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Listen; Brief

ISBN: 9780312401153 | 0312401159
Edition: 5th
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 9/12/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
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 Instructorv
INTRODUCTION To the Studentxii
Classical Music
xii
Music and History
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Global Perspectives
xv
Listening
xv
Listening Charts
xvi
Study Guide CD-ROM
xvii
UNIT I Fundamentals1(54)
OVERTURE A March by Hector Berlioz
2(2)
LISTENING CHART 1 Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony, fourth movement
4(49)
CHAPTER 1 Music, Sound, and Time
6(4)
1 Sound Vibrations
6(1)
2 Dynamics (Amplitude)
7(1)
LISTEN for pitch and dynamics,
8(7)
3 Tone Color: Overtones
8(1)
4 Duration
9(1)
CHAPTER 2 Rhythm and Pitch
10(14)
1 Rhythm
10(5)
LISTEN for rhythm, meter, and tempo,
15(11)
2 Pitch
14(6)
INTERLUDE A Musical Notation
20(4)
CHAPTER 3 The Structures of Music
24(22)
1 Melody
24(2)
LISTEN for melody and tune,
26(4)
1 Box Characteristics of Tunes
25(2)
2 Harmony
27(1)
3 Texture
28(2)
LISTEN for texture,
30(5)
4 Tonality and Modality
31(4)
LISTEN for mode and key,
35(14)
INTERLUDE B Musical Instruments
36(10)
CHAPTER 4 Musical Form and Musical Style
46(7)
1 Form in Music
46(3)
LISTEN for musical form,
49(21)
2 Musical Style
50(3)
LISTENING CHART 2 Britten, The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
53(2)
UNIT II Early Music: An Overview55(56)
CHAPTER 5 The Middle Ages
56(14)
1 Music and the Church: Plainchant
56(3)
ANONYMOUS: Preface for Mass on Whit Sunday, "Vere dignum"
59(1)
ANONYMOUS: Gregorian antiphon, "In paradisuro"
60(1)
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Plainchant sequence, "Columba aspexit"
61(1)
2 Music at Court
62(1)
Box How Did Early Music Sound?
63(1)
BERNART DE VENTADORN: Troubadour song, "La dousa vott"
64(1)
3 The Evolution of Polyphony
65(1)
PÉROTIN: Organum, "Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia"
66(1)
4 Later Medieval Polyphony
67(1)
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT: Motet, "Quant en moi"
68(2)
Global Perspectives 1 Sacred Chant
70(20)
Qur'anic recitation, "Ya Sin"
70(1)
Hawai'ian chant, mele pule
71(1)
Navajo song, "K'adnikini'ya'"
72(1)
CHAPTER 6 The Renaissance
73(17)
1 New Attitudes
74(1)
GUILLAUME DUFAY: Harmonized hymn, "Ave maris stella"
75(3)
2 The "High Renaissance" Style
78(2)
JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Pange lingua Mass
80(1)
3 Music as Expression
81(1)
4 Late Renaissance Music
82(1)
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRIMA: Pope Marcellus Mass
83(3)
THOMAS WEELKES: Madrigal, "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending"
86(1)
5 Instrumental Music: Early Developments
87(1)
ANONYMOUS: Galliard, "Daphne"
88(1)
ANONYMOUS: "Kemp's Jig"
88(1)
BOX Dance Stylization
89(1)
Global Perspectives 2 Music and Early Europear Colonialism
90(18)
Processional hymn from the Andes, "Hanaq pachap kusikuynin"
91(1)
CHAPTER 7 The Early Baroque Period
92(16)
1 From Renaissance to Baroque
92(2)
GIOVANNI GABRIELI: Motet, "O magnum mysterium"
94(1)
2 Style Features of Early Baroque Music
95(2)
3 Opera
97(2)
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: The Coronation of Poppea
99(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 Century111(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 Century221(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 Century313(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: Počme 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 Sites423(8)
Glossary of Musical Terms431(13)
Index444

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