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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Music and Your World | |
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| Listening to Music | |
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| Terminology | |
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| Rhythm: Music Moving Through Time | |
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| Melody: The Horizontal Dimension | |
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| Harmony: The Vertical Dimension | |
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| Strength and Color in Music | |
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| Thickness in Music: Texture and Density | |
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| Musical Structure | |
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| The Sources of Music: Voices and Instruments | |
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| Ritual Music | |
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| Learning About Music: Finding the Best Approach | |
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| Defining Ritual Music: What, When, and Where | |
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| Ritual Music as Part of a Religious Service | |
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| Double Duty: Sacred Music In and Outside the Church | |
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| Ritual Music with Added Dimensions | |
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| Ritual Music in the Concert Hall | |
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| Folk Music | |
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| Folk Music in the United States | |
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| Folk Music Around the World | |
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| Adapting Folk to Concert Music | |
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| Large Concert Ensembles | |
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| Diversity in Concert Music | |
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| Orchestra: The Evolution of the Classical Symphony | |
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| Orchestra: The Zenith of the Symphony in the Nineteenth Century | |
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| Soloists: With and Without Orchestra | |
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| Opera: Combining Voices with Orchestra | |
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| The Band Idiom | |
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| Small Concert Ensembles | |
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| Diversity in Small Ensembles | |
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| Small Vocal Settings | |
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| Small Instrumental Groups: Chamber Music | |
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| "Together" But Not an Ensemble: Electronic Music | |
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| Commercial/Popular Music | |
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| Early Influential Styles in the United States | |
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| Country and the Birth of Rock | |
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| Country Rock, Soul, and Other Styles | |
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| The Musical | |
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| Mixtures of Musical and Opera/Commercial and Concert | |
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| Film Music | |
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| Evolving a Global Popular Music | |
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| Synthesis | |
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| The Contemporary Scene and Experiencing the Classics | |
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| Exploring Popular Music Styles | |
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| Encyclopedia and Key to Music Selections | |
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| Index | |