| Description |
xvi, 528 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Fundamentals of music : Melody and Rhythm. Harmony and Texture. Timbre and Dynamics. Introduction to Musical Form and Style. Musical Notation. 2. Music around the World : Aspects of Music in several non-western cultures. Music of Africa. Music of India. Music of China. Music of Japan. 3. Early Music : Medieval Music. Renaissance Music. Introduction to Baroque Musical Style. Baroque Instrumental Music. Baroque Vocal Music. 5. Classicism in Music : Introduction to Classical Music. Symphonies of Haydn and Mozart. Symphonies of Beethoven. Concertos of Mozart and his contemporaries. Chamber Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Vocal Music of the Late Eighteenth century. 6. Romanticism in Music : Introduction to Nineteenth-century romanticism in Music. Piano Music: Chopin and Liszt. The Art Song: Schubert and Schumann. Symphony and Concerto: Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Program Music of Berlioz and Saint-Saëns. Opera and Choral Music of the Nineteenth-century. Nationalism, Late Romanticism and Impressionism. 7. Early 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 in the second half of the Twentieth century |
| Analysis |
Music to 1980 |
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Music, to 1980 |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p507-512. _ Includes index |
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Previous ed.: 1979 |
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Text on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 507-512 |
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Includes discographies and index |
| Subject |
Music appreciation.
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| Author |
Werner, Martin.
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| LC no. |
83021148 |
| ISBN |
0136075983 |
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