Music Appreciation: Its Language, History and Culture

Music Appreciation: Its Language, History and Culture

This music course textbook has a number of related goals: 1) to learn a variety of music traditions in Western Europe, the United States (art music, jazz, folk, rock, and musical theater), and from Africa, India, China, South America, and the Caribbean; 2) to understand concepts of melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, timbre, and form used by musicians; and 3) to understand sources of musical sounds, instruments and voices from different cultures, electronically generated sounds, and principles that determine pitch and timbre.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Elements of Music
• Chapter 2: Musical Instruments and Ensembles
• Chapter 3: Composer, Performer, Audience
• Chapter 4: European Art Music: Middle Ages to Romantic
• Chapter 5: European and American Art Music since 1900
• Chapter 6: American Vernacular Music
• Chapter 7: Jazz
• Chapter 8: World Music
• Appendix 1: Musician Biographies
• Appendix 2: Glossary

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