Music / Daniel T. Politoske ; art essays by Martin Werner.

Author/creator Politoske, Daniel T.
Other author Werner, Martin.
Format Book
EditionFourth edition.
Publication InfoEnglewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1988.
Description576 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Music appreciation.

Contents Preface -- Introduction: Listening to music -- Part I: Elements of music. Melody and rhythm. The basic materials of music ; Melody ; Rhythm ; Listening to melody and rhythm -- Harmony and texture. Harmony ; Texture ; Listening to harmony and texture -- Timbre and dynamics. Timbre ; The orchestra ; Dynamics ; Listening to timbre and dynamics -- Introduction to musical form and style. Discovering musical form ; Listening to musical form ; Types of compositions ; Change in musical style -- Musical notation. The purpose of notation ; Pitch and key ; Duration and meter -- Medieval music. The medieval period ; General characteristics of medieval music ; Music for the church. "Introit of the Requiem Mass ; Secular music. Le Chatelain de Coucy: "Li noviaus tens" ; The growth of polyphony. Leonin: "Viderunt omnes" ; Music of the fourteenth century. Machaut: "Douce dame jolie" -- Renaissance music. The Renaissance period ; General characteristics of Renaissance music ; New developments in polyphony ; Religious music. Josquin Des Prez: "Absalon, fili mi" ; Palestrina: "Kyrie," from Missa brevis ; Secular music. Monteverdi: "Si ch'io vorrei morire" ; Morley: "Now is the month of Maying" ; Instruments and instrumental music -- Part III. Baroque music. Introduction to Baroque musical style. The Baroque style ; Melody and rhythm ; Harmony and texture ; Timbre ; Types of compositions and form ; Contrast and the concertato style ; Colonial American music -- Baroque vocal music. General trends in vocal music ; Opera. Monteverdi: Orfeo ; Handel: Julius Caesar ; Cantata. Bach: Cantata no. 80 ; Oratorio. Handel: Messiah ; Mass. Bach: Mass in B minor -- Baroque instrumental music. The rise of instrumental music ; Sonata. Scarlatti: Sonata in C major ; The orchestra ; Concerto. Vivaldi: Winter concerto in F minor, op. 8, no. 4 ; Handel: Concerto in B-flat major, op. 3, no. 1 ; Fugue. Bach: Fugue in G minor ; Other types of compositions -- Part IV. Classicism in music. Introduction to the musical style of the classical era. The classical style ; The emergence of the classical style in music ; Melody and rhythm ; Harmony and texture ; Timbre and dynamics ; Types of compositions and form ; Music in eighteenth-century America -- Symphonies of Haydn and Mozart. Development of the classical symphony ; Haydn's symphonies. Haydn: Symphony no. 94 in G major ("Surprise") ; Mozart's symphonies. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 -- Classicism and beyond: Symphonies of Beethoven. The symphony as an emotional program. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor -- Concertos of Mozart and his contemporaries. Development of the classical concerto ; Mozart's concertos. Mozart: Piano concerto no. 17 in G major, K. 453 ; Other composers of concertos -- Chamber music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. The nature of chamber music ; Development of the string quartet ; Haydn's string quartets. Haydn: String quartet in C major, op. 76, no. 3 ("Emperor") ; Development of the classical sonata. Beethoven: Piano sonata in C minor, op. 13 -- Vocal music of the late eighteenth century. The special nature of opera ; Opera in the late eighteenth century ; Serious and comic operas. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro ; Other types of classical vocal music --
Contents Part V: Romanticism in music. Introduction to nineteenth-century Romanticism in music. The Romantic movement ; Melody and rhythm ; Harmony and texture ; Timbre and dynamics ; Types of compositions and form ; Trends in nineteenth-century American music -- Piano music: Chopin and Liszt. Directions in piano music ; Chopin's piano music. Chopin: Nocturne in Eb major, op. 9, no. 2 ; Liszt's piano music. Liszt: Hungarian rhapsody no. 6 in D-flat major -- The art song: Schubert and Schumann. The growth of the art song ; Characteristics of the Lied ; Schubert's Lieder. Schubert: Die schone Mullerin ("Das Wandern") ; Schumann's Lieder. Schumann: Widmung ; The French art song -- Symphony and concerto: Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Trends in the symphony ; Brahms' symphonies. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F major ; Tchaikovsky's symphonies. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B minor ; Other composers of Romantic symphonies ; The Romantic concerto. Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto in D major -- Program music: Mendelssohn, Berlioz, and Saint-Saens. The development of program music ; Overtures and incidental music. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream ; The program symphony. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique ; The symphonic poem. Saint-Saens: Danse macabre, op. 40 -- Opera and choral music of the nineteenth century. Opera ; French opera. Bizet: Carmen ; Italian opera. Verdi: La traviata ; Puccini: La boheme ; German opera. Wagner: Die Walkure ; Wagner: Tristan und Isolde ; Choral music -- Nationalism and late Romanticism. Nationalism in music. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition ; Sibelius: Finlandia ; Late Romanticism in music. Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen -- Part VI: Twentieth century music. Introduction to early twentieth-century music. The early twentieth century ; Trends in early twentieth-century music ; Melody and rhythm ; Harmony and texture ; Timbre ; Types of compositions and form ; Trends in twentieth-century American music -- French music at the turn of the century. Impressionism ; Impressionism in Debussy's music. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune ; Debussy: Preludes ("Feux d'artifice") ; Satie and Les Six ; The music of Ravel. Ravel: Concerto in G -- New styles of tonality. Experiments with tonality ; The music of Bartok. Bartok: Music for strings, percussion, and celesta ; The music of Stravinsky. Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps ; The music of Hindemith. Hindemith: Mathis der Maler symphony ; The music of Ives. Ives: "Fourth of July," from A Symphony: Holidays ; The music of Copland. Copland: Rodeo ("Hoedown") ; Tonal music in England and Russia. Prokofiev: Classical symphony ; Music in other countries -- Atonality and serialism. The music of Schoenberg. Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire ; Schoenberg: Suite for piano ; The music of Berg. Berg: Lyric suite ; The music of Webern. Webern: Symphony, op. 21 -- Music in the later twentieth century. The early postwar years ; The expansion of serialism. Stravinsky: Movements for piano and orchestra ; Electronic music. Davidovsky: Synchronisms no. 1 ; New sonorities with instruments and voices. Penderecki: Polymorphia ; Crumb: Madrigals ; New principles of structure. Glass: Modern love waltz ; Music of the present and the future -- American popular music. Sources of popular music ; Anglo-American folk music ; Black folk music ; Jazz. Armstrong: "West end blues" ; Goodman: "King Porter stomp" ; Parker: "Ornithology" ; Broadway and musical comedy ; Country and western music ; Rock music -- Part VII: Music around the world. Aspects of music in some non-western culture. Music as a cultural phenomenon ; Music of Africa. "Work song from Burundi" ; "Ibihubi" ; Music of the American Indian ; Music of India ; Music of China. "Wild geese landing on the sand beach" -- Suggested readings -- Glossary.
Contents Special features. Cross-period comparison charts -- Cross-period listening exercises -- Art essays / by Martin Werner -- Maps -- Listening analyses and summaries.
Local noteLittle-301476--305131007216T
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 89154517
ISBN0136076165

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