| Contents |
Unit one: American vernacular music. Introduction -- Traditional American music. Musical elements: sound, pitch, timbre, and melody -- American music for stage and screen. Musical elements: form -- Jazz. Musical elements: harmony -- Modern American popular music part I: up to 1970. Musical elements: meter and rhythm -- Modern American popular music part II: after 1970 -- Unit two: European art music. Antiquity to 1600. Musical elements: texture -- Baroque music. Musical elements: affect and text-music relationship -- Classic era music. Musical elements: forms in European art music -- Romantic era music. Musical elements: interpretation, dynamics, tempo, and articulation ; Chapter 9 reading: New editions of complete works / by Hector Berlioz -- Modern art music. Musical elements: aesthetic trends in modern music ; Chapter 10 readings: What I wished for in "The Rite of Spring" / by Igor Stravinsky ; Music after the Great War / by Carl Van Vechten ; Music as a gradual process / Steve Reich -- Unit three: world music. Music of the Americas. Musical elements: the classification of musical instruments -- Music of Oceania. Musical elements: meaning in Oceanic music ; Chapter 12 reading: Australia and the South Pacific / by Richard Nidel -- Music of sub-Saharan Africa. Musical elements: meter and rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa ; Chapter 13 reading: A guide to African music: a music of encounters / by Carol A. Muller -- Music of the Middle East. Musical elements: melody and the Maqam in Middle Eastern music ; Chapter 14 reading: Women's music of the Arabian Peninsula / by Kay Hardy Campbell -- Music of Asia. Musical elements: harmonic texture in Asian musical styles ; Chapter 15 readings: Autobiography of a Yogi / by Paramahansa Yogananda ; Tsar Teh-Yun at age 100: a life of Qin music, poetry, and calligraphy / by Bell Yung -- Appendix: musical instruments. |
| Abstract |
An anthology reader for non-music major undergraduate students. It differs from typical texts in this area, many of which focus primarily on the canon of Western European art music. In contrast, this book introduces students to musical traditions around the world and places these in historical, social, and cultural context through primary source readings on the meaning of music. |
| General note | "Third revised preliminary edition" incorrectly printed on spine. |
| General note | Each chapter includes vocabulary lists; most chapters also include a list of important figures. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-330) and glossary. |
| ISBN | 9781631895159 |
| ISBN | 163189515X |
