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Listening to USIC M 6th edition CRAIG WRIGHT Yale University Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Listening to Music, Sixth Edition Craig Wright Publisher: Clark Baxter Senior Development Editor: Sue Gleason Assistant Editor: Nell Pepper Editorial Assistant: Ashley Bargende Senior Media Editor: Wendy Constantine Marketing Manager: Mark Haynes Marketing Coordinator: Josh Hendrick Marketing Communications Manager: Heather Baxley Senior Content Project Manager: Michael Lepera Senior Print Buyer: Justin Palmeiro Permissions Editor: Roberta Broyer Text Designer: Marsha Cohen/Parallelogram Graphics Photo Manager: Mandy Groszko Photo Researcher: Abigail Baxter Cover Image: Josef Danhauser (1805–1845). Franz Liszt at the Piano. 1840. Oil on canvas, 119 × 167 cm. Photo: Juergen Liepe. Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. © Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY. 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BRIEF CONTENTS PART I I NTRODUCTION TO LISTENING 1 Listening to Music 2 Rhythm 3 Melody 4 Harmony 5 Dynamics and Color 6 Musical Texture and Form 7 Musical Style PART II T HE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, 476–1600 8 Medieval Music 9 Renaissance Music PART III T HE BAROQUE PERIOD, 1600–1750 10 Introduction to Baroque Art and Music 11 Early Baroque Vocal Music 12 Toward Late Baroque Instrumental Music 13 The Late Baroque: Bach 14 The Late Baroque: Handel PART IV T HE CLASSICAL PERIOD, 1750–1820 15 Classical Style 16 Classical Composers: Haydn and Mozart 17 Classical Forms: Ternary and Sonata-Allegro 18 Classical Forms: Theme and Variations, Rondo 19 Classical Genres: Instrumental Music 20 Classical Genres: Vocal Music 21 Beethoven: Bridge to Romanticism PART V R OMANTICISM, 1820–1900 22 Introduction to Romanticism 23 Romantic Music: The Art Song 24 Romantic Music: Program Music and Ballet 25 Romantic Music: Piano Music 26 Romantic Opera: Italy 27 Romantic Opera: Germany 28 Nineteenth-Century Realistic Opera 29 Music and Nationalism 30 Late Romantic Orchestral Music PART VI M ODERN AND POSTMODERN ART MUSIC, 1880–PRESENT 31 Impressionism and Exoticism 32 Modernism in Music and the Arts 33 Early-Twentieth-Century Modernism 34 Russian and Eastern European Modernism 35 Three American Voices 36 Postmodernism PART VII A MERICAN POPULAR MUSIC, 1850–PRESENT 37 American Popular Music, 1850–World War II 38 Postwar Jazz 39 Broadway, Film, and Video Game Music 40 Rock: Music of Rebellion PART VIII G LOBAL MUSIC 41 The Far East 42 The Near East and Africa 43 The Caribbean and Latin America DETAILED CONTENTS Listening Exercises About the Author Preface PART I I NTRODUCTION TO LISTENING 1 LISTENING TO MUSIC Hearing Music Music in Your Brain Listening to Whose Music? Popular Music Classical Music Classical Music and Popular Music Compared Why Listen to Classical Music? Classical Music All Around You Attending a Classical Concert The Power of Classical Music: Two Famous Beginnings Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (1808)— Opening Listening GUIDE Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor Richard Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra; 1896)— Opening Listening GUIDE Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra Key Words 2 RHYTHM Rhythm and Rhythmic Notation Meter Hearing Meters Syncopation Listening GUIDE The Basics of Rhythm Tempo • DON’T STOP THE MUSIC! Rhythm, RAP, HIP HOP, AND CURRENT DANCE MUSIC Key Words 3 MELODY Pitch The Octave Notating Melodies Listening GUIDE Melodic Prelude Scales, Tonality, and Keys Modulation Hearing Major and Minor Other Scales Melodic Structure Hearing Melodies and Phrases Key Words 4 HARMONY Building Harmony Consonance and Dissonance Cadences Listening GUIDE Consonance and Dissonance: Cadences Hearing the Harmony Change Chord Changes in Blues Chord Changes in Doo-Wop Listening GUIDE Harmony (Chord Changes) Key Words 5 DYNAMICS AND COLOR

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The only music appreciation text on the market to include listening exercises throughout the book, Listening to Music (Sixth Edition) masterfully develops and refines the listening skills of students. Acclaimed for unparalleled clarity and accuracy, Wright succinctly covers traditional Western music
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