The Enjoyment of Music

ISBN 13:
9780393973013
ISBN 10:
0393973018
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/01/1998
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
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Summary

A new edition of the premiere college appreciation text used by over two generations of students. This immensely popular book is available in Chronological, Standard (more familiar music first), and Shorter versions. Among the many special features are detailed Listening Guides for numerous pieces, Cultural Perspectives that shed light on music of the world's peoples, and quotes from composers "In Their Own Words". The Norton Recordings, released separately in Full and Shorter sets, provides outstanding performances of all guided listening examples. The Shorter -- four enhanced CDs -- offers the latest in interactive electronic listening guides.

Part 1 The Materials of Music

Unit I The Elements of Music

(32)

Melody: Musical Line

(5)

Rhythm: Musical Time

(6)

Harmony: Musical SpaceThe Function of Harmony

(5)

Musical Texture

(6)

Musical Form

(6)

Tempo and Dynamics

(4)

Unit II Musical Instruments and Ensembles

(34)

Musical Instruments I

(4)

Musical Instruments II

(13)

Musical Ensembles

(11)

Style and Function of Music in Society

(6)

Hearing Musical Styles

(3)

Part 2 Medieval and Renaissance Music

Unit III The Middle Ages

(24)

The Culture of the Middle Ages

(4)

Sacred Music in the Middle Ages

(11)

Secular Music in the Middle Ages

(9)

Unit IV The Renaissance

(28)

The Renaissance Spirit

(7)

Renaissance Sacred Music

(9)

Renaissance Secular Music

107

(12)

From Renaissance to Baroque

116

(3)

Part 3 More Materials of Music

Unit V The Organization of Musical Sounds

119

(12)

Musical Systems

119

(6)

Aspects of the Major-Minor System

125

(6)

Part 4 The Baroque Era

Unit VI The Baroque and the Arts

131

(13)

The Baroque Spirit

131

(6)

Main Currents in Baroque Music

137

(7)

Unit VII Vocal Music of the Baroque

144

(22)

Baroque Opera

144

(7)

Bach and the Cantata

151

(8)

Handel and the Oratorio

159

(7)

Unit VIII Instrumental Music of the Baroque

166

(27)

The Baroque Concerto

166

(8)

The Baroque Suite

174

(7)

Other Instrumental Forms

181

(12)

To the Age of Enlightenment

187

(6)

Part 5 More Materials of Form

Unit IX Focus on Form

193

(12)

The Development of Musical Ideas

193

(3)

The Sonata Cycle

196

(9)

Part 6 Eighteenth-Century Classicism

Unit X The Classical Spirit

205

(9)

Classicism in the Arts

205

(4)

Classicism in Music

209

(5)

Unit XI Classical Chamber Music

214

(9)

Eighteenth-Century Chamber Music Style

214

(2)

Mozart and Chamber Music

216

(7)

Unit XII The Classical Symphony

223

(19)

The Nature of the Symphony

223

(2)

Haydn and the Symphony

225

(6)

Beethoven and the Symphony in Transition

231

(11)

Unit XIII The Eighteenth-Century Concerto and Sonata

242

(10)

The Classical Concerto

242

(5)

The Classical Sonata

247

(5)

Unit XIV Choral Music and Opera in the Classical Era

252

(15)

Choral Music and Opera

252

(15)

From Classicism to Romanticism

264

(3)

Part 7 The Nineteenth Century

Unit XV The Romantic Movement

267

(8)

The Spirit of Romanticism

267

(2)

Romanticism in Music

269

(6)

Unit XVI The Nineteenth-Century Art Song

275

(12)

The Romantic Song

275

(2)

Schubert and The Lied

277

(6)

Robert Schumann and the Song Cycle

283

(4)

Unit XVII The Nineteenth-Century Piano Piece

287

(11)

The Piano and Its Literature

287

(2)

Chopin and Piano Music

289

(4)

Clara Schumann: Pianist and Composer

293

(5)

Unit XVIII Romantic Program Music

298

(15)

The Nature of Program Music

298

(2)

Berlioz and the Program Symphony

300

(5)

Musical Nationalism

305

(8)

Unit XIX Absolute Forms in the Nineteenth Century

313

(15)

The Romantic Symphony

313

(4)

The Romantic Concerto

317

(6)

The Rise of Classical Composition in America

323

(5)

Unit XX Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century

328

(37)

Romantic Choral Music

328

(1)

Brahms and Choral Music

329

(5)

Romantic Opera

334

(5)

Verdi and Italian Opera

339

(9)

Wagner and the Music Drama

348

(7)

Tchaikovsky and the Ballet

355

(10)

Part 8 The Twentieth Century

The Post-Romantic Era

361

(4)

Unit XXI The Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Eras

365

(11)

Debussy and Impressionism

365

(11)

Unit XXII The Early Twentieth Century

376

(23)

Main Currents in Early-Twentieth-Century Music

376

(4)

New Elements of Musical Style

380

(4)

Stravinsky and the Revitalization of Rhythm

384

(10)

Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School

394

(5)

Unit XXIII Twentieth-Century Nationalism

399

(21)

The European Scene

399

(9)

The American Scene

408

(12)

Unit XXIV Popular Styles

420

(41)

Blues And Early Jazz

420

(12)

Musical Theater

432

(11)

Rock and the Global Scene

443

(18)

Unit XXV The New Music

461

(56)

New Directions

461

(16)

Contemporary Composers and Non-Western Styles

477

(21)

Technology and Music

498

(6)

Other Recent Trends

504

(13)

Coda

517

Appendices

I. Musical Notation

(5)

II. Glossary

(15)

III. Attending Concerts

(6)

IV. Chronology

(14)

Acknowledgments

(4)

Index

(23)

World Map

The Enjoyment of Music

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