دانلود کتاب The Essential Listening to Music

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Contents About the Author Preface Acknowledgments Ch 1: The Power of Music Music, the Ear, and the Brain Our Musical Template: Why We Like What We Like Listening to Whose Music? How Does Classical Music Work? Where and How to Listen Getting Started: No Previous Experience Required Ch 2: Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony Rhythm Rhythmic Notation Melody Harmony Ch 3: Color, Texture, and Form Color Musical Instruments Texture Form Ch 4: Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Music in the Monastery Music in the Cathedral Music at the Court Music in the Renaissance, 1450-1600 Ch 5: Baroque Art and Music Baroque Architecture and Music Baroque Painting and Music Characteristics of Baroque Music Early Baroque Opera Middle Baroque Instrumental Music: Three Favorites Ch 6: Late Baroque Music: Bach and Handel Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Ch 7: Introduction to the Classical Style: Haydn and Mozart The Enlightenment The Democratization of Classical Music and the Rise of "For Profit" Concerts Popular Opera Takes Center Stage The Advent of the Piano Elements of Classical Style The Dynamic Mood of Classical Music Vienna: Home to Classical Composers Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Ch 8: Classical Forms Form, Mood, and the Listener's Expectations Ternary Form Sonata-Allegro Form Theme and Variations Rondo Form Ch 9: Classical Genres The Symphony and the Symphony Orchestra The String Quartet The Sonata The Concerto Vocal Music: Classical Opera Ch 10: Beethoven: Bridge to Romanticism Beethoven's Music The Early Years (1770-1802) The "Heroic" Period (1803-1813) The Final Years (1814-1827) What is Forward Looking in Beethoven's Music? Ch 11: Romanticism and Romantic Chamber Music Romantic Inspiration, Romantic Creativity The Musician as "Artist," Music as "Art" The Style of Romantic Music The Art Song Romantic Piano Music Ch 12: Romantic Orchestral Music The Romantic Orchestra Program Music Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) and the Program Symphony Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and Ballet Music Ch 13: Romantic Opera Italy Germany Nineteenth-Century Realistic Opera Ch 14: Late Romantic Orchestral Music Romantic Values and Today's Concert Hall The Conductor The Late Romantic Symphony and Concerto Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) More Great Late Romantic Symphonies and Concertos Music and Nationalism Ch 15: European Impressionism and Modernism Impressionism Impressionism in Painting and Music Modernism: An Anti-Romantic Movement Modernist Painting and Music: The Rejection of Representational Art Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Ch 16: American Modernism and Postmodernism Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939) Jazz Postmodernism Epilogue-The Enduring Power of Western Classical Music Glossary Index Recording Credits