Listening to Music / Edition 5

by Jay D. Zorn

Overview

Written in a lively and appealing style, Listening to Music provides the foundation for acquiring a lifelong knowledge and appreciation of music. It concentrates on the effective listening skills needed to identify composers and to recognize their styles and some of their representative works. Readers are encouraged to become informed consumers of music and active supporters of the arts. This comprehensive book covers the musical process, the materials of music, the common style periods of concert music (from the Baroque period to the present), and adjunct music, including North American popular music, broadway musical theater, and music in the movies. A useful reference work for those in the music industry.

This is the standalone book if you want the book and CD's(4CD's) you need to order

0132233789 / 9780132233781 Listening to Music and Compact Disc Set (4 CD's)
Package consists of:
0131733397 / 9780131733398 Listening to Music
0131733400 / 9780131733404 Compact Disc Set (4 CD's)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780131733398
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	11/09/2006
Series:	Pearson Custom Library: Music Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dr. Jay Zorn is the Chairman of the Music Education Department at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, and a past president of the California Music Educators Association. For 30 years, Dr. Zorn has focused on training music educators, teaching music appreciation to thousands of students, and developing new, courses .designed to appeal to the expanding cultural diversity of student populations.

June August is a playwright whose works have been produced in New England, California, Florida, and off-Broadway. She has been the Editorial Director of the Education Division of Walt Disney Productions and Director of Public Information for the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music. In addition, June is a writing consultant and trainer for Fortune 500 companies throughout North America.

Table of Contents

Guide to the Recordings: (inside covers)

PART ONE: THE MUSICAL PROCESS

1 From the Creator to the Listener

2 What to Listen for in Music

3 Becoming a Musically Aware Concertgoer

PART TWO: THE MATERIALS OF MUSIC

4 How the Basic Musical Elements Interact

5 Performing Media: Instruments, Voices, and Ensembles

6 An Introduction to Musical Styles

7 Music Before 1600

8 The Baroque Style Period (1600–1750)

9 Baroque Style Music (1600–1750)

10 The Classical Style Period (1750–1820)

11 Music of the Classical Period

12 Beethoven: Bridge To Romanticism

13 The Romantic Style Period (1820–1900)

14 Early-Romantic Music

15 Romantic Opera

16 Late-Romantic Music

17 Nationalism

18 Impressionism

19 Modernism and Post-Modernism

20 Stravinsky: Into the Twentieth Century

21 Expressionism: Atonal Music

22 Neoclassicism: Mainstream Music

23 Experimental and Technological Music

24 Classical Music in North America

PART FOUR: MUSIC OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY

25 Jazz: The Great American Artform

26 Popular Music: Times, They Are A-Changin’

27 Broadway Musical Theater

28 Music in the Movies

29 Contributions of World Cultures

Editorial Reviews

A reader-friendly introductory text designed to help students develop a lifelong knowledge and appreciation of music, with sections on the musical process, the materials of music, the common style periods of concert music, and adjunct music such as American popular music and Broadway musical theater. Includes color illustrations and b&w photos of instruments, works of art, and key figures, plus listening activities and guides, boxes on listening insights and historical perspectives, and some 60 biographical sketches. Musical supplements are available on audio tape or CD. Zorn is chairman of the music education department at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music. August is a playwright and writing consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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