Synopses & Reviews
Whether from a concert stage or in front of a classroom, Roger Kamien knows how to connect with an audience. It is his unique combination of a performer's musical sensibility and a teacher's understanding of what works with students that has made that has made the Brief Edition of Music: An Appreciation the most widely-used text of its kind. The book's impeccable scholarship, clear presentation of musical elements and history, carefully chosen repertoire of musical selections, and insightful listening guides have been its hallmarks from the first edition. The revision adds a new text feature designed to help students connect their classroom experience to a wider listening world, and an exciting new online component.
About the Author
Roger Kamien received his B.A. in Musicology from Columbia and his M.A. and PhD. from Princeton. Kamien taught for 2 years at Hunter College and for 20 years at Queens College, where he coordinated the music appreciation courses. In 1983, he was appointed to the Zubin Mehta Chair in Musicology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition to Music: An Appreciation, Prof. Kamien has written numerous articles and reviews, co-wrote A New Approach to Keyboard Harmony, and edited the Norton Scores. He is an accomplished pianist and, in recent years, has formed a two-piano team with his wife, Anita.
Table of Contents
Preface Part I Elements 1. Sound: Pitch, Dynamics, and Tone Color 2. Performing Media: Voices and Instruments 3. Rhythm 4. Music Notation 5. Melody 6. Harmony 7. Key 8. Musical Texture 9. Musical Form 10. Musical Style Part II The Middle Ages And Renaissance 1. Music In The Middle Ages (450-1450) 2. Music In The Renaissance (1450-1600) Part III The Baroque Period 1. Baroque Music (1600-1750) 2. Music In Baroque Society 3. The Concerto Grosso And Ritornello Form 4. The Fugue 5. The Elements Of Opera 6. Opera In The Baroque Era 7. Claudio Monteverdi 8. Henry Purcell 9. The Baroque Sonata 10. Antonio Vivaldi 11. Johann Sebastian Bach 12. The Baroque Suite 13. The Chorale And Church Cantata 14. The Oratorio 15. George Frideric Handel Part IV The Classical Period 1. The Classical Style (1750-1820) 2. Composer, Patron, And Public In The Classical Period 3. Sonata Form 4. Theme And Variations 5. Minuet And Trio 6. Rondo 7. The Classical Symphony 8. The Classical Concerto 9. Classical Chamber Music 10. Joseph Hadyn 11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12. Ludwig Van Beethoven Part V The Romantic Period 1. Romanticism In Music (1820-1900) 2. Romantic Composers And Their Public 3. The Art Song 4. Franz Schubert 5. Robert Schumann 6. Clara Wieck Schumann 7. Frederic Chopin 8. Franz Liszt 9. Felix Mendelssohn 10. Program Music 11. Hector Berlioz 12. Nationalism In Nineteenth-Century Music 13. Antonin Dvorak 14. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 15. Johannes Brahms 16. Giuseppe Verdi 17. Giacomo Puccini 18. Richard Wagner Part VI The Twentieth Century 1. Musical Styles: 1900-1945 2. Music and Musicians in Society 3. Impressionism and Symbolism 4. Claude Debussy 5. Neoclassicism 6. Igor Stravinsky 7. Expressionism 8. Arnold Schoenberg 9. Alban Berg 10. Anton Webern 11. Bela Bartok 12. Charles Ives 13. George Gershwin 14. William Grant Still 15. Aaron Copland 16. Albert Ginestera 17. Musical Styles Since 1945 18. Music Since 1945: Five Representative Pieces 19. Jazz 20. Music for Stage and Screen 21. Rock Part VII Nonwestern Music 1. Music In Nonwestern Cultures 2. Music In Sub-Saharan Africa 3. Classical Music Of India Appendixes 1. Glossary And Example Locator 2. Chronology 3. Recordings Acknowledgments Index