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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Preparation for Listening | |
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| Introducing the World of Music | |
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| The Infinite Variety of Music: A Global Perspective | |
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| The American Mainstream and Ethnic Diversity | |
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| Music in Culture | |
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| Music Labels: Help or Hindrance? | |
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| Artists and Artistry | |
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| The Business of Music | |
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| Manufacturing and Merchandising | |
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| Performance of Music | |
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| Music Publishing and Copyright Laws | |
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| Music in Advertising | |
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| Music in the Community | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Nature of Music: Vocabulary for Listening and Understanding | |
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| Definitions of Music | |
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| Music as a Science | |
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| Expressive and Functional Qualities of Music | |
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| Music Is Sound and Silence | |
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| Music Moves through Time | |
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| Music Is an Art | |
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| Music Is Universal | |
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| Music Is a Means of Expression | |
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| Music Can Be Functional | |
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| Music Is a Changing Art | |
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| The Creative, Performing, and Listening Experiences | |
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| Participating in Active Listening | |
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| The Elements of Music | |
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| Melody | |
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| Harmony | |
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| Rhythm | |
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| Loudness | |
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| Tone Quality | |
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| Interaction of the Elements | |
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| To Create a Style: Musical Concepts | |
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| Texture | |
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| Genres and Forms | |
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| Melodic Growth and Character | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| Summary | |
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| Listening to American Music: Folk, Religious, Jazz, and Pop | |
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| Folk Music Traditions | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| The Roots of Traditional Folk Music | |
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| Types of Folk Music | |
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| The Blues | |
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| Folk Music: An Expanded View | |
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| The Urban Folk Revival | |
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| Urban Blues | |
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| Summary | |
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| Religious Music Traditions | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| The Roots of American Protestant Music | |
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| Psalm Singing and Psalters | |
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| Lining Out, Singing Schools, and the Shape-Note System | |
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| Traditional Black Gospel Music | |
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| White Gospel Music: Revival and Evangelical Hymns | |
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| Popular Contemporary Styles | |
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| Summary | |
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| Jazz Styles | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| What Is Jazz? | |
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| The Jazz Style | |
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| The Feel of Swing | |
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| Instruments | |
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| Improvisation | |
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| The Roots of Jazz | |
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| Jazz Styles | |
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| New Orleans and Chicago Jazz | |
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| Stride and Boogie Woogie | |
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| Swing and Big Band Jazz | |
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| Bebop | |
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| Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, and Free Jazz | |
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| Modern Jazz, Fusion, and Smooth Jazz | |
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| Summary | |
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| Popular Music | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| The Definition and Scope of Popular Music | |
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| Pre-Twentieth Century | |
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| Twentieth Century and Beyond | |
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| Tin Pan Alley | |
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| Vaudeville | |
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| Musicals | |
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| Film | |
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| Radio and Recordings | |
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| Country Music | |
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| Hillbilly | |
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| Cowboy Songs and Western Swing | |
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| Bluegrass | |
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| The Nashville Sound | |
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| Contemporary Country | |
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| Early African American Influences | |
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| Motown | |
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| Gospel | |
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| Rhythm and Blues | |
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| Soul | |
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| Contemporary Styles | |
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| Rock | |
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| Rap/Hip-Hop | |
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| Other Genres | |
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| Summary | |
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| Listening to World Music | |
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| Music of the Americas | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| Native American Music | |
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| Style and Context | |
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| Assimilation and Preservation | |
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| Ethnic Music in the United States | |
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| Reggae | |
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| Latino Music | |
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| Cajun and Zydeco Music | |
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| Music of South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean | |
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| Indigenous Folk Culture | |
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| Musical Instruments | |
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| Folk Songs and Dances | |
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| Religious Influences | |
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| Summary | |
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| Music Beyond the Americans | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| Music in India | |
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| Classical Music | |
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| Popular Music | |
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| Music in Japan | |
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| The Performance Context | |
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| Musical Genres | |
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| Gagaku | |
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| Kabuki | |
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| Koto, Shakuhachi, and Shamisen | |
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| Music in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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| Music in Context | |
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| Instruments | |
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| Rhythm | |
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| Popular Music | |
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| Music in Eastern Europe | |
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| Indonesian Gamelan and Popular Music | |
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| Jewish Music | |
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| Cultural Context | |
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| Liturgical Music | |
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| Klezmer Music | |
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| Celtic Music | |
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| Instruments | |
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| Artists | |
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| Altan | |
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| Clannad | |
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| Solas | |
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| The Chieftains | |
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| Summary | |
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| Listening to Western Classical Music | |
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| Music to 1600 | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| The Beginnings of Western Music (until 1450) | |
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| Gregorian Chant | |
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| Notation | |
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| Polyphonic Music | |
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| The Renaissance (1450-1600) | |
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| Choral and Vocal Music | |
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| Mass | |
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| Motet | |
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| Madrigal | |
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| Instrumental Music | |
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| The Reformation | |
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| Featured Composers | |
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| Josquin des Prez | |
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| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | |
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| Giovanni Gabrieli | |
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| Summary | |
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| Music of the Baroque Period (1600-1750) | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| Musical Characteristics | |
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| Texture | |
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| Major-Minor Tonal System | |
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| Continuo | |
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| Word Painting | |
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| Other Musical Characteristics | |
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| Instruments | |
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| Musical Forms and Genres | |
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| Opera | |
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| Orchestral Works | |
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| Chamber Music | |
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| Keyboard Works | |
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| Choral Music | |
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| Featured Composers | |
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| Johann Sebastian Bach | |
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| George Frideric Handel | |
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| Other Notable Composers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Music of the Classic Period (1750-1820) | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| Musical Characteristics | |
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| Instruments | |
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| Genres | |
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| Instrumental | |
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| Vocal, Choral, and Opera | |
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| Forms | |
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| Sonata Form | |
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| Theme and Variations | |
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| Minuet and Trio | |
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| Rondo | |
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| Featured Composers | |
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| Franz Joseph Haydn | |
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | |
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| Summary | |
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| Music of the Romantic Period (Nineteenth Century) | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| Musical Characteristics | |
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| Forms and Genres | |
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| Instrumental Forms and Genres | |
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| Opera and Ballet | |
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| Keyboard Forms and Genres | |
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| Songs | |
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| Featured Composers | |
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| Johannes Brahms | |
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| Fr�d�ric Chopin | |
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| Felix Mendelssohn | |
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| Franz Schubert | |
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| Pyotr I'yich Tchaikovsky | |
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| Giuseppe Verdi | |
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| Richard Wagner | |
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| Other Notable Composers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Music of the Twentieth Century | |
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| Goals for Listening | |
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| General Characteristics | |
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| Stylistic Developments and Featured Composers | |
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| Impressionism: Claude Debussy | |
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| Experimental Music: Igor Stravinsky | |
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| Atonal Music and Serialism: Arnold Schoenberg | |
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| Electronic Music: Edgard Var�se | |
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| Chance Music: John Cage | |
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| Nationalism: B�la Bart�k | |
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| Nationalism: Charles Ives and Aaron Copland | |
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| Additional American Composers | |
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| Amy Cheney Beach | |
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| Ruth Crawford | |
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| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | |
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| Ulysses Kay | |
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| Henry Cowell | |
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| George Gershwin | |
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| William Grant Still | |
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| Neoclassical Music | |
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| Minimalism | |
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| Traditional Sounds | |
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| Summary | |
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| A List of Recommended DVDs and Videos Supporting the Philosophy of The World of Music | |
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| Classification of Instruments according to Methods of Tone Production | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |