9780072491500

The World of Music offers a diverse and entertaining recordings package and an approach that emphasizes the progressive development of listening skills. Students are introduced to music elements through simpler music styles and familiar recordings and gradually build up to the most rigorous forms of Western music. The structure of the text provides an alternative to traditional music appreciation texts while still successfully investing readers with the skills necessary to listen to all music with knowledge and sophistication.

PART I PREPARATION FOR LISTENING
Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Music
The Infinite Variety of Music: A Global Perspective
The American Mainstream and Ethnic Diversity
Music in Culture
Social Aspects
Musical Aspects
Acculturation
Labels: A Help or a Hindrance?
Artists and Artistry
Goals for Listening
Listening Experiences: A Collage of Musical Styles
Summary
Chapter 2: Vocabulary for Listening and Understanding: The Nature of Music
Definitions of Music
Physical Characteristics
Music as a Science
Music as Sound and Silence
Music as Movement through Time
Expressive and Functional Qualities
Music as an Art
Music as a Universal Phenomenon
Music as a Means of Expression
Music as a Psychological Phenomenon
Music as a Changing Art
Music as a Process
The Creative Process
The Performance Process
The Listening Process
Participation in Music
Summary
Chapter 3: Vocabulary for Listening and Understanding: The Elements of Music
Goals for Listening
The Elements of Music
Pitch (Frequency)
Melody
Harmony
Duration (Time)
Rhythm
Tempo, Pulse, Meter, Syncopation
Bars (Measures), Phrases
Loudness (Intensity)
Tone Quality (Timbre)
Interaction of the Elements
To Create a Style: Musical Concepts
Unity and Variety
Tension and Forward Energy
Texture
Genres and Forms
Melodic Growth and Character
Listening Experiences
Summary
PART II LISTENING TO VERNACULAR MUSIC
Chapter 4: American Folk Music Traditions
Goals for Listening
The Nature of Folk Music
Oral Tradition
Field Recordings
Types of Folk Music
Songs
Narrative Ballads(Story Songs)
Broadsides
Lyric Songs
Work Songs
Children's Songs
Rally and Protest songs
Dance Music
Spirituals and the Blues
Folk Roots: An Expanded View
Ethnic Traditions
A Folk Revival
Urban Blues
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 5: American Religious Music Traditions
Goals for Listening
Early American Hymn Singing
Psalm Singing
Psalters
Lining Out
Singing Schools
The Fasola and Shape-Note Systems
Composers and Writers
William Billings
Isaac Watts
Charles Wesley
Twentieth-Century Gospel Music
Revival Music
Traditional Black Gospel
Popular Contemporary Styles
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 6: Jazz in America
Goals for Listening
What is Jazz?
The Jazz Style
The Feel of Swing
Instruments
Improvisation
The Beginnings of Jazz
Roots
Merging of Cultures and Styles
Chronology of Styles
New Orleans Jazz
Chicago Jazz (Dixieland)
Stride and Boogie Woogie
Swing and Big Band Jazz
Bebop
Cool, Hard Bop, Funk, and Free
Modern Jazz and Fusion
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 7: American Popular Music
Goals for Listening
The Definition and Scope of Popular Music
Pre-Twentieth Century
The Colonial Period
The First "American" Songs
Henry Russell
Stephen Foster
Rally and Protest Songs
Minstrel Show
Twentieth Century
Tin Pan Alley
Vaudeville
Musicals
Film
Radio and Recordings
A Transition
Country Music
Hillbilly
Western Swing and Cowboy Songs
The Nashville Sound
Bluegrass
Contemporary Country Sounds
African American Influences
Gospel
Rhythm and Blues
The Motown Sound
Soul
Rap
Rock
Rock and Roll
The Establishment
The British Invasion
Modern Rock
Early Twenty-First Century Music
Summary
Additional Listening
PART III LISTENING TO WORLD MUSICGoals for Listening
Native American Music
Style and Context
Assimilation and Preservation
Ethnic Music in the United States
Reggae
Latino Music
Cajun and Zydeco Music
Klezmer
Folk and Classical Music of Canada
Music of South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
Indigenous Folk Culture
Musical Instruments
Folk Songs and Dances
Church Influence
Concert Art Music
South America
Mexico
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 9: Music Beyond the Americas
Goals for Listening
Music of India
Hindustani Music
The Musical Elements
Performance
Popular Music
Music of Japan
The Musical Tradition
Musical Styles and Performance Practice
Gagaku
Kabuki
Koto, Shakuhachi, Shamisen
Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
Music in Context
The Instruments
The Musical Style
Rhythm
Other Aspects of Music
Western Influences
Popular Music
Other Musics
Music of Eastern Europe
Music of the Jewish People
Music of Indonesia
Summary
Aditional Listening
PART 4 LISTENING TO WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Chapter 10 Music to 1600
Goals for Listening
The Beginnings of Western Music (until about 1450 A.D.)
Gregorian Chant
Notation
Polyphonic Music
The Renaissance (1450-1600)
Choral/Vocal
Mass
Motet
Madrigal
Instrumental Music
The Reformation
Composers
Josquin des Prez(c. 1440-1521)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
Giovanni Gabrieli )c. 1557-1612)
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 11 Music of the Baroque (1600-1750)
Goals for Listening
Musical Characteristics
Texture
Major-Minor Tonal System
Continuo
Word Painting
Other Musical Characteristics
Instruments
Musical Forms and Genres
Orchestral Works
Chamber Music
>Keyboard Works
Choral Music
Opera
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 12 Music of the Classic Period (1750-1820)
Goals for Listening
Musical Characteristics
Instruments
Genres
Instrumental Genres
Vocal, Choral, Opera
Forms
Sonata Form
Theme and Variations
Minuet and trio
Rondo
Composers
Franz Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Summary
Aditional Listening
Chapter 13 Music of the Romantic Period (Nineteenth Century)
Goals for Listening
Musical Characteristics
Forms and Genres
Composers
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn
Fryderyk Chopin
Johannes Brahms
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr l'yich Tchaikovsky
Other Composers
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 14 Music of the Twentieth Century
Goals for Listening
Musical Characteristics
Experimental Music
Stylistic Developments
Impressionsim: Claude Debussy
Neoclassicism: Igor Stravinsky
Atonal Music and Serialism: Arnold Schoenberg
Nationalism and Folk Music: Béla Bartók
Electronic Music: Edgard Varèse
Chance Music: John Cage
Minimalism
Traditional Sounds
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 15 American Classical Music
Goals for Listening
Perspectives on American Classical Music
The Classical/Popular Dichotomy
The Preoccupation with Europe
Romanticism and the Virtuoso
The French Connection
Immigrants
Music Instruction
American Composers
Experimentalism: Charles Ives
Nationalism: Aaron Copland
Additional American Composers
Summary
Additional Listening
Chapter 16 Music in American Society
The Music Industry
Manufacturing
Musical Instruments
Audio Equipment
Uniforms and Robes
Publishing
Merchandising
Performance
Management
Music and the Media
Radio
Music in Advertising
Music Videos
Music, Computers, and the Internet
Newsprint
Music in the Community
A Diverse Musical Life
Promotion and Development
Government Support
Corporate Support
Civic Support
Summary
Appendix A: Classification of Instruments according to Methods of Tone Production
Appendix B: Architectural and Audio Acoustics
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index

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The World of Music

The World of Music

0072491507

Summary

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Music

The Infinite Variety of Music: A Global Perspective

The American Mainstream and Ethnic Diversity

Music in Culture

Social Aspects

Musical Aspects

Acculturation

Labels: A Help or a Hindrance?

Artists and Artistry

Goals for Listening

Listening Experiences: A Collage of Musical Styles

Summary

Chapter 2: Vocabulary for Listening and Understanding: The Nature of Music

Definitions of Music

Physical Characteristics

Music as a Science

Music as Sound and Silence

Music as Movement through Time

Expressive and Functional Qualities

Music as an Art

Music as a Universal Phenomenon

Music as a Means of Expression

Music as a Psychological Phenomenon

Music as a Changing Art

Music as a Process

The Creative Process

The Performance Process

The Listening Process

Participation in Music

Summary

Chapter 3: Vocabulary for Listening and Understanding: The Elements of Music

Goals for Listening

The Elements of Music

Pitch (Frequency)

Melody

Harmony

Duration (Time)

Rhythm

Tempo, Pulse, Meter, Syncopation

Bars (Measures), Phrases

Loudness (Intensity)

Tone Quality (Timbre)

Interaction of the Elements

To Create a Style: Musical Concepts

Unity and Variety

Tension and Forward Energy

Texture

Genres and Forms

Melodic Growth and Character

Listening Experiences

Summary

PART II LISTENING TO VERNACULAR MUSIC

Chapter 4: American Folk Music Traditions

Goals for Listening

The Nature of Folk Music

Oral Tradition

Field Recordings

Types of Folk Music

Songs

Narrative Ballads(Story Songs)

Broadsides

Lyric Songs

Work Songs

Children's Songs

Rally and Protest songs

Dance Music

Spirituals and the Blues

Folk Roots: An Expanded View

Ethnic Traditions

A Folk Revival

Urban Blues

Summary

Additional Listening