Listening to western music

by Wright, Craig M.

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Title Statements

Full title :Listening to western music / Craig Wright.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2017.
Edition:8th ed

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Publisher(s):Cengage Learning
Place of Publication:Boston, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 426 pages : : color illustrations, music ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781305627352, 1305627350, 9781305587014, 1305587014, 9781305867628, 1305867629, 9781305867635, 1305867637, 9781305867611, 1305867610
oclc:ocn936579432
LC Classification:MT6.W94

I. Introduction to listening. The power of music ; Rhythm, melody, and harmony ; Color, texture, form and style -- II. The Middle Ages and Renaissance, 476-1600. Medieval music, 476-1450 ; Renaissance music, 1450-1600 -- III. The Baroque period, 1600-1750. Introduction to Baroque art and music ; Early Baroque vocal music ; Toward late Baroque instrumental music ; The late Baroque : Bach ; The late Baroque : Handel -- IV. The classical period, 1750-1820. Classical style ; Classical composers : Haydn and Mozart ; Classical forms : ternary and sonata-allegro ; Classical forms : theme and variations, rondo ; Classical genres : instrumental music ; Classical genres : vocal music ; Beethoven : bridge to Romanticism -- V. Romanticism, 1820-1900. Introduction to Romanticism ; Romantic music : the art song ; Romantic music : program music, ballet, and musical nationalism ; Romantic music : piano music ; Romantic opera : Italy ; Romantic opera : Germany ; Nineteenth-century realistic opera ; Late romantic orchestral music -- VI. Modern and postmodern art music, 1880-present. Impressionism and exoticism ; Modernism in music and the arts ; Early-twentieth-century modernism ; Russian and Easte…