The three CDs accompanying the text (0-07-298920-3) offer students generous opportunity to apply their developing listening skills to representative selections of music.
Offering more than 50 integrated Listening Outlines and a non-technical writing style, this is the most accessible text available for majors or non-majors.
Relevant social and cultural information appears in part openers, presenting the context in which music was conceived and first experienced.
A consistent chapter structure aids students in focusing on key points.
Preludes: Introduces basic technical information concerning texture, form, and notation. Students may browse through the Prelude at the beginning of a term and return to it readily to refresh their understanding as the concepts recur throughout the course. While instructors will differ in the emphasis they place on the Prelude, it’s as essential a part of the text, and the course, as the prelude of a well-written music composition is to that work.
Part Openers: As in the last edition, relevant social and cultural information appears before each section in Part Openers, available to those who find them valuable, but unobtrusive for those who choose to leave them out. The Part Openers are not intended as material to be absorbed for test purposes, but as enriching and thought-provoking information related to the music covered in that section. They set the context in which music was conceived and first experienced, and broaden students’ perspective of music’s place in the cultural environment.
Part Summaries: Present terms and names with which students should have become familiar, much as they might be presented in a concert program or a newspaper review.
Effective Learning Tools: Terms to review, key figures, optional listening examples, suggestions for further listening, and listening examples provide students with extensive support to master the material and enhance their knowledge of American music.
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