Listening to Music

by Zorn, Jay

• ISBN13: 9780130160829
• ISBN10: 0130160822
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Written in a lively and appealing style, Listening to Music provides the foundation for acquiring a lifelong knowledge and appreciation of music. It concentrates on the effective listening skills needed to identify composers and to recognize their styles and some of their representative works. Readers are encouraged to become informed consumers of music and active supporters of the arts. An accompanying 4 CD set provides selections that will reinforce the book's written material. This comprehensive book covers the musical process, the materials of music, the common style periods of concert music (from the Baroque period to the present), and adjunct music, including North American popular music, broadway musical theater, and music in the movies. A useful reference work for those in the music industry.

Table of Contents

The Musical Process

From the Creator to the Listener

How to Listen to Music

Becoming a Musically Active Concertgoer

The Materials of Music

How the Basic Musical Elements Interact

Performing Media: Instruments, Voices, and Ensembles

The Common Style Periods of Concert Music

An Introduction to Musical Styles

Music Before 1600

The Baroque Style Period (1600-1750)

Baroque Music (1600-1750)

The Classical Style Period (1750-1820)

Music of the Classical Period

Beethoven: Bridge to Romanticism

The Romantic Style Period (1820-1900)

Early-Romantic Music

Romantic Opera

Late-Romantic Music

Nationalism

Impressionism

The Twentieth-Century Style Period

Stravinsky: Into the Twentieth Century

Expressionism: Atonal Music

Neoclassicism: Mainstream Music

Experimental and Technological Music

Development of Music in North America

Adjunct Music

North American Popular Music

Broadway Musical Theater

Music in the Movies

Contributions of World Cultures

Finale: Audience Power in the 21st Century

Music Notation

Common Scales in Music

Writing Reports

Music Listening Guide

Challenge Your ExpertiseAnswers

Glossary of Music Terms

Photo Credits

Index

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