LISTENING TO MUSIC is designed to help develop and refine your listening skills and to inspire a lifelong appreciation of music. Author and award-winning scholar-teacher Craig Wright, who has taught Music Appreciation courses for more than 35 years, is consistently praised by reviewers for his unparalleled accuracy and his clear, direct conversational style. Throughout the book, Wright incorporates comparisons between pop and classical music and uses examples from popular artists to illustrate core concepts. This chronological text succinctly covers traditional Western music from medieval to modern, discussing examples from each historical period within their social contexts and the construction of each piece. Later chapters cover popular music, its impact on musical globalization, and comparisons between Western and non-Western music. LISTENING TO MUSIC is the only text that provides Craig Wright's own Listening Exercises, which help you focus on important musical elements and episodes. A full set of optional online resources includes Active Listening Guides, streaming music, an interactive eBook, quizzing, and more. All of the music discussed in the text is also available on CD and on Sony Music download cards.
Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING. 1. The Appeal of Music. 2. Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony. 3. Color, Texture, and Form. 4. Musical Style. Part II: THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, 476-1600. 5. Medieval Music, 476-1450. 6. Renaissance Music, 1450-1600. Part III: THE BAROQUE PERIOD, 1600-1750. 7. Introduction to Baroque Art and Music. 8. Early Baroque Vocal Music. 9. Toward Late Baroque Instrumental Music. 10. The Late Baroque: Bach. 11. The Late Baroque: Handel. Part IV: THE CLASSICAL PERIOD, 1750-1820. 12. Classical Style. 13. Classical Composers: Haydn and Mozart. 14. Classical Forms: Ternary and Sonata�Allegro. 15. Classical Forms: Theme and Variations, Rondo. 16. Classical Genres: Instrumental Music. 17. Classical Genres: Vocal Music. 18. Beethoven: Bridge to Romanticism. Part V: ROMANTICISM, 1820-1900. 19. Introduction to Romanticism. 20. Romantic Music: The Art Song. 21. Romantic Music: Program Music, Ballet, and Musical Nationalism. 22. Romantic Music: Piano Music. 23. Romantic Opera: Italy. 24. Romantic Opera: Germany. 25. Nineteenth-Century Realistic Opera. 26. Late Romantic Orchestral Music. Part VI: MODERN AND POSTMODERN ART MUSIC, 1880-PRESENT. 27. Impressionism and Exoticism. 28. Modernism in Music and the Arts. 29. Early-Twentieth-Century Modernism. 30. Russian and Eastern European Modernism. 31. American Modernism. 32. Postmodernism. Part VII: AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC. 33. American Popular Music to World War II. 34. Postwar Jazz. 35. Broadway, Film, and Video Game Music. 36. Rock: Music of Rebellion. Part VIII: GLOBAL MUSIC. 37. The Far East. 38. The Near East and Africa. 39. The Caribbean and Latin America. Glossary. Index.
