The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening,9780393972900

The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening

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ISBN13: 9780393972900
ISBN10: 0393972909
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): W W Norton & Co Inc
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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.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Materials of Music 1(66)
Unit I The Elements of Music
1(32)
1. MELODY: MUSICAL LINE
1(5)
Defining Melody
Characteristics of Melody
The Structure of Melody
Listening Activity: Melody
2. RHYTHM: MUSICAL TIME
6(6)
Metrical Patterns
Listening Activity: Rhythm
3. HARMONY: MUSICAL SPACE
12(5)
The Function of Harmony
The Organization of Harmony
Consonance and Dissonance
Listening Activity: Harmony
4. MUSICAL TEXTURE
17(6)
Types of Texture
Contrapuntal Devices
Musical Texture and the Listener
Listening Activity: Texture
5. MUSICAL FORM
23(6)
Structure and Design in Music
Two-Part and Three-Part Form
The Building Blocks of Form
Listening Activity: Form
6. TEMPO AND DYNAMICS
29(4)
The Pace of Music
Loudness and Softness
Tempo and Dynamics as Elements of Musical Expression
Listening Activity: Tempo and Dynamics
Unit II Musical Instruments and Ensembles
33(34)
7. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I
33(4)
Properties of Musical Sound
The Voice as a Model for Instrumental Sound
The World of Musical Instruments
Listening Activity: Voices
8. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS II
37(13)
String Instruments
Woodwind Instruments
Brass Instruments
Percussion Instruments
Other Instruments
Listening Activity: Instruments
9. MUSICAL ENSEMBLES
50(11)
Choral Groups
Instrumental Chamber Ensembles
The Orchestra
Concert, Jazz, and Rock Bands
The Role of the Conductor
The Orchestra in Action
LG 1: Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
10. STYLE AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC IN SOCIETY
61(3)
TRANSITION I: Hearing Musical Styles
64(3)
The Concept of Style
Musical Styles in History
Part 2 The Nineteenth Century 67(144)
Unit III The Romantic Movement
67(10)
11. THE SPIRIT OF ROMANTICISM
67(3)
12. ROMANTICISM IN MUSIC
70(7)
Romantic Style Traits
The Musician in Society
Unit IV The Nineteenth-Century Art Song
77(17)
13. THE ROMANTIC SONG
77(2)
Types of Song Structure
The Lied
14. SCHUBERT AND THE LIED
79(6)
His Life and Music
LG 2: Erlking
15. ROBERT SCHUMANN AND THE SONG CYCLE
85(4)
His Life and Music
LG 3: A Poet's Love
16. FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL AND ROMANTIC SONG
89(5)
Her Life and Music
LG 4: Mountain Yearning
Unit V The Nineteenth-Century Piano Piece
94(19)
17. THE PIANO AND ITS LITERATURE The Short Lyric Piano Piece
94(2)
18. CHOPIN AND PIANO MUSIC
96(6)
His Life and Music
LG 5: Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53
LG 6: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
19. LISZT AND THE RISE OF THE PERFORMER/COMPOSER
102(6)
His Life and Music
LG 7: The Little Bell
20. CLARA SCHUMANN: PIANIST AND COMPOSER
108(5)
Her Life and Music
LG 8: Scherzo, Op. 10
Unit VI Romantic Program Music
113(17)
21. THE NATURE OF PROGRAM MUSIC Varieties of Program Music
113(2)
22. BERLIOZ AND THE PROGRAM SYMPHONY
115(7)
His Life and Music
LG 9: Symphonie fantastique
23. MUSICAL NATIONALISM
122(8)
A Czech Nationalist: Bedrich Smetana
LG 10: The Moldau
CP 1: Music and Nationalism
Other Nationalists
Unit VII Absolute Forms in the Nineteenth Century
130(30)
24. THE ROMANTIC SYMPHONY
130(6)
The Nature of the Symphony
LG 11: Brahms's Symphony No. 3 in F major
25. DVORAK AS A SYMPHONIST
136(7)
His Life and Music
LG 12: The New World Symphony
CP 2: Dvorak's Influence on African-American Art Music
26. THE ROMANTIC CONCERTO
143(3)
The Nature of the Concerto
Virtuosity and the Concerto
27. FELIX MENDELSSOHN AND THE CONCERTO
146(4)
His Life and Music
LG 13: Violin Concerto in E minor
28. AMY BEACH AND CLASSICAL COMPOSITION IN AMERICA
150(10)
Her Life and Music
LG 14: Violin Sonata in A minor
CP 3: Women and Music: A Feminist Issue
Unit VIII Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century
160(51)
29. ROMANTIC CHORAL MUSIC
160(2)
30. BRAHMS AND CHORAL MUSIC
162(5)
His Life and Music
LG 15: A German Requiem
31. ROMANTIC OPERA
167(4)
The Components of Opera
The Development of National Styles
Women in Opera
32. VERDI AND ITALIAN OPERA
171(10)
His Life and Music
LG 16: Rigoletto
33. WAGNER AND THE MUSIC DRAMA
181(9)
His Life and Music
LG 17: Die Walkure
34. EXOTICISM IN OPERA
190(10)
Georges Bizet: His Life and Music
LG 18: Carmen
CP 4: The Lure of Spain
35. LATE ROMANTIC OPERA
200(4)
Ruggero Leoncavallo: His Life and Music
LG 19: Pagliacci
36. TCHAIKOVSKY AND THE BALLET
204(7)
Ballet--Past and Present
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: His Life and Music
LG 20: The Nutcracker
Part 3 More Materials of Music 211(22)
Unit IX The Organization of Musical Sounds
211(11)
37. MUSICAL SYSTEMS
211(6)
The Miracle of the Octave
The Formation of Major and Minor Scales
Chromaticism
Other Scale Types
38. ASPECTS OF THE MAJOR-MINOR SYSTEM
217(5)
Transposition
Modulation
Active and Rest Chords
The Key as a Form-Building Element
Listening Activity: Key
Unit X Focus on Form
222(11)
39. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL IDEAS Listening Activity: Thematic Development
222(3)
40. THE SONATA CYCLE
225(8)
The First Movement
The Second Movement
The Third Movement
The Fourth Movement
The Sonata Cycle as a Whole
Listening Activity: Sonata Cycle
Part 4 Eighteenth-Century Classicism 233(90)
Unit XI The Classical Spirit
233(9)
41. CLASSICISM IN THE ARTS
233(4)
42. CLASSICISM IN MUSIC
237(5)
Elements of Classical Style
The Patronage System
CP 5: Concert Life in the Americas: Then and Now
Unit XII Classical Chamber Music
242(12)
43. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHAMBER MUSIC STYLE
242(5)
The String Quartet
LG 21: Haydn's String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 2 (Quinten)
44. MOZART AND CHAMBER MUSIC
247(7)
His Life and Music
LG 22: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Unit XIII The Classical Symphony
254(23)
45. THE NATURE OF THE SYMPHONY
254(5)
Historical Background
The Classical Orchestra
The Movements of the Symphony
LG 23: Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor
46. HAYDN AND THE SYMPHONY
259(6)
His Life and Music
LG 24: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise)
47. BEETHOVEN AND THE SYMPHONY IN TRANSITION
265(12)
His Life and Music
LG 25: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
CP 6: The Composer Heard 'round the World
Unit XIV The Eighteenth-Century Concerto and Sonata
277(20)
48. THE CLASSICAL CONCERTO
277(10)
The Movements of the Concerto
LG 26: Mozart's Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
LG 27: Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major
Famous Women Virtuosos of the Eighteenth Century
49. THE CLASSICAL SONATA
287(10)
The Movements of the Sonata
CP 7: East Meets West: Turkish Influences on the Viennese Classics
LG 28: Mozart's Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331
LG 29: Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathetique)
Unit XV Choral Music and Opera in the Classical Era
297(26)
50. SACRED CHORAL MUSIC
297(5)
Mass, Requiem, and Oratorio
LG 30: Haydn's Creation
51. CLASSICAL OPERA
302(13)
Opera Types
LG 31: Mozart's Comic Opera The Marriage of Figaro
TRANSITION II: From Classicism to Romanticism LG 32: Schubert's The trout: Lied and Piano Quintet
315(8)
Part 5 Medieval and Renaissance Music 323(66)
Unit XVI The Middle Ages
323(33)
52. THE CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES CP 8: Music of the Muses
323(4)
53. SACRED MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES
327(15)
The Mass
A Gregorian Melody: Haec dies
The Rise of Polyphony: The Notre Dame School
The Early Medieval Motet
LG 33: Gregorian Chant, Organum, and Motet: Haec dies
Life in the Medieval Cloister
CP 9: Influences on the Early Christian Church
Hildegard of Bingen and Medieval Religious Drama
LG 34: The Play of the Virtues
54. SECULAR MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES
342(14)
Medieval Minstrels
CP 10: Opening Doors to the East
Moniot d'Arras and the Trouvere Tradition
LG 35: Ce fut en mai
Guillaume de Machaut and the French Ars Nova
LG 36: Puis qu'en oubli
Early Instrumental Music
LG 37: Royal estampie No. 4
Unit XVII The Renaissance
356(33)
55. THE RENAISSANCE SPIRIT
356(7)
The Arts in the Renaissance
CP 11: When the Old World Meets the New World
Musicians in Renaissance Society
Renaissance Musical Style
56. RENAISSANCE SACRED MUSIC
363(11)
The Early Renaissance Mass
Du Fay and the Cantus Firmus Mass
LG 38: L'homme arme Mass
The Motet in the Renaissance
Josquin Desprez and the Motet
LG 39: Ave Maria... virgo serena
The High Renaissance Mass
LG 40: Palestrina and the Pope Marcellus Mass
57. RENAISSANCE SECULAR MUSIC
374(11)
Music in Court and City Life
The Chanson
LG 41: A Burgundian Chanson: Il sera pour vous/L'homme arme
Instrumental Dance Music
The Italian Madrigal
Monteverdi and the Madrigal
LG 42: A un giro sol
The English Madrigal
LG 43: John Farmer's Fair Phyllis
TRANSITION III: From Renaissance to Baroque
385(4)
Polychoral Music in Venice
Giovanni Gabrieli and the Polychoral Motet
LG 44: O quam suavis
Part 6 The Baroque Era 389(80)
Unit XVIII The Baroque and the Arts
389(13)
58. THE BAROQUE SPIRIT CP 12: Music and the Religious Spirit in the New World
389(6)
59. MAIN CURRENTS IN BAROQUE MUSIC
395(7)
Origins of the Monodic Style
New Harmonic Structures
Baroque Musical Style
The Rise of the Virtuoso Musician
The Doctrine of the Affections
Women in Baroque Music
Internationalism
Unit XIX Vocal Music of the Baroque
402(29)
60. BAROQUE OPERA
402(10)
Monteverdi and Early Baroque Opera
LG 45: The Coronation of Poppea
Opera in France
Opera in England
Henry Purcell: His Life and Music
LG 46: Dido and Aeneas
Handel and Late Baroque Opera
61. BACH AND THE CANTATA
412(11)
The Lutheran Chorale
Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life and Music
LG 47: Cantata No. 80: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
62. HANDEL AND THE ORATORIO
423(8)
The Oratorio
George Frideric Handel: His Life and Music
LG 48: Messiah
Unit XX Instrumental Music of the Baroque
431(38)
63. THE BAROQUE CONCERTO
431(12)
The Rise of Instrumental Music
Baroque Instruments
Concerto Types
Antonio Vivaldi: His Life and Music
LG 49: The Four Seasons
Bach and the Late Baroque Concerto
LG 50: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
64. THE BAROQUE SUITE
443(8)
Jacquet de la Guerre: Her Life and Music
LG 51: Pieces for Harpsichord
Handel and the Orchestral Suite
LG 52: Water Music
65. OTHER INSTRUMENTAL FORMS
451(9)
Sonata, Passacaglia, and Overture
Keyboard Forms
Bach and the Chorale Prelude
LG 53: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
The Fugue and Its Devices
LG 54: Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C minor
TRANSITION IV: To the Age of Enlightenment
460(9)
The Rococo and the Age of Sensibility
The Changing Opera
LG 55: John Gay's The Beggar's Opera
Gluck and Opera Reform
Part 7 The Twentieth Century 469(221)
TRANSITION V: The Post-Romantic Era 469(12)
Gustav Mahler: His Life and Music
LG 56: The Song of the Earth
Richard Strauss: His Life and Music
LG 57: Der Rosenkavalier
Unit XXI The Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Eras
481(20)
66. DEBUSSY AND IMPRESSIONISM
481(13)
The Impressionist Painters
The Symbolist Poets
Impressionism in Music
Claude Debussy: His Life and Music
LG 58: Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"
CP 13: The Paris World Exhibition of 1889: A Cultural Awakening
67. RAVEL AND POST-IMPRESSIONISM
494(7)
His Life and Music
LG 59: Spanish Rhapsody
Unit XXII The Early Twentieth Century
501(36)
68. MAIN CURRENTS IN EARLY-TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC
501(4)
The Reaction Against Romanticism
New Trends in the Arts
Expressionism
The New Classicism
69. NEW ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL STYLE
505(5)
The New Rhythmic Complexity
The New Melody
The New Harmony
Texture: Dissonant Counterpoint
Orchestration
New Conceptions of Form
70. STRAVINSKY AND THE REVITALIZATION OF RHYTHM
510(9)
His Life and Music
LG 60: Petrushka
CP 14: Petrushka and Russian Folk Traditions
71. SCHOENBERG AND THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL
519(6)
His Life and Music
LG 61: Pierrot lunaire
72. BERG AND EARLY-TWENTIETH-CENTURY OPERA
525(7)
His Life and Music
LG 62: Wozzeck
73. WEBERN AND SERIAL TECHNIQUE
532(5)
His Life and Music
LG 63: Symphony, Op. 21
Unit XXIII Twentieth-Century Nationalism
537(33)
74. THE EUROPEAN SCENE
537(16)
National Schools
Sergei Prokofiev: His Life and Music
LG 64: Alexander Nevsky
Bela Bartok: His Life and Music
LG 65: Concerto for Orchestra
CP 15: Bartok--a Roving Collector of Folk Songs
75. THE AMERICAN SCENE
553(17)
Popular Music in Late-Nineteenth-Century America
Charles Ives: His Life and Music
LG 66: The Things Our Fathers Loved
CP 16: Music and the Patriotic Spirit
Aaron Copland: His Life and Music
LG 67: Billy the Kid
CP 17: Copland Looks to the Wild West and South of the Border
Unit XXIV Popular Styles
570(49)
76. BLUES AND EARLY JAZZ
570(14)
Scott Joplin and Ragtime
LG 68: Maple Leaf Rag
Blues and New Orleans Jazz
Louis Armstrong and the Blues
LG 69: Lillian Hardin's Hotter Than That
Duke Ellington and the Big Band Era
LG 70: Ko-Ko
CP 18: The Roots of Jazz
Later Jazz Styles and Performers
Two Great Jazz Singers: Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday
77. MUSICAL THEATER
584(15)
The Development of American Musical Theater
Rodgers and Hart and the American Musical Stage
LG 71: My Funny Valentine
Leonard Bernstein and the Broadway Musical
LG 72: West Side Story
CP 19: Latin-American Dance Music
78. ROCK AND THE GLOBAL SCENE
599(20)
The Eclecticism of the 1970s
The 1980s and Beyond
World Beat
The Chieftains and Irish Traditional Music
LG 73: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
CP 20: The Sounds of World Beat
LG 74: Kangivumanga (I Disagreed), by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Unit XXV The New Music
619(71)
79. NEW DIRECTIONS
619(15)
The Arts since Mid-Century
Toward Greater Organization in Music
Toward Greater Freedom in Music
CP 21: Music for Films
The Internationalism of the New Music
Other Voices of the New Music
CP 22: Canada's Vision for a Global Culture
80. THE NEW VIRTUOSITY OF THE MODERN AGE
634(12)
Virtuoso Women Singers of the Twentieth Century
Olivier Messiaen and the Postwar Era
LG 75: Quartet for the End of Time
Pierre Boulez and the French Avant-Garde
LG 76: The Hammer Without a Master
Witold Lutoslawski and Aleatoric Music
LG 77: Venetian Games
81. CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS AND NON-WESTERN STYLES
646(22)
Important Experimenters
The Music of John Cage
Multicultural Influences in Contemporary Society
LG 78: George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children
LG 79: Gyorgy Ligeti's Etudes for Piano
Music from Eastern Africa
LG 80: Ensiriba ya munange Katego
CP 23: East Meets West: The Composer's Perspective
LG 81: Chinary Ung's Spiral
An Introduction to Chinese Traditional Music
LG 82: Abing's The Moon Reflected on the Second Springs
82. TECHNOLOGY AND MUSIC
668(8)
The Technological Revolution
CP 24: Music and the World of Technology
Important Figures in Electronic Music
LG 83: Paul Lansky's Notjustmoreidlechatter
83. OTHER RECENT TRENDS
676(14)
The New Romanticism
Libby Larsen and Quotation Music
LG 84: Symphony: Water Music
Minimalism and Post-Minimalism
LG 85: Steve Reich's City Life
Coda 690
Appendices A-1(40)
I. MUSICAL NOTATION A-1(5)
II. GLOSSARY A-6(15)
III. ATTENDING CONCERTS A-21(6)
IV. CHRONOLOGY A-27(14)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A-41(4)
INDEX A-45(25)
WORLD MAP
A-70

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