Music : An Appreciation-Student Brief (Paperback Book Only)
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When it comes to writing a text for non-music majors, Kamien knows the score. With the care you would expect from the concert pianist he is, Kamien introduces the musical elements and repertoire thoroughly and clearly, without assumptions of prior knowledge but also without condescension. As a teacher at Queens (NY) College, Kamien developed the concept of the Listening Outline, which he incorporated into the first edition of Music: An Appreciation and which he has refined and enhanced in every subsequent edition. This is a text with which students of all levels and backgrounds can feel comfortable.
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This third brief edition of the bestselling MUSIC: AN APPRECIATION introduces students to the elements of music and then surveys western art music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Jazz, Rock, Musical theater, and nonwestern music are also covered. New to This Edition A new Annotated Instructor's Edition with suggestions for activities and projects, references to recordings, connections between works, ideas for integrating multimedia and videos. New Vocal Music Guides combine the text of the music with marginal notes to point out the relationship between word, music, and story and are included for chant, oratorio, opera, lieder, and the Broadway musical. A greater range of music is discussed with broader, more current coverage of jazz, computer music, rock, music by women composers, and music by African American composers in the classical tradition. Four new sections discuss music and musicians in society from the Baroque period through the Twentieth Century. Greater coverage of Jazz, including new selections from Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. More world music coverage including a new section on Classical Music Bingen (O Successores), Monteverdi (Orfeo), R. Schumann (Carnaval), Reich (Sextet), Harvey (Ritual Melodies), Bessie Smith (Lost Your Head Blues), Charlie Parker (Bloomdito), Davis (Miles Runs the Voodoo Down), and Rodgers and Hammerstein (Oklahoma!) New recording package for which Kamien himself selected the best available recording for each selection