A history of music in Western culture : combined volume / Mark Evan Bonds.

Author/creator Bonds, Mark Evan
Other author Kassell, Richard.
Format Book
EditionThird edition / edited by Richard Kassell.
Publication InfoUpper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, ©2010.
Descriptionxvi, 649 pages, 31 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, music ; 29 cm
Subjects
Music--History and criticism.

Partial contents Part I: Medieval era. Plainchant and secular monophony ; Polyphony to 1300 ; Music in the 14th century -- Part II: The Renaissance. The emergence of Renaissance style ; The genres of Renaissance music, 1420-1520 ; Music in the 16th century -- The Baroque era. The new practice ; Vocal music, 1600-1650 ; Vocal music, 1650-1750 ; Instrumental music, 1600-1750 -- The Classical era. The art of the natural ; Instrumental music in the classical era ; Vocal music in the classical era ; Major composers of the classical era -- The 19th century. The age of the tone poet ; Orchestral music, 1800-1850 ; Piano music, chamber music, song ; Dramatic and choral music ; Orchestral music, 1850-1900 ; Major composers of the 19th century -- The 20th century. The growth of pluralism ; The search for new sounds, 1890-1945 ; Beyond tonality ; The tonal tradition ; New currents after 1945 ; Major composers of the 20th century -- Epilogue: Music at the beginning of a new century -- Appendices. A guide to selected research materials in music history ; Evaluating musical editions ; Writing about music ; The concepts of "popular" and "art" music ; The ordinary of the mass -- Glossary.
Contents Preface -- Prologue: Antiquity. Music in the Biblical world -- Ancient Greece. Music in Ancient Greek society ; Greek musical theory -- Music in the Roman Empire -- The musical legacies of antiquity. Music and the Cosmos ; Music and the soul ; Music and the state ; Theory versus practice ; Vocal versus instrumental music -- Part I. The Medieval era. Prelude to Part I. Plainchant and the secular monophony. The emergence of plainchant -- The elements of plainchant. Liturgical function ; Relationship of words and music ; Mode ; Melodic structure ; Rhythm -- The expansion of plainchant -- Secular monophony. Songs in Latin ; France ; The Iberian Peninsula ; Germany -- Polyphony to 1300. Organum. Innovations in organum ; Notre Dame organum ; Clausula ; Motet ; Conductus -- Mensural notation. Franconian notation ; Petronian notation -- Music in the 14th century. France: the Ars nova. Le Roman de Fauvel ; Polyphonic settings of the mass ordinary ; Secular song ; The Ars subtilior at the end of the 14th century -- Italy: the trecento -- England -- Instrumental music -- Discussion questions -- Part II. The Renaissance. Prelude to Part II. Renaissance humanism ; The Protestant Reformation ; Renaissance painting and sculpture ; Music in Renaissance society -- The emergence of Renaissance style. Consonance and dissonance: trusting the ear -- Sonority: the Contenance Angloise. Fauxbourdon and Faburden ; New sonority, old structure: Du Fay's Nuper rosarum flores -- Josquin's Ave Maria ... virgo serena and the style of the Renaissance. Treatment of text ; Texture ; Cadential structure ; Mode ; Melody ; Rhythm ; Harmony -- The genres of Renaissance music, 1420-1520. Sacred vocal music. The mass: Du Fay and Ockeghem ; The mass: Josquin des Prez and his contemporaries ; The motet -- Secular vocal music. Chanson ; Frottola -- Instrumental music. Renaissance instruments ; Keyboard music ; Dance music -- Music in the 16th century. Secular vocal music. The Parisian chanson ; The Italian madrigal ; Secular song in Germany, Spain, and England -- Sacred vocal music. Music of the Reformation ; Music of the Counter-Reformation -- Instrumental music. Intabulations ; Variations ; Freely composed music ; Dance music ; Mannerism -- Discussion questions -- Part III. The Baroque era. Prelude to Part III. War, revolution, and colonial expansion ; The scientific revolution ; The musical baroque -- The new practice. Searching for the secrets of Ancient Greek music -- The Florentine camerata -- The seconda prattica -- Music in the Baroque era: a stylistic overview -- Vocal music, 1600-1650. Secular song. Italy: the madrigal ; France: the Air de cour -- Opera -- Sacred music -- Vocal music, 1650-1750. Opera. France: Comédie-ballet and Tragédie en musique ; Italy: opera seria ; England: masque, semi-opera, opera, and ballad opera -- Sacred music. Music in convents ; Oratorio ; Motet and mass ; Cantata -- Conceptions of the compositional process -- Instrumental music, 1600-1750. Instruments of the Baroque era. The violin ; Winds, brass, and percussion ; Keyboard instruments ; The orchestra ; The public concert -- Instrumental genres of the Baroque era. Sonata ; Concerto ; Suite ; Other keyboard genres -- Discussion questions -- Part IV. The Classical era. Prelude to Part IV. The age of Enlightenment ; War and revolution ; The Industrial Revolution ; Music in Enlightenment society -- The art of the natural. Music and the idea of nature -- Music in the Classical era: a stylistic overview. The elements of the Classical style ; The illusion of order -- Form and style in the mid-18th century. The emergence of sonata form ; The fantasia -- Instrumental music in the Classical era. The language of instrumental music -- Form and genre in the instrumental music of the Classical era. Sonata ; String quartet ;
Contents Symphony ; Concerto -- Vocal music in the Classical era. The rise of opera buffa -- Opera wars -- Gluck and the reform of opera -- Mozart and the synthesis of operatic styles -- Sacred music -- Song -- Discussion questions. Major composers of the Classical era. France -- Great Britain -- Italy -- The Austrian Empire -- Germany -- North America -- Part V. The 19th century. Prelude to Part V. Progress and dislocation ; Ideas and ideologies ; Reaction, reform, and revolution ; The musical world of the 19th century -- The age of the tone poet. Romanticism and the new prestige of instrumental music -- The composer as high priest -- Originality and historical self-consciousness -- The new dichotomy between absolute and program music -- Nationalism -- The growing division between art and popular music -- Music in the 19th century: a stylistic overview -- Orchestral music, 1800-1850. Bigger halls, bigger audiences, and louder instruments -- The symphony. Beethoven's symphonies ; The symphony after Beethoven -- The concert overture -- The concerto -- Piano music, chamber music, song. Beethoven's piano sonatas and string quartets -- Song -- The character piece -- The virtuoso showpiece -- Dramatic and choral music. Opera. Italy in the early 19th century: Rossini ; Italy at midcentury: Verdi ; Opera and politics ; France: grand opéra and opéra comique ; Germany: Weber to Wagner ; The elements of Wagnerian music drama -- Operetta -- Choral music -- Orchestral music, 1850-1900. Music for dancing and marching -- The ballet -- The symphonic poem -- The symphony. The challenge of the past: Brahms ; Nationalism: Dvořák ; The collision of high and low: Mahler -- Discussion questions. Major composers of the 19th century. France -- Great Britain -- Italy -- Spain -- Germany and Austria -- Scandinavia -- Bohemia -- Russia -- United States -- Part VI. The 20th century. Prelude to Part VI. The impact of recorded sound ; Modernism: the shock of the new -- The growth of pluralism. From homogeneity to diversity -- The past confronts the present -- Recording versus live music -- Authenticity -- The uses of music in 20th-century society. Music and the state ; Music and race ; Music and protest ; Music therapy ; Ambient music -- Music in the 20th century: a stylistic overview -- The search for new sounds, 1890-1945. Impressionism -- Challenges to tonality -- Radical primitivism -- Nationalism -- Serial composition -- The tonal tradition. Neoclassicism and the "new objectivity" -- Orchestral music -- Film music -- Ballet -- Chamber music -- Opera and musical theater -- The oratorio -- New currents after 1945. The quest for innovation -- Combinatoriality -- Dissonant counterpoint -- Integral serialism -- Aleatory music -- Electronic music -- Minimalism -- Postmodernism -- Major composers of the 20th century. France -- Great Britain -- Italy -- Spain -- Greece -- Germany and Austria -- Scandinavia -- Hungary -- Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic -- Poland -- Russia and the Soviet Union -- Latin America -- United States -- The popular music of America and its influence. Before 1900 -- Ragtime and blues. Ragtime ; Blues -- Popular song -- Jazz: to 1945 -- Jazz: after 1945 -- Country music -- The folk revival -- Rhythm, rock, and rap -- Discussion questions -- Epilogue: music at the beginning of a new century -- Glossary.
Abstract This book is based on the premise that the best way to convey the history of Western music is to focus on the music. Organized around a carefully selected repertory of works, this text integrates the requisite names, dates, and concepts around specific compositions. Once familiar with a representative body of music, students can better grasp the evolution of musical style and music's changing uses within the Western tradition. Even more importantly, students will have a sound basis from which to explore other musical works. This text builds its narrative around the core repertory represented in the Anthology of Scores and the corresponding sets of compact discs.
General noteExamination copy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008041660
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