Understanding Music, Volume 1KEY BENEFITUnderstanding Music, 6/e teaches students what to listen for in music. Jeremy Yudkin’s text is a rich music appreciation program that supports the instructor’s ultimate goal of teaching active listening. Music Around The World; Elements of Music; The Art of Listening; The Middle Ages: 400-1400; The Renaissance: 1400-1600; The Baroque Era: 1600-1750; The Classic Era: 1750-1800; Beethoven; The Nineteenth Century I: Early Romantic Music; The Nineteenth Century II: Mid- to Late-Romantic Music; The Twentieth Century I: The Classical Sce≠ The Twentieth Century II: Jazz, An American Original; The Twentieth Century III: Popular Music in the United States. Anyone interested in gaining a fuller appreciation of all types of music. |
Contents
Beethoven | 11 |
1 | 38 |
Listening Guide Listening Sketch for a Turkish | 46 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accompaniment American audience Baroque bass beat became Beethoven began beginning blues cadence called cello century chord Classic classical music composers composition concertos continued contrast created culture dance Date developed drum early entire Europe example expressive famous feeling final followed four half harmony Haydn hear horns idea imitation important instruments Italy jazz known late later listen LISTENING GUIDE lively major means measures melody meter middle minor move movement Mozart musicians notes opening opera orchestra organ pattern performance period phrase piano piece played popular powerful produce range recording Renaissance repeated rhythm rock Romantic scale short singers singing solo sometimes sonata songs soprano sound step strings style Symphony tempo theme third throughout timpani tion traditional trumpets turned usually Variation violins voice whole writing written wrote