Full Description
With Musiccritically, and with an appreciative ear. Presenting music within a broadened cultural and historical context, The Art of Listening encourages students to draw on the relationships between: music and the other arts; musical characteristics of different periods; as well as Western music and various non-Western musics and concepts.Learning to appreciate music is a skill. Together with McGraw-Hill's Connect Music, The Art of Listening helps students develop that skill by encouraging them to be active and thoughtful participants in their own listening experience.Whether listening through headphones or at a live performance, The Art of Listening will develop students' ability to hone the skills required to listen to, reflect upon, and write about music.
Contents
Part One1. Sound2. Rhythm3. Melody4. Harmony5. Timbre6. Attending PerformancesPart Two: Ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance (c. 500 BCE-1600 CE)7. The Music of Anceient Greece8. Medieval Music9. The Renaissance: General Characteristics10. Sacred Music of the Renaissance11. Secular Music in the RenaissancePart Three: The Baroque (1600-1750)12. Toward the Baroque13. The Baroque: General Characteristics14. Dramatic Music of the Baroque15. Baroque Instrumental MusicPart Four: The Classical Period (1750-1820)16. Toward Classicism17: The Classical Period: General Characteristics18. Formal Design in the Classical Period19. Vocal Music in the Classical PeriodPart Five: The Age of Romanticism (1820-1910)20. Toward Romanticism21. The Romantic Style: General Characteristics22. The Romantic Style: Orchestral Music23. The Romantic Style: Music for Solo Instrument and for Voice24. Dramatic Music of the Romantic PeriodPart Six: Revolution and Evolution: Music in the Twentieth Century and Beyond25. Toward a New Music26: The Twentieth Century and Beyond: General Characteristics27: Musical Revolutionaries28: Musical Evolutionaries29: Music for Stage and Films30: JazzPostlude: The New InternationalismNER(01): WOW
