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PublisherPrentice Hall PTR

ISBN-100130205435

ISBN-139780130205438

eBay Product ID (ePID)1675420

Product Key Features

Number of Pages406 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMasterworks : a Musical Discovery

SubjectInstruction & Study / Appreciation, General

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

AuthorD. Kern Holoman

Subject AreaMusic

FormatBook, Other

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight32.2 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN00-037359

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal781.1/7

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Hearing the Music. Composers and Performers. Interactive Learning. I. FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC STUDY. 1. What's Happening? Gershwin: Summertime, from Porgy and Bess (1935). Pitch and Its Notation. Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Texture, Nuance. Voices and Instruments. Tonality. 2. On Periods, Genres, Titles, Forms, & Schools. Periods of Music History. Titles. Form. Schools. II. HISTORY OF MUSICAL STYLE. 3. The Middle Ages and Renaissance. The Middle Ages. Plainchant: Kyrie eleison (Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor). Hildegard of Bingen: Kyrie eleison (1150). Plainchant Hymn: Pange lingua (c. 1264). Anonymous: Sumer is icumen in (c. 1240). The Renaissance. Josquin Desprez: Deploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1497). Byrd: Agnus Dei, from Mass in 4 Parts (1592-93). Andrez Martinez: Agnus Dei, from Zapotec Mass (1636). Monteverdi: Io mi son giovinetta (1603). Dowland: Flow My Tears (1600). 4. The Baroque. Venice: Monteverdi and the Opera. Basso Continuo; The Ritornello Principle. Purcell: When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament), from Dido and Aeneas (1689). Vivaldi, Bach, Handel. The Baroque Concerto. Bach: from Double Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 (c. 1720). Bach: Fugue in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier (book I, 1722). The Suite of Dances. Bach: Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (c. 1735). Chorale, Cantata, Oratorio. Bach: From Cantata 80: Ein' feste Burg (c. 1734). Handel: Excerpt from Messiah, (part I, 1741). 5. The Classical Style. Vienna. The Viennese Sonata. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 (1787), movts. I, III. Mozart and Haydn. Classical Genres. Haydn: From String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (1797, Emperor), movt. II: Poco adagio; cantabile. Haydn: From Piano Sonata no. 59 in E flat Major (1790), movt. I: Allegro. Mozart: From Piano Concerto no. 25 in C Major, K. 503 (1786), movt. I: Allegro maestoso. Mozart Operas. Mozart: from Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (1788), movt. I: Allegro non troppo. 6. Romanticism. The French Revolution; Napoleon. Beethoven. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 (1808). Schubert. Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814). Romanticism. Schumann: From Carnaval (1835): ArlequinValse noble; ChiarinaChopin. Europe After Napoleon. Paris: Berlioz, Liszt, Chopin. Berlioz: From Symphonie fantastique (1830), movt. V: Dream of a Witches Sabbath. Chopin: Mazurka in A Minor, op. 17, No. 4 (1834). Leipzig: Schumann and Mendelssohn. Romanticism, Again. Romantic Opera. Bellini: Casta Diva, from Norma (1831). 7. G"tterdimmerung. Verdi and Wagner. Verdi: From Otello (1887): Love Duet (Otello, Desdemona: Act I): Quando narravi. Wagner: Brunnhilde's Immolation (Final Scene), from G"tterdimmerung (1876). Brahms, Mahler, and Strauss. Brahms: From Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a (1873): Theme, Variations I-III, Finale. The Nationalists. Smetana: Furiant, from The Bartered Bride (1866). Russian Nationalism: The Mighty Handful. Tchaikovsky, Puccini. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy (1869). Paris, Again: Debussy, Ravel, the Ballet Russes, Stravinsky. Debussy: La Soiree dans Grenade (1903). Stravinsky: From The Rite of Spring (1913): Introduction: Les Augures printiniares: Danses des Adolescentes. Boulanger: Psalm 24 (1916). III. MUSIC HERE AND NOW. 8. Music in the Land of Plenty. Congregational Singing. Billings: David's Lamentation (1778) and David's Lamentation (performed 1959). Music of the Slaves. Parlor Songs and Quicksteps. Sousa: Semper Fidelis (1888). J

SynopsisNew edition of an integrated multimedia program designed to teach the core concepts of music appreciation. In the text, musicologist-conductor Holoman (U. of California, Davis) draws on his own lecture style and focuses on listeners' experiences as they begin to integrate music and the arts into the, For freshman/sophomore-level courses in music appreciation. Masterworks is an integrated learning package consisting of a textbook and recordings with supporting on- and off-line multimedia software designed to introduce students to the most important music of the Western tradition, classical and popular. The multimedia elements of the program (a NEW PH Companion Website and off-line CD-ROM) help students of all levels of musical experience to enjoy success from the offset. Students encounter the music through carefully scripted, electronically animated listening exercises. Additionally, numerous opportunities to self-test and review important material throughout build student confidence in their understanding of the concepts and music.

LC Classification NumberMT6.H574M37 2001