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by: Joseph Kerman, Gary Tomlinson

Listen; Brief

by: Joseph Kerman, Gary Tomlinson

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9780312401153
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0312401159
Edition: 5th
Format: Trade Paper
Copyright: 09/12/2003
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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With its superb recording package and innovative listening charts, this landmark text teaches students how to listen to music better than any other.Listenmakes music approachable by placing it in its cultural context with lavish illustrations, timelines, and maps. Equipped with a free Study Guide CD-ROM, the new edition is more accessible than ever, offering additional help in focused listening and in music fundamentals.

PREFACE To the Instructor

INTRODUCTION To the Student

xii

Classical Music

xii

Music and History

xiii

Global Perspectives

Listening

Listening Charts

xvi

Study Guide CD-ROM

xvii

UNIT I Fundamentals

(54)

OVERTURE A March by Hector Berlioz

(2)

LISTENING CHART 1 Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony, fourth movement

(49)

CHAPTER 1 Music, Sound, and Time

(4)

1 Sound Vibrations

(1)

2 Dynamics (Amplitude)

(1)

LISTEN for pitch and dynamics,

(7)

3 Tone Color: Overtones

(1)

4 Duration

(1)

CHAPTER 2 Rhythm and Pitch

(14)

1 Rhythm

(5)

LISTEN for rhythm, meter, and tempo,

(11)

2 Pitch

(6)

INTERLUDE A Musical Notation

(4)

CHAPTER 3 The Structures of Music

(22)

1 Melody

(2)

LISTEN for melody and tune,

(4)

1 Box Characteristics of Tunes

(2)

2 Harmony

(1)

3 Texture

(2)

LISTEN for texture,

(5)

4 Tonality and Modality

(4)

LISTEN for mode and key,

(14)

INTERLUDE B Musical Instruments

(10)

CHAPTER 4 Musical Form and Musical Style

(7)

1 Form in Music

(3)

LISTEN for musical form,

(21)

2 Musical Style

(3)

LISTENING CHART 2 Britten, The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra

(2)

UNIT II Early Music: An Overview

(56)

CHAPTER 5 The Middle Ages

(14)

1 Music and the Church: Plainchant

(3)

ANONYMOUS: Preface for Mass on Whit Sunday, "Vere dignum"

(1)

ANONYMOUS: Gregorian antiphon, "In paradisuro"

(1)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Plainchant sequence, "Columba aspexit"

(1)

2 Music at Court

(1)

Box How Did Early Music Sound?

(1)

BERNART DE VENTADORN: Troubadour song, "La dousa vott"

(1)

3 The Evolution of Polyphony

(1)

PÉROTIN: Organum, "Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia"

(1)

4 Later Medieval Polyphony

(1)

GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT: Motet, "Quant en moi"

(2)

Global Perspectives 1 Sacred Chant

(20)

Qur'anic recitation, "Ya Sin"

(1)

Hawai'ian chant, mele pule

(1)

Navajo song, "K'adnikini'ya'"

(1)

CHAPTER 6 The Renaissance

(17)

1 New Attitudes

(1)

GUILLAUME DUFAY: Harmonized hymn, "Ave maris stella"

(3)

2 The "High Renaissance" Style

(2)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Pange lingua Mass

(1)

3 Music as Expression

(1)

4 Late Renaissance Music

(1)

GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRIMA: Pope Marcellus Mass

(3)

THOMAS WEELKES: Madrigal, "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending"

(1)

5 Instrumental Music: Early Developments

(1)

ANONYMOUS: Galliard, "Daphne"

(1)

ANONYMOUS: "Kemp's Jig"

(1)

BOX Dance Stylization

(1)

Global Perspectives 2 Music and Early Europear Colonialism

(18)

Processional hymn from the Andes, "Hanaq pachap kusikuynin"

(1)

CHAPTER 7 The Early Baroque Period

(16)

1 From Renaissance to Baroque

(2)

GIOVANNI GABRIELI: Motet, "O magnum mysterium"

(1)

2 Style Features of Early Baroque Music

(2)

3 Opera

(2)

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: The Coronation of Poppea

(3)

BOX Singing Italian

102

(1)

HENRY PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas

102

(2)

4 The Rise of Instrumental Music

104

(2)

GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Suite (Canzona, Balletto, Corrente, and Passacaglia)

106

(2)

Global Perspectives Ostinato Forms

108

(3)

Sudanese song

108

(1)

Elephant-hunt song

109

(2)

UNIT III The Eighteenth Century

111

(110)

CHAPTER 8 Prelude The Late Baroque Period

112

(16)

1 Absolutism and the Age of Science

112

(7)

2 Musical Life in the Early Eighteenth Century

119

(1)

3 Style Features of Late Baroque Music

120

(6)

4 The Emotional World of Baroque Music

126

(2)

CHAPTER 9 Baroque Instrumental Music

128

(14)

1 Concerto and Concerto Grosso

129

(1)

ANTONIO VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, Op. 4, No. 12

130

(1)

LISTENING CHART 3 Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in G, first movement

131

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Vivaldi

132

(1)

ANTONIO VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G, second movement

133

(1)

LISTENING CHART 4 Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in G, second movement

134

(1)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

135

(1)

LISTENING CHART 5 Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, first movement

136

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Johann Sebastian Bach

138

(1)

2 Fugue

139

(1)

BOX Fugues, Free and Learned

140

(1)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 4

141

(1)

LISTENING CHART 16, Bach, The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 4

142

(13)

3 The Dance Suite

143

(2)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D

145

(4)

CHAPTER 10 Baroque Vocal Music

149

(15)

1 Opera

149

(3)

Box The Castrato

152

(1)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Julius Caesar

153

(1)

2 Oratorio

154

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: George Frideric Handel

155

(1)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Messiah

156

(1)

BOX Women in Music

157

(2)

3 The Church Cantata

159

(1)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Cantata No. 4, "Christ lag in Todesbanden"

160

(2)

4 The Organ Chorale

162

(1)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Chorale Prelude, "Christ lag in Todesbanden"

162

(2)

CHAPTER 11 Prelude Music and the Enlightenment

164

(14)

1 The Enlightenment and Music

165

(5)

2 The Rise of Concerts

170

(1)

3 Style Features of Classical Music

171

(4)

4 Form in Classical Music

175

(3)

CHAPTER 12 The Symphony

178

(17)

1 The Movements of the Symphony

178

(1)

2 Sonata Form

179

(3)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K.550

182

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

184

LISTENING CHART 7 Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, first movement

155

(34)

3 Classical Variation Form

186

(1)

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 95 in C Minor

187

(2)

LISTENING CHART 8 Haydn, Symphony No. 95, second movement

189

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Franz Joseph Haydn

190

(1)

4 Minuet Form (Classical Dance Form)

191

(1)

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 95, third movement

192

(1)

LISTENING CHART 9 Haydn, Symphony No. 95, third movement

193

(2)

5 Rondo Form

194

(1)

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 95, fourth movement

195

(1)

LISTENING CHART 10 Haydn, Symphony No. 95, fourth movement

195

(4)

CHAPTER 13 Other Classical Genres

197

(22)

1 The Sonata

197

(1)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Piano Sonata in B-flat, K.570

198

(1)

LISTENING CHART 11 Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat, third movement

199

(4)

2 The Classical Concerto

200

(2)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Piano Concerto in A, K.488

202

(1)

LISTENING CHART 12 Mozart, Piano Concerto in A, K. 485, first movement

203

(9)

3 The String Quartet

204

(2)

4 Opera Buffa

206

(1)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Don Giovanni

207

(5)

Global Perspectives 4 Musical Form: Three Case Studies from Asia

212

(2)

LISTENING CHART 13 Japanese gagaku, Eteuraku

214

(3)

LISTENING CHART 14 Balinese gamelan, I Lotring, Bopong

217

(2)

LISTENING CHART 15 North Indian rag, Mauj-Khammaj

219

(2)

UNIT IV The Nineteenth Century

221

(92)

CHAPTER 14 Beethoven

223

(10)

1 Between Classicism and Romanticism

223

(2)

2 Beethoven and the Symphony

225

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Ludwig van Beethoven

226

(1)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

227

(2)

LISTENING CHART 16 Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, first movement

229

(4)

LISTENING CHART 17 Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (complete work)

233

(36)

3 Beethoven's "Third Period"

232

(1)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F, Op. 135, second movement

232

(3)

CHAPTER 15 Prelude Music after Beethoven: Romanticism

235

(14)

1 Romanticism

235

(5)

2 Concert Life in the Nineteenth Century

240

(2)

3 Style Features of Romantic Music

242

(3)

4 Program Music

245

(1)

5 Form in Romantic Music

245

(4)

CHAPTER 16 The Early Romantics

249

(20)

1 The Lied

249

(1)

FRANZ SCHUBERT: "Erlkönig" ("The Erlking")

250

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Franz Schubert

251

(3)

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe

254

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Robert Schumann

256

(1)

CLARA SCHUMANN: "Der Mond kommt still gegangen"

256

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Clara Wieck (Clara Schumann)

257

(2)

2 The "Character Piece" for Piano

259

(1)

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Moment Musical No. 2 in A-flat

259

(1)

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Carnaval

260

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Frédéric Chopin

261

(1)

FREDERIC CHOPIN: Nocturne in F-sharp, Op. 15, No. 2

261

(1)

3 Early Romatic Program Music

262

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Franz Liszt

263

(1)

BIOGRAPHIES: Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn

264

(1)

HECTOR BERLIOZ: Fantastic Symphony: Episodes in the Life of an Artist

265

(3)

BIOGRAPHY: Hector Berlioz

268

(1)

LISTENING CHART 18 Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony, fifth movement

269

(16)

CHAPTER 17 Romantic Opera

271

(1)

BOX Early Romantic Opera

272

(1)

1 Verdi and Italian Opera

273

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Giuseppe Verdi

274

(1)

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Aida

275

(4)

2 Wagner and "Music Drama"

279

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Richard Wagner

280

(1)

RICHARD WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde

281

(2)

Box Wagners Ring of the Nibelung

283

(2)

LISTENING CHART 19 Wagner, Prelude to Tristan und Isolde

285

(8)

CHAPTER 18 The Late Romantics

288

(20)

1 Late Romantic Program Music

290

(1)

PYOTR ILYICH CHAIKOVSKY: Overture-Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet

290

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Pyotr Ilyich Chaikovsky

291

(1)

2 Nationalism

292

(1)

LISTENING CHART 20 Chaikovsky, Overture-Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet

293

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Modest Musorgsky

295

(1)

MODEST MUSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

295

(2)

Box Other Nationalists

297

(1)

3 Responses to Romanticism

298

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Johannes Brahms

298

(2)

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

300

(1)

LISTENING CHART 21 Brahms, Violin Concerto, third movement

301

(2)

GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 1

303

(3)

BIOGRAPHY: Gustav Mahler

306

(1)

LISTENING CHART 22 Mahler, Symphony No. 1, third movement, Funeral March

307

(1)

Global Perspectives Musical Drana Worldwide

308

(5)

Japanese kabuki, Dojoji

309

(2)

Beijing opera, The Prince Who Changed into a Cat

311

(2)

UNIT V The Twentieth Century

313

(110)

CHAPTER 19 Prelude Music and Modernism

315

(14)

1 Industrialization and Progress

315

(1)

2 The Response of Modernism

316

(3)

3 Literature and Art before World War I

319

(5)

4 Music before World War I

324

(2)

BOX Schoenberg and Serialism

326

(3)

CHAPTER 20 The Twentieth Century: Early Modernism

329

(21)

1 Debussy and Impressionism

329

(1)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Three Nocturnes

330

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Claude Debussy

332

(1)

LISTENING CHART 23 Debussy, Clouds

333

(4)

2 Stravinsky: The Primacy of Rhythm

333

(1)

IGOR STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring: Part I,"The Adoration of the Earth"

334

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Igor Stravinsky

336

(1)

LISTENING CHART 24 Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring; from Part I

337

(13)

3 Expressionism

338

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Arnold Schoenberg

339

(1)

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Pierrot lunaire

340

(2)

ALBAN BERG: Wozzeck

342

(2)

BOX The Second Viennese School

344

(3)

4 Modernism in America: Ives

347

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Charles Ives

348

(1)

CHARLES IVES: Second Orchestral Set, second movement, "The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting"

349

(1)

LISTENING CHART 25 Ives, "The Rockstrewn Hills"

350

(7)

CHAPTER 21 Alternatives to Modernism

352

(1)

BOX Opera in the Early Twentieth Century

353

(1)

1 Maurice Ravel

354

(1)

MAURICE RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G

355

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Maurice Ravel

355

(2)

LISTENING CHART 26 Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, first movement

357

(4)

2 Béta Bartók

356

(2)

BOX Music and Totalitarianism

358

(1)

BÉLA BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

359

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Béta Bartók

360

(1)

LISTENING CHART 27 Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, second movement

361

(13)

3 Aaron Copland

362

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Aaron Copland

363

(1)

AARON COPLAND: Appalachian Spring

364

(2)

CHAPTER 22 The Late Twentieth Century

366

(17)

1 Modernism in Music: The Second Phase

366

(4)

ANTON WEBERN: Five Orchestral Pieces, IV

370

(1)

2 The Postwar Avant-Garde

371

(2)

GYÖRGY LIGETI: Lux aeterna

373

(1)

LISTENING CHART 28 Ligeti, Lux aeterna

374

(1)

EDGARD VARESE: Poème électronique

374

(1)

BOX Modernist Music and Architecture

375

(1)

JOHN CAGE: 4'33

376

(1)

3 Music at the End of the Century

377

(1)

GEORGE CRUMB: Black Angels, for Electric String Quartet

377

(2)

KAIJA SAARIAHO: From the Grammar of Dreams

379

(2)

STEVE REICH: Tehillim

381

(2)

LISTENING CHART 29 Reich, Tehillim, fourth section

383

(15)

CHAPTER 23 Music in America: Jazz and Beyond

384

(14)

1 Early American Music: An Overview

385

(4)

2 Jazz: The First Fifty Years

389

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Ragtime: Scott Joplin

391

(1)

SIPPIE WALLACE: "If You Ever Been Down" Blues

391

(2)

BIOGRAPHY: Louis Armstrong

393

(2)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Conga Brava

395

(1)

BIOGRAPHY: Duke Ellington

396

(2)

Global Perspectives 6 African Drumming

398

(20)

Yoruba drumming

398

(20)

3 Later Jazz

400

(1)

CHARLIE PARKER and MILES DAVIS: Out of Nowhere

400

(2)

MILES DAVIS: Bitches Brew

402

(1)

4 The Influence of Jazz and Blues

403

(1)

GEORGE GERSHWIN: Prelude No. 1

404

(3)

LEONARD BERNSTEIN: West Side Story

407

(3)

5 Rock: The First Fifty Years

410

(8)

Global Perspectives 7 Global Music

418

(5)

South African popular song, "Anoku Gonfia"

420

(3)

6 Conclusion

420

(3)

APPENDIX Further Listening, Suggested Readings, and Recommended Web Sites

423

(8)

Glossary of Musical Terms

431

(13)

Index

444

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