Music : an appreciation / Roger Kamien.
| Author/creator | Kamien, Roger |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1976. |
| Description | xxiii, 579 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Elements. Sound: pitch, dynamics, tone color. Pitch: the highness or lowness of sound -- Dynamics -- Dynamic indications -- Tone color -- Listening outlines. Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III / by Richard Wagner ; Prelude in C minor for piano, op. 28, no. 20 / by Frédéric Chopin ; Firebird Suite, finale / by Igor Stravinsky ; "Hotter than that" / by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five -- Performing media: voices and instruments. Voices -- Musical instruments -- String instruments -- Woodwind instruments -- Brass instruments -- Percussion instruments -- Keyboard instruments -- Electronic instruments. Poème électronique / Edgard Varèse -- Rhythm. Beat -- Meter -- Accent and syncopation -- Tempo -- Music notation. Notating pitch -- Notating rhythm -- Silence (rests) -- Meter -- Melody -- Harmony. Consonance and dissonance -- The triad -- Broken chords, or arpeggios -- Prelude in E minor for piano, op. 28, no. 4 / by Frédéric Chopin -- Key. The major scale -- The minor scale -- The key signature -- The chromatic scale -- Modulation: change of key -- Tonic key -- Musical texture. Monophonic texture -- Polyphonic texture -- Homophonic texture -- Changes of texture. "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah / by George Frideric Handel -- Musical form. Techniques that create form. Repetition ; Contrast ; Variation -- Types of musical form. Three-part (ternary) form: A B A. Dance of the Reed Pipes from the Nutcracker Suite / by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Two-part form: A B. Prelude in C minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 / by Johann Sebastian Bach -- Theme and variations. Second movement from Symphony no. 94 in G major ("Surprise") / by Joseph Haydn -- Listening for form -- Performance. The performer -- The conductor -- Recorded and live performance -- Judging performance -- Musical style -- Middle ages. Music in the middle ages (450-1450) -- Gregorian Chant. The church modes. Alleluia: Dominus dixit -- Secular song in the middle ages -- The development of polyphony: organum. The School of Notre Dame: measured rhythm. Alleluya Nativitas / by Perotin -- Fourteenth-century music: the "new" art in France and Italy. Tosto che ll'aba / by Gherardello da Firenze -- Guillaume de Machaut. Je puis trop bien ; The Notre Dame Mass -- The Renaissance. Music in the Renaissance (1450-1600). Music and Renaissance society -- Words and music -- Renaissance texture -- Renaissance rhythm and melody -- Sacred music in the Renaissance. Josquin des Prez and the Renaissance motet. Ave Maria ... virgo serena -- Palestrina and the Renaissance mass. Pope Marcellus Mass -- Secular music in the Renaissance. Vocal music -- The Renaissance madrigal. "As Vesta Was" / by Thomas Weelkes -- Lute song: "It was a lover and his lass" / by Thomas Morley -- Instrumental music. Ricercar in the twelfth mode / by Andrea Gabrieli -- The Baroque period. Baroque music (1600-1750). Baroque unity of mood -- Baroque rhythm -- Baroque melody -- Terraced dynamics -- Baroque texture -- Chords and the basso continuo (figured bass) -- The Baroque orchestra -- Words and music -- Baroque forms -- Music in Baroque society -- The concerto grosso and ritornello form. First movement from Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major / by Johann Sebastian Bach -- The fugue. Organ fugue in G minor ("Little" fugue) / by Johann Sebastian Bach -- The elements of opera -- Opera in the Baroque era -- Claudio Monteverdi. Ground bass -- The Coronation of Poppea -- Henry Purcell. Dido and Aeneas -- The Baroque sonata -- Arcangelo Corelli. Trio sonata in E minor, op. 3, no. 7 -- Antonio Vivaldi. Concerto grosso in A minor, op. 3, no. 8 -- Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach's music -- Brandenburg concerto no. 5 in D major -- Mass in B minor -- The Baroque suite. Suite (overture) no. 3 in D major / by Johann Sebastian Bach -- The chorale and the church cantata. The church cantata -- Cantata no. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme / by Johann Sebastian Bach -- The oratorio -- George Frideric Handel. Handel's music -- "I shall lament my fate" from Julius Caesar -- Messiah -- The Classical period. The classical style (1750-1820). Classical contrast of mood -- Classical rhythm -- Classical texture -- Classical melody -- Classical dynamics and the piano -- The end of the basso continuo -- The classical orchestra -- Classical form -- Composer, patron, and public in the classical period. Vienna -- Sonata form. Exposition -- Development -- Recapitulation -- Coda -- Fourth movement from Symphony no. 20 in G minor, K. 550 / by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Minuet and trio. Third movement (Minuet) from Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 / by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Rondo. Fourth movement (Rondo) from String quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4 / by Ludwig van Beethoven -- The classical symphony -- The classical concerto -- Classical chamber music -- Joseph Haydn. Haydn's music -- Symphony no. 103 in E-flat major ("Drum roll") -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's music -- Don Giovanni -- Symphony no. 140 in G minor, K. 550 -- Piano concerto in D minor, K. 466 -- Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven's music -- Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 -- Piano sonata in F minor, op. 57 ("Appassionata") -- |
| Contents | The romantic period. Romanticism in music. The romantic period in music (1820-1900). Individuality of style ; Expressive aims and subjects ; Nationalism and exoticism ; Program music ; Expressive tone color ; Colorful harmony ; Expanded range of dynamics, pitch, and tempo ; Form: miniature and monumental -- Romantic composers and their public -- The art song. Strophic and through-composed form -- The song cycle -- Franz Schubert. Schubert's music -- "The Erlking" -- "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" -- "Who is Sylvia?" -- Robert Schumann. Schumann's music -- "Dedication" from Myrtles -- Träumerei from Scenes of Childhood -- Frédéric Chopin. Chopin's music -- Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 9, no. 2 -- Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12 ("Revolutionary") -- Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 -- Franz Liszt. Liszt's music -- Concerto no. 1 for piano and orchestra in E-flat major -- Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn's music -- Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, op. 64 -- Program music -- Hector Berlioz. Berlioz's music -- Fantastic Symphony -- Nationalism in nineteenth-century music. "The Russian Five" -- Boris Godunov / by Modest Mussorgsky -- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky's music -- Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy -- Bedrich Smetana. The Moldau -- Antonin Dvorák. Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World" -- Johannes Brahms. Brahms's music -- Variations on a Theme by Haydn for orchestra, op. 56a -- Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi's music -- Rigoletto -- Giacomo Puccini. La Boheme -- Richard Wagner. Wagner's music -- The Twilight of the Gods -- The twentieth century. Musical styles: 1900-1950. 1900-1950: an age of musical diversity -- Tone color -- Harmony. Consonance and dissonance ; New chord structures -- Alternatives to the traditional tonal system -- Rhythm -- Melody -- Music and musicians in society -- Impressionism and symbolism. French Impressionist painting -- French Symbolist poetry -- Claude Debussy. Debussy's music -- Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" -- The Sunken Cathedral from Preludes for piano -- Neoclassicism -- Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky's music -- Petrushka -- The Rite of Spring -- Symphony of Psalms -- Expressionism -- Arnold Schoenberg. Schoenberg's music. Atonality ; The twelve-tone system -- Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 16 -- A Survivor from Warsaw, op. 46 -- Alban Berg. Wozzeck -- Anton Webern. Webern's music -- Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 10 -- Béla Bartók. Bartók's music -- Concerto for Orchestra -- Charles Ives. Ives's music -- The Unanswered Question for chamber orchestra -- Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut from Three Places in New England -- Aaron Copland. Appalachian Spring -- Musical styles since 1950. Increased use of the twelve-tone system -- Extensions of the twelve-tone system -- Chance music -- Electronic music -- "The liberation of sound" -- Mixed media -- Rhythm and form -- Music since 1950: five representative pieces. Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord / by Elliott Carter -- Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima / by Krzysztof Penderecki -- Ancient Voices of Children / by George Crumb -- Composition for Synthesizer / by Milton Babbitt -- Synchronisms no. 6 for piano and electronic sounds / by Mario Davidovsky -- Jazz / by Stephen Elmer. The "American" art form. The slave in America -- The Blues -- New Orleans. Ragtime. Maple Leaf Rag / by Scott Joplin -- Jazz. Louis Armstrong -- Swing. Lester "Pres" Young. Lady Be Good / by Lester "Pres" Young and Count Basie -- Billie Holiday -- Bebop and modern jazz. Charlie "Bird" Parker -- John Coltrane -- Rock / by Stephen Elmer. Rock 'n' roll. Bill Haley and the Comets -- Elvis Presley -- Rhythm and blues. Little Richard -- Soul. Ray Charles -- Aretha Franklin -- James Brown -- Rock. The Rolling Stones -- The Beatles -- Non-Western music / by Ashenafi Kebede. Music in oriental Africa. Background -- Methods of learning -- Music in Oriental Africa. North Africa ; Northeast Africa -- The main instruments of Oriental African music. Chordophones ; Aerophones ; Membranophones ; Idiophones -- Music and musicians in Oriental Africa -- Music in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan African musical instruments. Idiophones ; Membranophones -- The music of India. The melodic principle of Indian music: Raga -- The tonal elements of Indian music -- The temporal principle of Indian music: Tala -- The instruments of Indian music. Tata (Chordophones) ; Susira (Aerophones) ; Avanaddha (Membranophones) ; Ghana (Idiophones) -- The music -- Koto music of Japan. Koto: historical background -- Systems of Koto tuning. Oshiki-cho tuning ; Hira-joshi tuning ; Kumoi-joshi tuning -- Schools for Koto: the composers and their music. Tsukushi-goto school ; Yatsuhashi school ; Ikuta school ; Yamada school -- Koto music. Rokudan -- Appendixes. Chronology -- Tone color and the harmonic series -- Key signatures -- Record selections. |
| Abstract | "This text provides an approach to perceptive listening and an introduction to musical elements, forms, and style periods. Its discussions of composers' lives, individual styles, and representative works aim to stimulate curiosity and enthusiasm, not merely to impart facts. The book was written to heighten a reader's love of music as well as to develop listening skills."--Preface. |
| General note | Accompanied by record RA-684. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 546-552), discography (pages 552-554), and index. |
| LCCN | 75020067 |
| ISBN | 0070332665 |
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