The enjoyment of music
Subtitle: an introduction to perceptive listening
By: Joseph Machlis and Kristine Forney.
Contributors: Forney, Kristine.
Edition: 7th ed., shorter.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Trade Paperback
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Music appreciation.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The elements of music. Melody : musical line -- Rhythm : musical time -- Harmony : musical space -- Musical texture -- Musical form -- Tempo and dynamics -- Musical instruments and ensembles. Musical instruments (I) -- Musical instruments (II) -- Musical ensembles -- Style and function in society -- Transition I : hearing musical styles -- The Middle Ages. Culture of the Middle Ages -- Sacred music in the Middle Ages -- Secular music in the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance. The Renaissance spirit -- Renaissance sacred music -- Renaissance secular music -- Transition II : from Renaissance to Baroque -- Organization of musical sounds -- Musical systems -- Aspects of the major-minor system -- The Baroque and the arts -- The Baroque spirit -- main currents in Baroque music -- Vocal music of the Baroque -- Baroque opera -- Bach and the Baroque cantata -- Handel and the Baroque oratorio -- Instrumental music of the Baroque -- The Baroque concerto -- The Baroque suite -- Other Baroque instrumental forms -- Transition III : to the Age of Enlightenment -- Focus on form. The development of musical ideas -- The sonata cycle -- The classical spirit. Classicism in the arts -- Classicism in music -- Classical chamber music -- Eighteenth-Century chamber music style -- Mozart and classical chamber music -- The classical symphony -- The nature of the symphony -- Haydn and the classical symphony -- Beethoven and the symphony in transition -- The Eighteenth-Century concerto and sonata -- The classical concerto -- The classical sonata -- Vocal forms of the classical era -- Classical choral music and opera -- Transition IV : from classicism to romanticism -- The romantic movement. The spirit of romanticism -- Romanticism in music -- The Nineteenth Century art song. The romantic song -- Schubert and the Lied -- The Nineteenth Century piano piece. The piano in the Nineteenth Century -- Chopin and Nineteenth Century piano music -- Clara Schumann : Nineteenth Century pianist and composer -- Romantic program music. The nature of program music -- Berlioz and the program symphony -- The rise of musical nationalism -- Absolute forms in the Nineteenth Century. The romantic symphony -- The romantic concerto -- 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 dramatic music -- Late romantic opera -- Tchaikovsky and the ballet -- Transition V : the post-romantic era. The impressionist and post-impressionist eras. Claude Debussy and impressionism -- The early Twentieth-Century. Main currents in Twentieth-Century music -- New elements of musical style -- Stravinsky and the revitalization of rhythym -- Schoenberg and the second Viennese school -- The nationalism of the Twentieth-Century. Bartók and the European scene -- The American scene : art music -- Popular styles. Blues and early jazz -- Musical theater and jazz -- Rock and the global scene -- The new music. New directions -- New sounds -- Technology and music -- Other recent trends -- Appendices. I : musical notation -- II : glossary -- III : about the listening guides -- IV : attending concerts -- V : Chronological list of composers, etc.