Understanding Music - Softcover

Yudkin, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132233320 ISBN 13: 9780132233323

Publisher: Pearson, 2007

Synopsis

For one semester/quarter undergraduate-level courses in Music Appreciation.

 

Understanding Music teaches students what to listen for in music.  Jeremy Yudkin’s text is a rich music appreciation program that supports the instructor’s ultimate goal of teaching active listening.  By focusing on music of the Western tradition in its social, historical, and global context, this text engages students in an active listening experience of music through a lively narrative and innovative activities― all supported by accompanying CD recordings, web-based listening, and listening guides.

About this title

From the Back Cover

• Emphasizes careful listening, with an entire chapter devoted to the Art of Listening
• Places Western music in a global context
• Clarifies the distinct stylistic features of each historical period, with chapter-end Style Summaries
• Explores the contributions of women throughout the ages
• Considers music of other cultures
• Includes popular music in historical context

FOR THE TEACHER

• Inside the Orchestra Videotape — a unique feature, explaining all the instruments and how an orchestra works, with five featured orchestral works, one from each historical period
• Annotated Instructor's Edition filled with helpful classroom suggestions
• Instructor's Manual with chapter summaries, related readings, tests, and more
• Computerized Test Bank in PC and Mac formats
• Films for the Humanities historical videotape compiled especially for Understanding Music

FOR THE STUDENT

• Inside the Orchestra CD-ROM, explaining all the instruments and how an orchestra works
• Companion Website™ (www.prenhall.com/yudkin), an on-line study guide for Understanding Music
• MusicNotes Booklet, containing listening guides from the text with ample room for note taking. FREE with all copies of Understanding Music.

LISTENING PACKAGES

• 7-CD Complete Collection with all of the music discussed in Understanding Music (ISBN 0-13-150564-5)
• 3-CD Student Collection with the main musical selections from the book (ISBN 0-13-150563-7)
• Custom Repertoire CD: Contact your local Prentice Hall representative for details

About the Author

Jeremy Yudkin

was born in England and educated in England and the United States. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Classical and Modern Languages from Cambridge University and his Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from Stanford University. He has taught at San Francisco State University, the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, Harvard University, Oxford University, and, since 1982, at Boston University, where he is a professor of music and associated faculty in the department of African American studies. Dr. Yudkin is also visiting Professor of Music at Oxford University. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Boston University’s Society of Fellows, the Camargo Foundation, and the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, he has written articles for the Journal of the American Musicological Society, the Journal of Musicology, the Musical Quarterly, Musica Disciplina, and Music and Letters, and contributed to several volumes of essays. His research specialties include the Middle Ages, early Beethoven, and jazz studies. A noted lecturer, Professor Yudkin has given talks and presented papers across the United States and in Europe and Russia. He is the author of seven books on various aspects of music and music history, including Music in Medieval Europe (1989), Discover Music (2004), and The Lerox School of Jazz (2006). At Boston University he teaches courses on jazz and the Beatles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0132233320
• ISBN 13: 9780132233323
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 528