Title: Listen /
Authors: Kerman, Joseph, 1924-2014; Tomlinson, Gary,; Kerman, Vivian,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Music appreciation; Music appreciation
Contents: Unit I. Fundamentals -- Rhythm, meter, and tempo -- Pitch, dynamics, and tone color -- Scales and melody -- Harmony, texture, tonality, and mode -- Musical form and musical style -- Unit II. Early music : An overview -- The middle ages -- The renaissance -- The early baroque period -- Unit III. The eighteenth century -- The late baroque period -- Baroque instrumental music -- Baroque vocal music -- Music and the enlightenment -- The symphony -- Other classical genres -- Unit IV. The nineteenth century -- Beethoven -- Music after Beethoven : Romanticism -- The early romantics -- Romantic opera -- The late romantics -- Unit V. The twentieth century and beyond -- Music and modernism -- Early modernism -- Modernism between the wars -- The late twentieth century -- Music in America : Jazz and beyond.