| Description |
xiii, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Fundamentals of music : Melody and Rhythm. Harmony and Texture. Timbre and Dynamics. Introduction to Musical Form. Musical Notation. 2. Non-Western music : Ethnomusic. Music of Africa. Music of the American Indian. Music of Latin America. Music of Persia. Music of India. Music of China. Music of Japan. 3. Early Music : Medieval and Renaissance Music : The Middle Ages : Plainchant to Ars Nova. The Renaissance : Age of Polyphony. 4. Baroque Music : Introduction to Baroque Music. Baroque Instrumental Music. Baroque Vocal Music. 5. Classical Music : Introduction to Classical Music. Classical Symphony : Haydn and Mozart. Classical Concerto. Classical Symphony : Beethoven. Classical Chamber Music. Classical Vocal Music. 6. Romantic Music : Introduction to Romantic Music. Romantic Piano Music: Chopin and Liszt. Romantic Song: Schubert and Schumann. Romantic Symphony and Concerto: Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Romantic Program Music of Berlioz and Liszt. Romantic Opera and Choral Music. Nationalistic Music. Late Romantic and Impressionist Music. 7. Twentieth-Century Music : Introduction to Early Twentieth-Century Music. New Styles of Tonality. Atonality and Serialism. 8. American Music : Main Currents in American Music. American Popular Music. 9. Contemporary Music : Music since World War II |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [479]-487 |
| Subject |
Music appreciation.
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| LC no. |
73018923 |
| ISBN |
0136074650 |
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9780136074656 |
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