Listening To Music

Synopsis

Introduction: Musical Communication -- The Process Of Musical Communication -- Why Study Music? -- Recordings And Live Performances -- How To Listen --unit 1: The Language Of Music. -- Musical Time -- Rhythmic Patterns -- Rythmic Notation -- Tonal Organization. -- Pitch Notation -- Scales -- The Basic Principle Of Tonality -- Tonal Organization In The 20th Century -- Melody. -- Melodic Countour -- Melodic Continuity -- Melodic Themes -- Harmony. -- The Origins Of Harmony -- Triads -- Tonality And Dissonance In The 20th Century -- Instruments And Voices. -- Properties Of Instruments -- The Human Voice -- Instruments -- The Symphony Orchestra --unit 2: Musical Forms. -- Sectional Forms. -- Becoming' Music And Being' Music -- Themes: The Melodic Basis Of Form -- Form In Tonal Music -- Two-part Forms -- Three-part Forms -- Through-composed Forms -- Minuet And Trio Forms -- The Scherzo -- Rondo And Variation Forms. -- Refrain Forms -- Rondo Forms -- Variation Forms --^ Sonata Form. -- Structure Of Multi-movement Works -- Sonata Form Procedures -- Sonata Form In The 19th Century -- Sonata Form In The 20th Century -- Contrapuntal Forms. -- Contrapuntal Procedures -- Strict Imitation: Canon And Rounds -- Freer Imitative Forms -- The Fugue -- Counterpoint In Later Music -- Unit 3: Musical Styles. -- Medieval, Renaissance, And Baroque Styles. -- The Medieval Period, 900-1450 -- The Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- Baroque Music, 1600-1750 -- Classical And Romantic Music. -- Classical Style, 1770-1830 -- Romantic Style, 1830-1900 -- An Age Of Stylistic Diversity, 1900-1945. -- Impressionism: Claude Debussy -- Free Atonality: Arnold Schönberg -- Serialism -- The Emancipation Of Rhythm: Igor Stravinsky -- Neoclassicism -- National Influences And Idioms -- Principal Composers Of The Early 20th Century --unit 4: Musical Genres. -- Vocal Music -- Vocal Genres -- The Renaissance: Mass And Madrigal -- The Baroque Period: Handel And Bach --^ Solo Song: The German Lied -- Vocal Music In The 20th Century -- Piano Music. -- The Sonata -- Character Pieces -- Piano Idioms In The 20th Century -- Chamber Music. -- Early Instrumental Music -- The Classical String Quartet -- Expansion Of The Classical Genres -- 20th-century Chamber Idioms -- Orchestral Music. -- Origins Of The Symphony -- The Classical Symphony -- Beethoven's Symphonies -- Romantic Orchestral Music -- Orchestral Music In The 20th Century -- The Concerto. -- The Baroque Concerto -- The Classical Concerto -- Expansion In The 19th Century -- 20th-century Practices -- Introduction To Opera. -- The Libretto -- Staging -- Singers -- Conductor, Orchestra, And Chorus -- The Formal Structure Of Opera -- Serious And Comic Opera -- Opera. -- The Origins Of Opera -- Opera In The Classical Period: Mozart -- Romantic Opera: Wagner And Verdi -- Opera In The 20th Century --unit 5: The Music Of Today. -- New Materials, Forms, And Genres. -- New Coloristic Resources --^ Music Without Structure -- Movements Toward Musical Synthesis. Allan Schindler. Major Composers And Stylistic Developments: Detachable Fold. Leaf At End. Includes Index.