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| Music Listening Today |  | Authors: Charles R. Hoffer, Mary Ray, Ph.d. Johnson
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 4003387
Media: Paperback
Edition: Study Gd
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 053451362X
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780534513627
ASIN: 053451362X
Publication Date: June 1999
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Product Description
Charles Hoffer's best-selling MUSIC LISTENING TODAY is a complete course solution that develops students' listening skills while teaching them to appreciate the different styles, forms, and genres of music. This affordable, brief, chronological survey text features two CDs-automatically included with new copies of the book at no additional cost-that contain the text's core music selections. It also features CengageNOW, an online multimedia tool that helps students hone their listening skills while it aids instructors in organizing and managing their courses. As in previous editions, MUSIC LISTENING TODAY provides dozens of familiar and less familiar selections-all carefully chosen for their ability to get students interested in listening to all kinds of music. The text's modular format lets instructors teach in any way they choose.
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Don't Miss It February 26, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Unquestionably the most understandable,interesting,even entertaining text for introduction to music courses. It would also be an excellent gift for anyone wanting to know more about classical, ethnic and contemporary music. The CD ROMs add immeasurably to the book, providing graphic illustrations of the ideas in the text. An outstanding book.
The world of music at your fingertips, with 2 CDs August 25, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book. Anyone who wants to learn more about music -- its notation, its instrumentation, its history, how and why it moves us -- will enjoy this book immensely. It discusses music theory in understandable terms, covering rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, timbre, and organization. The instruments of the classical orchestra are all explained, as are folk instruments. In fact, folk music from around the world is discussed as a prelude to the main sections on the so-called "art music" of Europe and America. I especially liked the Listening Guides. They correspond to tracks on the two CDs that come with the book. The author explains what's going on at each important part of a piece of music, with timings provided so you can follow along, and even provides musical notation showing important themes. I don't read music, but I enjoyed being able to see the score of a familiar strain and following along with the Listening Guide to better understand what the music was about. There are also biographies of each important composer and beautiful full-color reproductions of art from the period being discussed. The book also includes an appendix about musical notation (which if I had studied better would probably give me musical literacy). It also has a very useful glossary and index. This book is obviously a college textbook, but anyone who wants to increase his or her understanding and appreciation of the world music will benefit from reading it.
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