Go beyond just listening to develop your knowledge of musical styles, forms, and genres with CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: MUSIC LISTENING TODAY, 3e. This compact edition is a complete course package--text and two CDs. With dozens of engaging familiar and less familiar selections at your fingertips, you can learn how to listen to and appreciate all types of music, including Western, popular,fundamental, folk, and world music. INDICE: Part I: THE NATURE OF MUSIC. 1. Music Listening and You. 2. Rhythm. 3. Melody and Harmony. 4. Dynamics, Timbre and Organization. 5. Orchestral Instruments. 6. Other Musical Instruments. Part II: EARLY, MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC. 7. Early Western Music. 8. Medieval Music. 9. Renaissance Music. Part III: BAROQUE MUSIC. 10. The Baroque Period. 11. Oratorio and Cantata. 12. Opera in the Baroque. 13. Baroque Instrumental Music: Suite and Sonata. 14. Baroque Instrumental Music: Concerto and Fugue. Part IV: CLASSICAL MUSIC. 15. Classicism and Classical Music. 16. Sonata Form. 17. The Concerto. 18. ClassicalOpera. 19. Chamber Music. 20. Piano Sonatas. 21. The Symphony and Beethoven. Part V: ROMANTIC MUSIC. 22. Romance and Romanticism. 23. Early Romantic Music.24. Romantic Piano Music. 25. Program and Ballet Music. 26. Romantic Opera. 27. Late Romantic Music. 28. Nationalism. 29. Impressionism and Post-Romanticism. Part VI: TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC. 30. Music in the Twentieth Century. 31. The Mainstream. 32. Expressionism and Primitivism. 33. Neoclassicism and Tone Row Music. 34. New Sounds and New Techniques. Part VII: MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES. 35. American Music Before 1920. 36. Concert Music Since 1920. 37. PopularMusic and Jazz to 1950. 38. Popular Music Since 1950. 39. Music for Stage andFilm. Part VIII: MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD. 40. Folk and Ethnic Music. 41. Folk Music of Europe and the Americas. 42. Folk Music of Africa and the Middle East. 43. Music of Asia. Glossary. Listening Guides Indexed by Composer. Index of Composer Biographies. Index. Performers List.
- ISBN: 978-0-495-56576-5
- Editorial: Wadsworth Publishing
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés