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Author : Arthur Jacobs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Western Music written by Arthur Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald Jay Grout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book “A” History of Western Music written by Donald Jay Grout and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Griffiths
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521842948
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book A Concise History of Western Music written by Paul Griffiths and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-29 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Michael Spitzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190061758
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)
Download or read book A History of Emotion in Western Music written by Michael Spitzer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the first history of musical emotion in any language. Combining intellectual history, music studies, philosophy and cognitive psychology, it unfolds a history of musical emotion across a thousand years of Western art music, from chant to pop. It affords a new way of analysing music, revealing the relationship between emotion and musical structure. The book also provides an introduction to the latest approaches to emotion research, as well as an original theory of how musical emotion works. The book is disposed in two parts. Part 1 (chapters 1-4) comprises the theoretical foundation of the book. Part 2 (chapters 5-9) provides an historical narrative from medieval to contemporary music. Chapter 1 summarizes contemporary theories of emotion in general, and of musical emotion in particular, bringing together seminal philosophers and psychologists. Chapter 2 contains the core of the book's original thesis: that five basic emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, tenderness, and fear) constitute five categories of musical emotion throughout the common-practice period. Chapter 3 outlines a variety of complex musical emotions, such as wonder, nostalgia, envy, and disgust. Chapter 4 explores the historiography of emotion, including the seminal writings of Elias, Rosenwein, and Reddy. Part 2 of the book (chapters 5-9) explores a millennium of Western music in terms of shifting categories of emotion: from affections and passions through sentiments, emotions proper, to modern affect"--
Author : Jacobs Arthur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (474 download)
Download or read book A short history of western music written by Jacobs Arthur and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marco De Boni
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (952 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Western Music written by Marco De Boni and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Western music, i.e., music of European origin, is a vast and fascinating subject that spans almost two thousand years. It is a story of innovation, creativity, and change, and it is a story that is still being written today. This book will take you on a journey through the history of Western art music (sometimes referred to as Classical music), from its earliest beginnings in Ancient Greece to the present day. Along the way, you will meet some of the greatest composers in history, from Bach and Beethoven to Mozart and Stravinsky. You will also learn about the different musical styles and genres that have developed over time, from Gregorian chant to minimalism. This book is not just for music lovers. It is for anyone who is interested in learning more about the history of Western civilization. Music is a powerful force that has shaped Western culture and its way of life, and this book will give you a deeper understanding of its impact.
Author : Barbara Russano Hanning
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393971682
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Concise History of Western Music written by Barbara Russano Hanning and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1998 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise History of Western Music combines Grout and Palisca's uncompromising reliability, scope, and respect for the narrative, while offering many more pedagogical aids, such as chapter preludes and postludes; "Etudes," excursions that explore the material more deeply than the main text; and "Windows," boxed discussions of special topics.
Author : Michael Miller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440636370
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History written by Michael Miller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully composed journey through music history! Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring, but bestselling author Michael Miller proves that isn’t so. This guide makes music history interesting and fun, for both music students and older music lovers. • Covers more than Western “classical” music—also includes non-Western music and uniquely American forms such as jazz • More than just names and dates—puts musical developments in context with key historical events
Author : Claude V. Palisca
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780393969061
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Norton Anthology of Western Music written by Claude V. Palisca and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Auner
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393929201
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (292 download)
Download or read book Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (Western Music in Context: A Norton History) written by Joseph Auner and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts. Joseph Auner's Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries explores the sense of possibility unleashed by the era's destabilizing military conflicts, social upheavals, and technological advances. Auner shows how the multiplicity of musical styles has called into question traditional assumptions about compositional practice, the boundaries of music and noise, and the relationship among composer, performer, and listener. He also shows how composers and their works have played important roles in defining ideas of nation, race, and gender, and thus in shaping the modern world for better and worse. Western Music in Context: A Norton History comprises six volumes of moderate length, each written in an engaging style by a recognized expert. Authoritative and current, the series examines music in the broadest sense—as sounds notated, performed, and heard—focusing not only on composers and works, but also on broader social and intellectual currents.
Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190600228
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Oxford History of Western Music written by Richard Taruskin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes students beyond the "who, what, and when," exploring the "how and why" behind the story of Western MusicNow in its second edition, this text immerses students in the engaging story of the Western musical tradition. By emphasizing the connections among works, both within cultural eras and across time and place, the text goes beyond a basic retelling of the music's history to build students' ability tolisten critically to key works. The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition is a complete program for building students' understanding and appreciation of the classical canon.
Author : Paul Henry Lang
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393040746
Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Music in Western Civilization written by Paul Henry Lang and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of occidental music focuses on the function of music as an expression of the spirit and artistic life of each age.
Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796017
Total Pages : 881 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Music in the Early Twentieth Century written by Richard Taruskin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music. Music in the Early Twentieth Century , the fourth volume in Richard Taruskin's history, looks at the first half of the twentieth century, from the beginnings of Modernism in the last decade of the nineteenth century right up to the end of World War II. Taruskin discusses modernism in Germany and France as reflected in the work of Mahler, Strauss, Satie, and Debussy, the modern ballets of Stravinsky, the use of twelve-tone technique in the years following World War I, the music of Charles Ives, the influence of peasant songs on Bela Bartok, Stravinsky's neo-classical phase and the real beginnings of 20th-century music, the vision of America as seen in the works of such composers as W.C. Handy, George Gershwin, and Virgil Thomson, and the impact of totalitarianism on the works of a range of musicians from Toscanini to Shostakovich
Author : John Avery Lomax
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Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cowboy Songs, and Other Frontier Ballads written by John Avery Lomax and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clifford R. Murphy
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252096614
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Yankee Twang written by Clifford R. Murphy and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merging scholarly insight with a professional guitarist's keen sense of the musical life, Yankee Twang delves into the rich tradition of country & western music that is played and loved in the mill towns and cities of the American northeast. Clifford R. Murphy draws on a wealth of ethnographic material, interviews, and encounters with recorded and live music to reveal the central role of country and western in the social lives and musical activity of working-class New Englanders. As Murphy shows, an extraordinary multiculturalism informed by New England's kaleidoscope of ethnic groups created a distinctive country and western music style. But the music also gave--and gives--voice to working-class feeling. Yankee country and western emphasizes the western, reflecting the longing for the mythical cowboy's life of rugged but fulfilling individualism. Indeed, many New Englanders use country and western to comment on economic disenfranchisement and express their resentment of a mass media, government, and Nashville music establishment they believe neither reflects nor understands their life experiences.
Author : Zelda Potgieter
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527563243
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Structural and Ornamental Diatonic Harmony in Western Music, c.1700 – 1880 written by Zelda Potgieter and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides first-year university students majoring in western art music with a thorough study of both structural and ornamental diatonic harmony in the Common Practice Period (c.1700 until the late 1800s). It provides one of the most comprehensive coverages of the topic of ornamental diatonic harmony published to date, and offers ample musical examples to illustrate the concepts explained, as well as exercises in creative four-part writing, analysis, aural development and keyboard harmony to practice the application of these concepts. Understanding the difference between the way chords act at the structural level and the ornamental level explains why rules that apply to one do not necessarily apply to the other, providing novel insights into the interplay between harmony and melody and renewed appreciation for the ingenious ways in which composers throughout the Common Practice Period exploited these techniques.
Author : Howard Goodall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361219
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)
Download or read book The Story of Music written by Howard Goodall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did prehistoric people start making music? What does every postwar pop song have in common? A “masterful” tour of music through the ages (Booklist, starred review). Music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly specialized and complex. In his dynamic tour through 40,000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop, Howard Goodall does away with stuffy biographies, unhelpful labels, and tired terminology. Instead, he leads us through the story of music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation—harmony, notation, sung theater, the orchestra, dance music, recording, broadcasting—strikes us with its original force. He focuses on what changed when and why, picking out the discoveries that revolutionized man-made sound and bringing to life musical visionaries from the little-known Pérotin to the colossus of Wagner. Along the way, he also gives refreshingly clear descriptions of what music is and how it works: what scales are all about, why some chords sound discordant, and what all post-war pop songs have in common. The story of music is the story of our urge to invent, connect, rebel—and entertain. Howard Goodall's beautifully clear and compelling account is both a hymn to human endeavor and a groundbreaking map of our musical journey.
