| Description |
xv, 624 pages : illustrations, frontispiece, music, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The art of creative listening -- Music and the social dances -- Music ceremony and celebrations -- Music and religion -- The traditional folk song: music in work and play -- The composed folk song -- Personalized vocal expression: the lied and the art song -- The opera -- The oratorio -- Music in the theatre: incidental music: the suite -- Music and ballet -- Tone color in music: the instruments of the orchestra -- Artistic tempers in music and other fine arts -- The symphonic poem: tone painting -- Music in national cultures -- Exoticism in western music: Rimsky-Korsakoff -- Franz Liszt and the symphonic poem -- Richard Wagner and the leit-motif technique -- Richard Strauss and the temper of realism -- The sonata and the symphony -- Beethoven: classic and romantic tempers in ideal balance -- Brahms: the classical romanticist -- The classical symphony: two Viennese masters, Mozart and Haydn -- Classical form and romantic content in the overture -- The concerto for solo instrument and orchestra -- Chamber music: the string quartet -- The piano solo and the violin and piano sonata -- Bach and the polyphonic style: the reformation and the baroque -- Tempers of impressionism and symbolism in music and allied arts -- Expressionism and other contemporary trends: four modern composers |
| Notes |
A preliminary wartime edition by E. J. Stringham and John Machlis was published in 1943 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
| Subject |
Music appreciation.
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| LC no. |
59006859 |
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