	(2)
Explore: Dvorak's Influence on African-American Art Music	123	(2)
Listen: Felix Mendelssohn and the Romantic Concerto	125	(2)
Review: The Rise of Classical Composition in America	127	(2)
Explore: Women and Music: A Feminist Perspective	129	(2)
Listen: Brahms and Romantic Choral Music	131	(2)
Review: Romantic Opera	133	(2)
Listen: Verdi and Wagner	135	(2)
Explore: The Lure of Spain	137	(2)
Listen: Late Romantic Opera and Exoticism	139	(2)
Review: Tchaikovsky and the Ballet	141	(2)
Review: The Post-Romantic Era and Impressionism	143	(2)
Listen: Mahler, Debussy, and Ravel	145	(2)
Explore: The Paris World Exhibition of 1889: A Cultural Awakening	147	(2)
Review: Elements of Twentieth-Century Musical Style	149	(2)
Listen: The Music of Stravinsky	151	(2)
Listen: Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern	153	(2)
Review: Nationalism in the Twentieth Century	155	(2)
Explore: Bartok---a Folk-Song Collector	157	(2)
Listen: Bartok and Ives	159	(2)
Explore: Music and the Patriotic Spirit	161	(2)
Explore: Copland Looks West and South of the Border	163	(2)
Listen: Copland and Revueltas	165	(2)
Review: Early Jazz Styles	167	(2)
Explore: The Roots of Jazz	169	(2)
Listen: Ragtime, Blues, and Early Jazz	171	(2)
Review: The Swing Era and Later Jazz Styles	173	(2)
Listen: Big Band and Bebop	175	(2)
Listen: Gershwin, Baker, and the Merger of Classical and Popular Styles	177	(2)
Review: American Musical Theater	179	(2)
Listen: Bernstein's West Side Story	181	(2)
Explore: Dance Music from Latin America and the Caribbean	183	(2)
Review: A History of Rock	185	(2)
Listen: The Global Scene	187	(2)
Explore: The International Sound	189	(2)
Review: The New Music	191	(2)
Explore: Canada's Vision for a Global Culture	193	(2)
Listen: Messiaen and Boulez	195	(2)
Listen: Crumb, Cage, and Ligeti	197	(2)
Listen: World Music: The Sounds of Java and Eastern Africa	199	(2)
Listen: World Music: Chinese Traditional Music	201	(2)
Review: Music for Films	203	(2)
Listen: Alexander Nevsky and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	205	(2)
Review: Technology and Music	207	(2)
Explore: Artificial Intelligence: The Composer's New Tool	209	(2)
Review: New Romanticism and Minimalism	211	(2)
Listen: Today's Composers: Tower, Part, and Adams	213	(2)
Review: Music Notation	215	(2)
Workbook Activities	217	(32)
Keep a Music Journal	219	(2)
Interview a Musician	221	(2)
Interview an International Student	223	(2)
Experience Traditional Music	225	(2)
Experience an International Night Out	227	(2)
Explore PBS Programming	229	(2)
View Opera from Home	231	(2)
Explore a Music Video Network	233	(2)
Relive the Original Woodstock Festival, 1969	235	(2)
Sing Karaoke	237	(2)
Engage in Group Singing	239	(2)
Write a Rap Song	241	(2)
Play in a Percussion Ensemble	243	(2)
Sample a Music Group on the Web	245	(2)
Sample a Modern Composer on the Web	247	(2)
Concert Reports	249	(2)
Sample Outline	251	(2)
Sample Report	253	(2)
Instrumental Music	255	(2)
Choral/Vocal Music	257	(2)
Dramatic Music	259	(2)
Popular Music	261	(2)
World Music	263	(2)
Post-Course Survey	265