Understanding Music Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package

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Table of Contents:
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents   1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS   Chapter 1   Music Around the World Chapter 2   The Elements of Music Chapter 3   The Art of Listening Chapter 4   The Middle Ages: 400-1400 Chapter 5   Renaissance: 1400-1600 Chapter 6   The Baroque Era: 1600-1750 Chapter 7   The Classic Era: 1750-1800 Chapter 8   Beethoven Chapter 9   The Nineteenth Century I: Early Romantic Music Chapter 10 The Nineteenth Century II: Mid- to Late-Romanticism Music Chapter 11 The Twentieth Century and Beyond, Part I: The Classical Scene Chapter 12 The Twentieth Century and Beyond, Part II: Jazz, an American Original Chapter 13 The Twentieth Century and Beyond, Part III: Popular Music in the United   States     2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS   Chapter 1 Music Around the World Introduction to the Study of Music Music as a Reflection of Society Listening to Music from Around the World Conclusion   Chapter 2 The Elements of Music What is Music? The Elements of Music Musical Form Making Music: Voices Making Music: Instruments The Orchestra Musical Performance Emotion in Music Live Performances Historical Periods and Individual Style   Chapter 3 The Art of Listening Sound, Rhythm, and Dynamics Words, “Blue Notes,” Rhythm, Swing, Improvisation Form, Tempo, Meter, Keys, and Cadences Keys and Cadences   Chapter 4 The Middle Ages: 400-1400 General Characteristics of Medieval Music The Music of the Middle Ages The End of the Middle Ages   Chapter 5 Renaissance: 1400-1600 Life and Times in the Renaissance Renaissance Music General Characteristics of Renaissance Music Music in the Early Renaissance The Mid-Renaissance The Late Renaissance The Counter-Reformation and the Music of Palestrina   Chapter 6 The Baroque Era: 1600-1750 Life in the Baroque Era General Characteristics of Baroque Music The Early Baroque (1600-1700) The Late Baroque (1700-1750)   Chapter 7 The Classic Era: 1750-1800 From Absolutism to Enlightenment to Revolution General Characteristics of Classic Music The Classic Meters   Chapter 8 Beethoven Beethoven’s Life Beethoven’s Music   Chapter 9 The Nineteenth Century I: Early Romantic Music The Age of Romanticism Early Romanticism   Chapter 10 The Nineteenth Century II: Mid- to Late-Romanticism Music Late Romanticism   Chapter 11 The Twentieth Century and Beyond, Part I: The Classical Scene General Characteristics of Twentieth-Century Music Impressionism and Symbolism Primitivism Expressionism Other Composers Active Before World War II: Bartok, Shostakovich, Britten, Ives, and Copland Building Bridges After the War: Modernism, the Second Stage Postmodernism Inclusion Conclusion   Chapter 12 The Twentieth Century and Beyond, Part II: Jazz, an American Original The History of Jazz   Chapter 13 The Twentieth Century and Beyond, Part III: Popular Music in the United States Styles of Popular Music Beginnings: 1850-1950 The Fortunate Fifties The Turbulent Sixties The 1970s and 1980s: Variety, Legacy, and Change The Nineties and Beyond

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, and, since 1982, at Boston University, where he is Professor of Music, Chair of the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, and Associated Faculty of the Department of Judaic Studies and the Center for African American Studies. Dr. Yudkin was also Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford University from 2006 to 2010.   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, jazz, and music of the Beatles. 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 eight books on various aspects of music and music history, including Music in Medieval Europe (1989), The Lenox School of Jazz (2006), and Miles Davis: Miles Smiles and the Invention of Post Bop (2008).

Review :
"The perfect choice if you are teaching a course in music appreciation for non-music majors and your time is limited." Donald Olah, Clarion University   "This is a modern textbook with lots of visual and non-linear descriptions. It would appeal to a contemporary student who is used to getting most material online." Claire Boge, Miami University   "A friendly, well illustrated survey with brief sections, many formats of learning, and an extensive discussion of pop music." Jeff Morris, Texas A&M University   "This is an accessible music appreciation text my students have been using for over a decade." Amy Black, Clayton State University