The enjoyment of music : an introduction to perceptive listening / Joseph Machlis with Kristine Forney.

Author/creator Machlis, Joseph
Other author Forney, Kristine.
Format Book
Edition6th ed., shorter.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton, ©1991.
Descriptionxvi, 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Music appreciation.

Contents Part One: The materials of music -- I. The elements of music -- Melody: musical line -- Rhythm: musical time -- Harmony: musical space -- Musical texture -- Musical form -- Tempo and dynamics -- II. Musical instruments and ensembles -- Musical instruments I -- Musical instruments II -- Musical ensembles -- Transition I: Hearing musical styles -- Part Two: Medieval and Renaissance music -- III. The Middle Ages -- The culture of the Middle Ages -- Medieval music -- IV. The Renaissance -- The Renaissance spirit -- Renaissance music -- Transition II: From Renaissance to baroque -- Part Three: More materials of music -- V. The organization of musical sound -- Tonality, key, and scale -- The major-minor system 00 Part Four: The baroque era -- VI. The baroque and the arts -- The baroque spirit -- Main current in baroque music -- VII. Vocal music of the baroque -- Baroque opera -- Bach and the baroque cantata -- Handel and the baroque oratorio -- VIII. Instrumental music of the baroque -- The baroque concerto -- Other baroque instrumental forms -- Transition III: To the age of enlightenment -- Part Five: More materials of form -- IX. Focus on form -- The development of musical themes -- The sonata cycle -- Part Six: Eighteenth-century classicism -- X. The classical spirit -- Classicism in the arts -- Classicism in music -- XI. Classical chamber music -- Eighteenth-century chamber music style -- Mozart and classical chamber music -- XII. The classical symphony -- The nature of the symphony -- Haydn and the classical symphony -- Beethoven and the symphony in transition -- XIII. Eighteenth-century concerto and sonata -- The classical concerto -- The classical sonata -- XIV. Vocal forms of the classical era -- Classical choral music and opera -- Transition IV: From classicism to romanticism --
Contents Part Seven: The nineteenth century -- XV. The romantic movement -- The spirit of romanticism -- Romanticism in music -- XVI. The nineteenth-century art song -- The romantic song -- Schubert and the Lied -- XVII. The nineteenth-century piano piece -- The piano in the romantic era -- Chopin and nineteenth-century piano music -- Clara Schumann: A nineteenth-century woman musician -- XVIII. Romantic program music -- The nature of program music -- Berlioz and the program symphony -- The rise of musical nationalism -- XIX. Absolute forms -- The romantic symphony -- The romantic concerto -- Robert Schumann and the romantic concerto -- XX. Choral and dramatic music in the nineteenth century -- The nature of romantic choral music -- Brahms and choral music -- Romantic opera -- Verdi and Italian opera -- Wagner and the music drama -- Tchaikovsky and the ballet -- Part Eight: The twentieth century -- Transition V: The post-romantic era -- XXI. Turn-of-the-century trends -- Debussy and impressionism -- XXII. The early twentieth century -- Main currents in early twentieth-century music -- New elements of musical style -- Stravinsky and the revitalization of rhythm -- Schoenberg and the second Viennese school -- XXIII. The nationalism of the twentieth century -- Bartok and the European scene -- The American scene: art music -- The American scene: popular styles -- XXIV. The new music -- New directions -- Non-Western music and the contemporary scene -- New sounds -- Recent trends.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 90025297
ISBN0393960706
ISBN0393995879 (Cassette 1)
ISBN0393995887 (Cassette 2)
ISBN0393995895 (Cassette 3)

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk MT90 .M23 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold