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Listening to Music

by: Zorn, Jay D.

Listening to Music

by: Zorn, Jay D.

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Edition: 3rd
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Copyright: 01/01/2000
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

This book provides the foundation for development of one's knowledge of music. It concentrates on "listening" skills in order to increase music appreciation and demystify the concert-going experience. The musical process, the materials of music, the common style periods of music, adjunct music, and audience power.

Preface

xiii

Prelude: Music Belongs to Everyone

(2)

Part One: The Musical Process

From the Creator To the Listener

(2)

Creation, Recreation, Response

(1)

How to Listen to Music

(3)

The Sensory Level

(1)

The Emotional Level

(1)

The Contextual Level

(1)

The Script Level

(1)

The Musically Active Level

(1)

Becoming a Musically Aware Concertgoer

(13)

Attending Concerts

Martin Bookspan, Host

(1)

What are the Different Types of Concerts?

(2)

Symphony Orchestra

(1)

Chamber Music Ensemble

(1)

Chamber Orchestra

(1)

Recital

(1)

Vocal Ensemble

(1)

Secular Vocal Ensemble

(1)

Religious Choir

(1)

Opera

(1)

Broadway Musical Theater

(1)

How Can I Find Out about Concerts and Ticket Sales?

(1)

How Can I Prepare for a Concert?

(1)

What Do I Need to Know Before the Concert Begins?

(1)

What Concert Traditions Do I Need to Know About?

(1)

When Should I Applaud?

(1)

What is the Conductor's Role?

(2)

What Are the Terms Commonly Used in Performance?

(2)

What Is in the Printed Concert Program?

(1)

What Are the Catalog Systems for Composers' Works?

(2)

Part Two: The Materials of Music

How the Basic Musical Elements Interact

(11)

Multimedia Presentation

(1)

Elements of Music: Martin Bookspan, Host

(1)

Rhythm (Duration of Sound)

(4)

Pitch (Melody and Harmony)

(3)

Textures

(2)

Summary of Basic Musical Elements

(1)

Performing Media: Instruments, Voices, and Ensembles

(29)

Acoustics of Vocal and Instrumental Sound

(1)

Performing Media and Performances: Solo Instruments and Ensembles

(2)

The Orchestra and its Instruments

(6)

How Do I Become Familiar with the Instruments?

(4)

Britten, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

(3)

How the Orchestra Developed

(1)

Historical Perspective: What is the Secret of the Cremona Instruments?

(9)

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, ``Spring,'' Op. 8, First Movement

(2)

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Third Movement

(1)

Haydn, Symphony No. 94 (Surprise), Third Movement

(2)

Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, First Movement

(1)

Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Fifth Movement

(1)

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, ``Sacrificial Dance''

(1)

The Wind Ensemble

(1)

Keyboard Instruments

(3)

Bach, Fugue in g Minor (Little)

(1)

Mozart, Variations ``Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman'' K. 265

(1)

Chopin, Fantasie Impromptu, Opus 66

(1)

Electronic Instruments

(1)

Human Voice

(3)

Mozart, ``Madamina'' Aria From Don Giovanni

(1)

Puccini, La Boheme (The Bohemian Life), Act 1 (Excerpt)

(1)

Part Three: The Common Style Periods of Concert Music

An Introduction To Musical Styles

(3)

Why Study Musical Styles?

(1)

Historical Perspective: Styles in the Arts

(2)

Music Before 1600

(15)

The Middle Ages (450--1450)

(3)

Music of the Middle Ages

(1)

Gregorian Chant. Alleluia Pascha Nostrum

(1)

The Beginnings of Polyphony

(3)

Organum: Leonin, Alleluia Dies Sancrificatus

(2)

The Renaissance (1450--1600)

(1)

Music in the Renaissance

(2)

How to Listen to Polyphonic Music

(1)

Palestrina's Biography and Principal Works

(1)

Palestrina, De Beata Virgine, ``Kyrie'' from the Mass

(1)

Important Composers of the Renaissance

(4)

The Baroque Style Period (1600--1750)

(5)

Protestant Reformation

(1)

Counter-Reformation

(1)

Historical Perspective: Book and Music Printing

(1)

Overview of the Baroque Style Period (1600--1750)

(2)

Baroque Style Music (1600--1750)

(30)

Changes Occur in the New Baroque Music

(1)

Baroque-Style Vocal Music

(1)

Historical Perspective: The Sensory Appeal of the Catholic Church Service

(1)

Monteverdi's Biography and Principal Works

(2)

Historical Perspective: Use of Italian Terms in Music

(1)

Schutz's Biography and Principal Works

(1)

Handel's Biography and Principal Works

(2)

Baroque Cantata

(4)

Handel, Messiah, ``For Unto Us A Child is Born''

(3)

Historical Perspective: Handel's Messiah

(1)

How to Listen to Baroque Music

(1)

Bach's Biography and Principal Works

(5)

Bach, Cantata No. 140, ``Opening Chorus''

101

(3)

Baroque Instrumental Music

104

(1)

Historical Perspective: Evolution of Public Concerts: The Baroque Period

104

(1)

Vivaldi's Biography and Principal Works

105

(9)

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, ``Spring'' First Movement

106

(1)

Baroque Keyboard Music

107

(1)

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Third Movement

108

(3)

Bach, Fugue in g Minor (Little)

111

(3)

The Classical Style Period (1750--1820)

114

(4)

Political and Social Background

114

(2)

Classical Origins

116

(1)

Overview of the Classical Period (1750--1820)

117

(1)

Music of the Classical Period

118

(26)

Mozart

118

(1)

Haydn

118

(1)

Young Beethoven

119

(1)

Mozart's Biography and Principal Works

119

(2)

Historical Perspective: Mozart Myths Revealed

121

(1)

Haydn's Biography and Principal Works

122

(1)

Historical Perspective: Haydn's Labor Protest---The ``Farewell'' Symphony

123

(1)

Historical Perspective: Evolution of Public Concerts: The Classical Period

124

(11)

How to Listen to Classical Music

126

(1)

Mozart, Variations ``Ah, Vous Dirai-je, Maman, K. 265

127

(2)

Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 2, Third Movement

129

(1)

Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 8 in c Minor, Opus 13 ``Pathetique,'' Third Movement

130

(3)

Haydn, Symphony No. 94, ``Surprise'' Third Movement

133

(2)

Historical Perspective: What Was Haydn's Surprise?

135

(4)

Mozart, Symphony #40, First Movement

136

(3)

Classical-Period Opera

139

(5)

Mozart, ``Madamina'' Aria from Don Giovanni

140

(4)

Beethoven: Bridge To Romanticism

144

(12)

Beethoven's Biography and Principal Works

145

(1)

Historical Perspective: Beethoven's Deafness

146

(1)

Historical Perspective: The Heiligenstadt Testament

146

(4)

Beethoven, Piano Sonata #8 (Pathetique), Third Movement

148

(2)

Historical Perspective: Beethoven Meets Mozart

150

(3)

Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, First Movement

150

(3)

Historical Perspective: Beethoven and the Changing Status of Composers

153

(2)

The Great Ninth Symphony

155

(1)

The Romantic Style Period (1820--1900)

156

(4)

Romantic Subjects

157

(1)

Romanticism in Music

157

(1)

Overview of the Romantic Period

158

(2)

Early-Romantic Music

160

(30)

Orchestral Music

160

(1)

Berlioz's Biography and Principal Works

161

(2)

Historical Perspective: Berlioz's Innovative Orchestration

163

(5)

Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Fifth Movement

165

(3)

What to Listen for in Romantic Music

168

(1)

The Romantic Art Song

168

(1)

Schubert's Biography and Principal Works

169

(5)

Schubert, Erlking

170

(4)

Robert Schumann's Biography and Principal Works

174

(1)

Romantic Piano Music

175

(1)

Clara Schumann's Biography and Principal Works

176

(4)

Schumann (Clara), Scherzo, Opus 10

177

(3)

Chopin's Biography and Principal Works

180

(2)

Chopin, Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66

181

(1)

Liszt's Biography and Principal Works

182

(2)

Felix Mendelssohn's Biography and Principal Works

184

(1)

Fanny Mendelssohn's Biography and Principal Works

185

(5)

Mendelssohn, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, First Movement

186

(4)

Romantic Opera

190

(31)

Historical Perspective: Opera in the North America

191

(1)

Italian Romantic Opera

192

(1)

Donizetti's Biography and Principal Works

193

(1)

Bellini's Biography and Principal Works

193

(1)

Rossini's Biography and Principal Works

194

(1)

Verdi's Biography and Principal Works

195

(5)

Verdi, La Traviata, Act 1, ``E strano! E strano!'' ``Sempre libera'' ``Follie, Follie''

196

(4)

Puccini's Biography and Principal Works

200

(9)

Puccini, La Boheme, Act 1, duet

200

(9)

French Romantic Opera

209

(1)

Offenbach's Biography and Principal Works

209

(3)

Bizet's Biography and Principal Works

212

(1)

German Romantic Opera

213

(1)

Weber's Biography and Principal Works

214

(1)

Wagner's Biography and Principal Works

215

(6)

Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

216

(4)

Understanding Wagnerian Opera

220

(1)

Late-Romantic Music

221

(19)

The State of Music in the Late-Romantic Period

221

(1)

Historical Perspective: Evolution of Public Concerts

222

(2)

Brahms's Biography and Principal Works

224

(5)

Brahms, Academic Festival Overture

225

(3)

Enjoying chamber Music

228

(1)

Mahler's Biography and Principal Works

229

(7)

Mahler, Songs of a Wayfarer, ``Ging Heut Morgen uber Feld''

230

(4)

Mahler, Symphony #1, First Movement

234

(2)

Strauss's Biography and Principal Works

236

(4)

Enjoying Programmatic and Highly Descriptive Music

238

(2)

Nationalism

240

(14)

Political Influences

240

(1)

Nationalism in Music

241

(1)

Mussorgsky's Biography and Principal Works

242

(1)

Tchaikovsky's Biography and Principal Works

243

(2)

How to Listen to Nationalistic Music

244

(1)

Historical Perspective: The 1812 Overture: Spectacular Performances

245

(4)

Tchaikovsky, The 1812 Overture

245

(4)

Rimsky-Korsakov's Biography and Principal Works

249

(1)

Rachmaninov's Biography and Principal Works

250

(1)

Bartok's Biography and Principal Works

251

(3)

Impressionism

254

(10)

Impressionistic Poetry and Painting

254

(1)

Impressionism in Music

255

(1)

Debussy's Biography and Principal Works

256

(6)

How to Listen to Impressionistic Music

259

(1)

Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

260

(2)

Ravel's Biography and Principal Works

262

(2)

The Twentieth-Century Style Period

264

(7)

Influence of the World Wars

264

(1)

Art Redefined

265

(1)

Overview of the Twentieth-Century Period

266

(5)

Stravinsky: Into the Twentieth Century

271

(11)

Stravinsky's Pivotal Position

271

(1)

Stravinsky's Biography and Principal Works

272

(1)

Historical Perspective: The Rite of Spring---Its Infamous Debut in 1913

273

(9)

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring ``Sacrificial Dance''

277

(4)

How to Listen to Twentieth-Century Music

281

(1)

Expressionism: Atonal Music

282

(7)

Schoenberg's Biography and Principal Works

283

(1)

Atonality

284

(3)

How to Listen to Twelve-tone Music

285

(1)

Schoenberg, Suite for Piano, Op. 25 ``Praeludium''

286

(1)

Webern's Biography and Principal Works

287

(1)

Berg's Biography and Principal Works

288

(1)

Neoclassicism: Mainstream Music

289

(15)

Beginnings of Neoclassicism

289

(1)

Historical Perspective: Neoclassical Approaches

290

(1)

Prokofiev's Biography and Principal Works

290

(4)

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 ``Classical,'' First Movement

291

(3)

Shostakovich's Biography and Principal Works

294

(1)

Moving Back to the Mainstream

294

(2)

Spotlight: Outstanding Artist-Teacher: Nadia Boulanger

296

(8)

Experimental and Technological Music

304

(7)

Musique Concrete

305

(1)

Electronic Music

305

(1)

Computer and Mixed Media

306

(4)

How to Listen to Chance and Aleatoric Music

309

(1)

What Lies Ahead?

310

(1)

Music in North America

311

(40)

Immigration

311

(2)

American Composers

313

(1)

Amy Beach's Biography and Principal Works

313

(2)

Ives' Biography and Principal Works

315

(7)

Ives, Song: ``Charlie Rutlege''

316

(3)

How to Listen to Ives

319

(1)

Ives, First Orchestral Set: Three Places in New England, ``Putnam's Camp''

319

(3)

Jazz: The American Art Form

322

(4)

Historical Perspective: Rags and Ragtime

326

(1)

Joplin's Biography and Principal Works

327

(6)

Joplin, ``The Entertainer''

328

(5)

Gershwin's Biography and Principal Works

333

(6)

Gershwin, Porgy and Bess ``Bess, You Is My Woman Now''

335

(3)

How to Listen to Eclectic Music

338

(1)

Copland's Biography and Principal Works

339

(3)

Copland, Rodeo Ballet, ``Hoe Down''

340

(2)

Bernstein's Biography and Principal Works

342

(3)

Bernstein, Overture to Candide

343

(2)

Other American Composers

345

(1)

Menotti's Biography and Principal Works

346

(1)

Zwilich's Biography and Principal Works

347

(4)

Zwilich, Concerto Grosso, 1985, First Movement

347

(4)

Part Four: Adjunct Music

North American Popular Music

351

(10)

Early American Popular Music

352

(1)

Tin Pan Alley

352

(1)

The Commercialization of Popular Music

353

(1)

The Swing Era

353

(2)

Country Music

355

(1)

Rhythm and Blues

356

(1)

Rock 'n' Roll/Rock

356

(5)

Broadway Musical Theater

361

(29)

The Broadway Musical: Its Roots

361

(1)

North American Roots of the Musical

362

(2)

Stephen Foster's Biography and Principal Works

364

(2)

From Minstrelsy to Vaudeville

366

(6)

Sigmund Romberg's Biography and Principal Works

372

(1)

Victor Herbert's Biography and Principal Works

372

(1)

Rudolf Friml's Biography and Principal Works

373

(1)

Irving Berlin's Biography and Principal Works

373

(1)

Jerome Kern's Biography and Principal Works

374

(2)

Historical Perspective: Kern's Show Boat: The New Broadway Musical

376

(4)

Kern, Show Boat, ``Ol' Man River''

376

(3)

Listening to Broadway Musical Theater Songs

379

(1)

Cole Porter's Biography and Principal Works

380

(1)

Richard Rodgers's Biography and Principal Works

381

(1)

Stephen Sondheim's Biography and Principal Works

382

(4)

Sondheim, A Little Night Music, ``Send in the Clowns''

383

(1)

Bernstein, Overture to Candide

384

(1)

Bock, Fiddler on the Roof, ``Sunrise, Sunset''

385

(1)

Historical Perspective: Rent: A Rock Opera for the 90s

386

(1)

Other Important Broadway Musicals

387

(3)

Music in the Movies

390

(18)

How it Began: The Silent Era

390

(1)

Cataloguing of Existing Concert Music

391

(1)

Masters Transcribed for Film

391

(1)

The Role of Music in Sound Films

392

(1)

Historical Perspective: From Broadway to Hollywood

392

(1)

Film Music Comes of Age

393

(1)

The Hollywood Sound

393

(1)

The Contribution of Music to Film

394

(1)

Listening for Associations in Film Music

394

(1)

Movie Music of the Golden Age

394

(1)

Some of the Great Film Composers of the Golden Age

395

(3)

The Next Generation of Composers

398

(3)

Music and the Magic of Animation

401

(2)

Matching Music and Pictures

403

(1)

The Stature of Movie Music Today

404

(4)

How to Listen to Film Music

404

(4)

Contributions of World Cultures

408

(13)

Non-Western Influences in Western Art Music

409

(1)

Music South of the Sahara

410

(4)

``If it Comes to Fighting with Guns'' Ewe People of West Africa

412

(2)

Music of India

414

(2)

India: Ghazal, ``Bat Karane Mujhe Mushkil''

416

(1)

Music of Japan

416

(5)

Japan (Gagaku): Netori (Prelude) & ``Etenraku in Hyojo''

417

(3)

Japan: Kabuki nagauta music from the play Pojoji

420

(1)

Finale: Audience Power in the 21st Century

421

(6)

Our New Millennium

421

(2)

Beyond Survival

423

(4)

Finale: Host, Martin Bookspan

425

(2)

Appendix A: Music Notation

427

(2)

Appendix B: Common Scales in Music

429

(5)

Appendix C: Writing Reports

434

(4)

Appendix D: Music Listening Guide

438

(2)

Challenge Your Expertise Answers

440

(5)

Glossary of Music Terms

445

(6)

Photo Credits

451

(4)

Index

455

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