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Music : an appreciation / Roger Kamien with Anita Kamien.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Edition: Twelfth editionDescription: xxxiii, 600 pages : illustrations en couleur, musique not�ee ; 28cmContent type:
  • musique not�ee
  • texte
Media type:
  • sans m�ediatio
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1259892700
  • 9781259922114
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780 KAM 23
LOC classification:
  • MT90 .K34 2018
Contents:
I: Elements. Sound : pitch, dynamics, and tone color ; Performing media : voices and instruments ; Rhythm ; Music notation ; Melody ; Harmony ; Key ; Musical texture ; Musical form ; Performance ; Musical style -- II: The Middle Ages. Music in the Middle Ages (450-1450) ; Gregorian chant ; Secular music in the Middle Ages ; The development of polyphony : organum ; Fourteenth-century music : the "new art" in Italy and France -- III: The Renaissance. Music in the Renaissance (1450-1600) ; Sacred music in the Renaissance ; Secular music in the Renaissance ; The Venetian school : from Renaissance to Baroque -- IV: The Baroque period. Baroque music (1600-1750) ; Music in Baroque society ; The concerto grosso and ritornello form ; The fugue ; The elements of opera ; Opera in the Baroque era ; Claudio Monteverdi ; Henry Purcell ; The Baroque sonata ; Arcangelo Corelli ; Antonio Vivaldi ; Johann Sebastian Bach ; The Baroque suite ; The chorale and church cantata ; The oratorio ; George Frideric Handel -- V. The Classical period. The Classical style (1750-1820) ; Composer, patron, and public in the Classical period ; Sonata form ; Theme and variations ; Minuet and trio ; Rondo ; The Classical symphony ; The Classical concerto ; Classical chamber music ; Joseph Haydn ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Ludwig van Beethoven -- VI: The Romantic period. Romanticism in music (1820-1900) ; Romantic composers and their public ; The art song ; Franz Schubert ; Robert Schumann ; Clara Wieck Schumann ; Fr�ed�eric Chopin ; Franz Liszt ; Felix Mendelssohn ; Program music ; Hector Berlioz ; Nationalism in nineteenth-century music ; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Bed�rich Smetana ; Antonin Dvo�rak ; Johannes Brahms ; Giuseppe Verdi ; Giacomo Puccini ; Richard Wagner ; Gustav Mahler -- VII: The twentieth century and beyond. Musical styles : 1900-1945 ; Music and musicians in society ; Impressionism and Symbolism ; Claude Debussy ; Maurice Ravel ; Neoclassicism ; Igor Stravinsky ; Expressionism ; Arnold Schoenberg ; Alban Berg ; Anton Webern ; B�ela Bart�ok ; Dmitri Shostakovich ; Music in America ; Charles Ives ; George Gershwin ; William Grant Still ; Aaron Copland ; Musical styles since 1945 ; Music since 1945 : nine representative pieces -- VIII: Jazz. Jazz styles : 1900-1950 ; Ragtime ; Blues ; New Orleans style ; Swing ; Bebop ; Jazz styles since 1950 -- IX: Music for stage and screen. Musical theater ; Leonard Bernstein ; Music in film -- X: Rock. Rock styles ; Rock in American society ; The Beatles -- XI: Nonwestern music. Music in nonwestern cultures ; Music in Sub-Saharan Africa ;Classical music of India ; Koto music of Japan.
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Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 780 KAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100681189

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Music: An Appreciation remains the time-tested solution for welcoming non-majors to the art of listening to great music. Now, Roger Kamien places a renewed focus on learning the elements of music, fostering each student's unique path to listening and understanding. This is achieved through step-by-step guidance as they learn the elements of music, as well as an increased number of musical selections to appreciate,and an enhanced McGraw-Hill Connect experience. As the authority in the Music Appreciation course, Kamien equips students with the language, tools and listening skills required to sustain a life-long enthusiasm for music.

I: Elements. Sound : pitch, dynamics, and tone color ; Performing media : voices and instruments ; Rhythm ; Music notation ; Melody ; Harmony ; Key ; Musical texture ; Musical form ; Performance ; Musical style -- II: The Middle Ages. Music in the Middle Ages (450-1450) ; Gregorian chant ; Secular music in the Middle Ages ; The development of polyphony : organum ; Fourteenth-century music : the "new art" in Italy and France -- III: The Renaissance. Music in the Renaissance (1450-1600) ; Sacred music in the Renaissance ; Secular music in the Renaissance ; The Venetian school : from Renaissance to Baroque -- IV: The Baroque period. Baroque music (1600-1750) ; Music in Baroque society ; The concerto grosso and ritornello form ; The fugue ; The elements of opera ; Opera in the Baroque era ; Claudio Monteverdi ; Henry Purcell ; The Baroque sonata ; Arcangelo Corelli ; Antonio Vivaldi ; Johann Sebastian Bach ; The Baroque suite ; The chorale and church cantata ; The oratorio ; George Frideric Handel -- V. The Classical period. The Classical style (1750-1820) ; Composer, patron, and public in the Classical period ; Sonata form ; Theme and variations ; Minuet and trio ; Rondo ; The Classical symphony ; The Classical concerto ; Classical chamber music ; Joseph Haydn ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Ludwig van Beethoven -- VI: The Romantic period. Romanticism in music (1820-1900) ; Romantic composers and their public ; The art song ; Franz Schubert ; Robert Schumann ; Clara Wieck Schumann ; Fr�ed�eric Chopin ; Franz Liszt ; Felix Mendelssohn ; Program music ; Hector Berlioz ; Nationalism in nineteenth-century music ; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Bed�rich Smetana ; Antonin Dvo�rak ; Johannes Brahms ; Giuseppe Verdi ; Giacomo Puccini ; Richard Wagner ; Gustav Mahler -- VII: The twentieth century and beyond. Musical styles : 1900-1945 ; Music and musicians in society ; Impressionism and Symbolism ; Claude Debussy ; Maurice Ravel ; Neoclassicism ; Igor Stravinsky ; Expressionism ; Arnold Schoenberg ; Alban Berg ; Anton Webern ; B�ela Bart�ok ; Dmitri Shostakovich ; Music in America ; Charles Ives ; George Gershwin ; William Grant Still ; Aaron Copland ; Musical styles since 1945 ; Music since 1945 : nine representative pieces -- VIII: Jazz. Jazz styles : 1900-1950 ; Ragtime ; Blues ; New Orleans style ; Swing ; Bebop ; Jazz styles since 1950 -- IX: Music for stage and screen. Musical theater ; Leonard Bernstein ; Music in film -- X: Rock. Rock styles ; Rock in American society ; The Beatles -- XI: Nonwestern music. Music in nonwestern cultures ; Music in Sub-Saharan Africa ;Classical music of India ; Koto music of Japan.

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