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- Condition
- Release Year
- 2005
- Book Title
- Music in Western Civilization
- ISBN
- 9780534619626
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wadsworth
ISBN-10
0534619622
ISBN-13
9780534619626
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45030963
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
800 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Music in Western Civilization
Subject
History & Criticism, General
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Education
Series
Available Titles Cengagenow Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
69.3 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
8.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-544521
Reviews
The writing is focused, vivid, and engaging---the strongest I have seen in a college textbook for majors studying Western art music. The author excels at breathing life into the works of prominent composers, and at setting in sharp relief the historical and cultural circumstances that engendered them., [The writing] was the book's principle strength. It is a truly accessible book…Students might even become better writers by reading this textbook! It's probably alone in its field in this respect, and I can't praise it enough., [The writing] was the book's principle strength. It is a truly accessible book?Students might even become better writers by reading this textbook! It's probably alone in its field in this respect, and I can't praise it enough., [The writing] was the book’s principle strength. It is a truly accessible book…Students might even become better writers by reading this textbook! It’s probably alone in its field in this respect, and I can’t praise it enough., Finally a textbook that examines the history if music in the wider context of Western civilization. The reader gets a clear sense of how music functioned in society.
Dewey Edition
0
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
780.9
Table Of Content
PART I: ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES.1. Music in Ancient Greece.2. Antiquity to the Middle Ages: Music in Rome, Jerusalem, and the Early Christian World.3. Music in the Monastery and Convent.4. Music Theory in the Monastery: John of St. Gall and Guido of Arezzo.5. Later Medieval Chant: Tropes, Sequences, and the Liturgical Drama of Hildegard of Bingen.6. Troubadours and Trouvères.7. Early Polyphony.8. Music in Medieval Paris: Polyphony at Notre Dame.9. Music in the Cathedral Close and University: Conductus and Motet.10. In the Parisian Master''s Study: Music Theory of the Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova.11. Music at the Court of the French Kings.12. Fourteenth-Century Music in Reims: Guillaume de Machaut.13. Avignon, Symbolic Scores, and the Ars Subtilior.MUSICAL INTERLUDE 1. FROM MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT TO MODERN PERFORMANCE.PART II: THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY RENAISSANCE.14. Music in Florence, 1350-1425.15. Music at the Cathedral of Florence.16. Music in England.17. Music at the Court of Burgundy.18. Music at the French Royal Court.19. Music in the Low Countries.PART III: THE LATE RENAISSANCE.MUSICAL INTERLUDE 2. MUSICAL HUMANISM AND THE RENAISSANCE.20. Popular Music in Florence, 1475-1540: Carnival Song and Lauda, Frottola, and Early Madrigal.21. Josquin Des Prez and Music in Ferrara.MUSICAL INTERLUDE 3. MUSIC PRINTING DURING THE RENAISSANCE.22. Music in Renaissance Paris.23. Renaissance Instruments and Instrumental Music.MUSICAL INTERLUDE 4. MUSIC THEORY IN THE RENAISSANCE.24. Music in Three German Cities: The Protestant-Catholic Confrontation.25. Rome and the Music of the Counter-Reformation.26. Music in Elizabethan England, Part I: Early Vocal Music.27. Music in Elizabethan England, Part II: Instrumental Music and Later Vocal Music.28. The Later Madrigal in Ferrara and Mantua: Gesualdo and Monteverdi.PART IV: BAROQUE MUSIC.29. Early Baroque Music.30. The Birth of Opera: Florence, Mantua, and Venice.31. The Concerted Style in Venice and Dresden.32. Religious Music in Baroque Rome.33. Instrumental Music in Italy.34. Instrumental Music in Germany and Austria.35. Music in Paris and at the Court of Versailles, Part I: Vocal Music.36. Music in Paris and at the Court of Versailles, Part II: Instrumental Music.Musical Interlude 5: From Ancient to Modern: Aspects of Baroque Music Theory.37. Music in London, Part I: Henry Purcell.38. Music in London, Part II: George Frideric Handel.39. Johann Sebastian Bach: Instrumental Music in Weimar and Cöthen.40. Johann Sebastian Bach: Vocal Music in Leipzig.PART V: THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE CLASSICAL ERA.41. Music in the Age of Enlightenment: Opera.42. Music in the Age of Enlightenment: Orchestral Music.43. Music in the Age of Enlightenment: Keyboard Music.44. Classical Music in Vienna.45. Joseph Haydn: Instrumental Music.46. Joseph Haydn: Late Symphonies and Vocal Music.47. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Instrumental Music.48. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vocal Music.49. The Early Music of Beethoven.50. Beethoven''s Middle Period: 1802-1814.51. After the Congress of Vienna: Beethoven''s Late Music.PART VI: ROMANTICISM.MUSICAL INTERLUDE 6. MUSIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD.52. Franz Schubert.53. Music in Paris Under Louis Philippe: Berlioz and Chopin.54. Leipzig and the Gewandhaus: Mendelssohn and the Schumanns.55. German Opera in the Nineteenth Century: Weber and Wagner.56. Opera in Italy: Rossini and Verdi.57. Nationalism and Virtuosity: Franz Liszt.58. Vienna in the Late Nineteenth Century: Brahms and Bruckner.59. Music and Ballet in Nineteenth-Century Russia: Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky.60. Vienna at the turn of the Twentieth Century: Gustav and Alma Mahler.61. England at the End of the Romantic Period: Elgar and Vaughan Williams.62. Opera in Milan After Verdi: Puccini, Toscanini, and Mascagni.63. Paris of the Belle Epoque: Debussy, Fauré, and Lili Boulanger.PART VII: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.MUSICAL INTERLUDE 7.
Synopsis
MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION by Wright and Simms places music in the context of the politics and personalities, and the arts and humanities of each period of Western intellectual history. The importance of cultural context is evidenced by chapters entitled "Richard Strauss in Berlin," "Johann Sebastian Bach: Vocal Music in Leipzig," and "Music in Medieval Paris: Polyphony at Notre Dame." The writing is crystal clear, and student comprehension is increased by means of boldface Key Terms and by concise chapter summaries. The eighty-three brief chapters allow instructors to pick and choose which material they wish to emphasize, and it is available in three formats: comprehensive edition, 2 volumes, and 3 volumes. Moreover, the text is as comprehensive as it is clear. All major composers, styles, and genres are covered. 224 pieces are discussed, with additional commentary and complete musical scores in an accompanying anthology prepared by Professor Timothy Roden. The anthology is available in a two-as well as a three volume set to meet the needs of various course structures. Recordings of all 224 pieces are available on the 13 CDs, and student exercises and analysis questions are found in a companion Student Workbook. In sum, the text of Wright and Simms will revolutionize the teaching of music history because it situates music in its cultural context, yet does so in a way that is clear and easy to understand., A comprehensive text with all major composers, styles and genres covered, 224 pieces are discussed, with additional commentary and complete musical scores in an accompanying anthology., Understand music in context with MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION! Clear and easy-to-understand, this music text provides you with the tools you need to succeed in this course. With a focus on the history of music in the wider context of Western civilization, you will see how study of music history is important to the practice and performance of music today. Numerous full-color photographs, maps, and timelines give you a sense of the place of music within the arts and humanities in the West. Class preparation is made easy with the book-specific website that contains features such as additional musical selections, a music glossary, unit resources, and more.
LC Classification Number
ML160.W955 2006
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