Music: An Appreciation Brief Edition with Multimedia Companion - Softcover

Kamien, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073043885 ISBN 13: 9780073043883

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2005

Synopsis

Whether from a concert stage or at the front of a classroom, Roger Kamien knows how to reach an audience--blending intelligence and passion to lift music from the page and bring it to life. His unique combination of artistic and teaching skills makes Music: An Appreciation, Brief Edition an invaluable tool for students wanting to learn more about music.

This best-selling textbook introduces students to perceptive listening and provides an engaging introduction to musical elements, forms, and stylistic periods. It is organized chronologically, but individual sections can be addressed in any order, for a variety of teaching approaches. Musical notation is included but is not required to understand the popular listening guides featured in the text, which focus students’ attention on musical events as they unfold.

Every new copy of the fifth edition is packaged free with the outstanding Multimedia Companion CD-ROM Version 5.0, which makes the study of music easier, more rewarding, and more fun. In addition, the fifth brief edition introduces "Performance Perspectives" boxes and includes revised sections on Jazz and Rock, a new section on music in film, and more!

About this title

From the Publisher:

Four-Color Design based on the successful full-color design of the Brief 4/e. Updated photographs enrich the text, and listening outlines are easier to follow.

Newly Designed Part Openers begin with an overview to provide historical and cultural context. Timelines, maps, and color photos are included where appropriate to provide an illustration of events or important works of art.
Listening Guide Software
Suitable for student study, class presentation, or in-class quizzing, this free software offers multimedia listening guides to every recording on brief CD set.Fourth Brief CD
The recordings package has been expanded by the addition of a fourth CD to the brief set.

Expanded Coverage of Twentieth-Century Music takes into account the latest developments of the last century.

Thoroughly update Part VIX The American Musical: Incorporates recent theatrical contributions.
Part VIII, Jazz, and Part X, Rock, have been revised to incorporate cutting-edge advancements and innovations.

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 his current position. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0073043885
• ISBN 13: 9780073043883
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5