Music Appreciation

by Elliot Jones

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Welcome to Music Appreciation. I think you’ve made a smart choice to spend some weeks studying some of the greatest music ever written. Consider for a moment how quickly a hit pop song passes from fashionable to forgotten. Those of us that have been out of high school or college more years than we care to remember have certainly had the experience of hearing a favorite anthem of our youth and thinking, “Oh yeah, that song! I’d forgotten that one.”

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Publisher
Santa Ana College
Subjects
Humanities, Music
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CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Medieval and Renaissance
  7. 1.1: Medieval and Renaissance Playlist
  8. 1.2: Introduction to Music in the Middle Ages
  9. 1.3: Slideshow- Music in the Middle Ages
  10. 1.4: Medieval Music Overview
  11. 1.5: Gregorian Chant
  12. 1.6: Hildegard of Bingen
  13. 1.7: Organum
  14. 1.8: Perotinus (Pérotin)
  15. 1.9: Cantus Firmus
  16. 1.10: Secular Music—Troubadours
  17. 1.11: Introduction to the Elements of Music
  18. 1.12: Beatriz, Countess of Dia
  19. 1.13: Guillaume de Machaut
  20. 1.14: Examples of Medieval Music
  21. 1.15: Introduction to Music in the Renaissance
  22. 1.16: Slideshow- Music in the Renaissance
  23. 1.17: Renaissance Music Overview
  24. 1.18: The Printing Press
  25. 1.19: Imitation
  26. 1.20: Motet
  27. 1.21: Josquin des Prez
  28. 1.22: Slideshow- The Elements of Music
  29. 1.23: Protestant Reformation
  30. 1.24: Counter-Reformation
  31. 1.25: Giovannia Pierluigi da Palestrina
  32. 1.26: Italian Madrigal
  33. 1.27: Claudio Monteverdi
  34. 1.28: The English Madrigal
  35. 1.29: Thomas Weelkes
  36. 1.30: Renaissance Dances
  37. 1.31: Tips for the Listening Exam
  38. 1.32: Slideshow- Form
  39. 1.33: A Historical Approach to the Elements of Music
  40. 1.34: Melody
  41. 1.35: Rhythm
  42. 1.36: Meter in Music
  43. 1.37: Yale Lecture on Rhythm and Meter
  44. 1.38: Texture
  45. 2: Baroque
  46. 2.1: Slideshow- Vocal Music in the Baroque
  47. 2.2: Opera
  48. 2.3: Monody
  49. 2.4: Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
  50. 2.5: Henry Purcell
  51. 2.6: Dido and Aeneas
  52. 2.7: Cantata
  53. 2.8: Oratorio
  54. 2.9: Introduction to Instrumental Music in the Baroque
  55. 2.10: Slideshow- Instrumental Music in the Baroque
  56. 2.11: Baroque Playlist
  57. 2.12: Sonata
  58. 2.13: Arcangelo Corelli
  59. 2.14: Sonata in B flat Major, Opus 5 No. 2- II Allegro
  60. 2.15: Concerto
  61. 2.16: Antonio Vivaldi
  62. 2.17: The Four Seasons
  63. 2.18: Suite
  64. 2.19: Introduction to Bach and Handel
  65. 2.20: Slideshow- The Late Baroque
  66. 2.21: Johann Sebastian Bach
  67. 2.22: Listening Helps—Baroque
  68. 2.23: Chorale
  69. 2.24: Bach’s Cantatas
  70. 2.25: Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
  71. 2.26: Cello Suites
  72. 2.27: Fugue
  73. 2.28: Fugue in G minor, “Little” BWV 578
  74. 2.29: Brandenburg Concertos
  75. 2.30: George Frideric Handel
  76. 2.31: Messiah
  77. 2.32: Water Music
  78. 2.33: Introduction to Baroque Music
  79. 2.34: Tips for the Listening Exam
  80. 2.35: Additional Resources
  81. 2.36: Slideshow- Introduction to Baroque Music
  82. 2.37: The Baroque Period
  83. 2.38: More on the Baroque Period
  84. 2.39: Basso Continuo
  85. 2.40: Doctrine of the Affections
  86. 2.41: Introduction to Vocal Music in the Baroque
  87. 3: Classical Genres
  88. 3.1: Serenade
  89. 3.2: Concerto
  90. 3.3: Sonata
  91. 3.4: Classical Opera
  92. 3.5: Opera Buffa
  93. 3.6: Introduction to Classical
  94. 3.7: Classical Period Podcasts
  95. 3.8: Introduction to Classical Genres
  96. 3.9: Slide Show- Classical Genres
  97. 3.10: Slide Show- Classical Vocal Music
  98. 3.11: The Classical Era
  99. 3.12: Symphony
  100. 3.13: Chamber Music
  101. 3.14: String Quartet
  102. 4: Classical Forms
  103. 4.1: Introduction to Classical Forms
  104. 4.2: Slide Show- Classical Forms
  105. 4.3: Ternary Form
  106. 4.4: Sonata-Allegro Form
  107. 4.5: Theme and Variations
  108. 4.6: Rondo Form
  109. 5: Classical Composers
  110. 5.1: Tips for the Listening Exam
  111. 5.2: Introduction to Classical Composers
  112. 5.3: Slide Show- Classical Composers
  113. 5.4: Franz Joseph Haydn
  114. 5.5: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  115. 5.6: Ludwig van Beethoven
  116. 5.7: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  117. 6: Early Romantic Era
  118. 6.1: Robert Schumann
  119. 6.2: Du Ring an Meinem Finger
  120. 6.3: The Piano
  121. 6.4: Frederic Chopin
  122. 6.5: Nocturne in C# Minor
  123. 6.6: Program Music and the Program Symphony
  124. 6.7: Hector Berlioz
  125. 6.8: Symphonie Fantastique
  126. 6.9: Introduction to the Romantic Period
  127. 6.10: Romantic Period Podcasts
  128. 6.11: Introduction to the Early Romantic Era
  129. 6.12: Slide Show- Early Romantic Era
  130. 6.13: Romantic Music
  131. 6.14: Romantic Era Explored
  132. 6.15: Art Song
  133. 6.16: Franz Schubert
  134. 6.17: Der Erlkönig
  135. 7: Romantic Opera
  136. 7.1: Richard Wagner
  137. 7.2: Tristan und Isolde
  138. 7.3: Liebestod
  139. 7.4: Verismo
  140. 7.5: La Boheme
  141. 7.6: Introduction to Romantic Opera
  142. 7.7: Slide Show- Romantic Opera
  143. 7.8: Early Romantic Opera
  144. 7.9: Later Romantic Opera
  145. 7.10: Trends in German and Italian Opera
  146. 7.11: Giuseppe Verdi
  147. 7.12: Rigoletto
  148. 7.13: La donna e mobile
  149. 7.14: Verdi’s Requiem
  150. 8: Late Romantic Era
  151. 8.1: Brahm’s Violin Concerto
  152. 8.2: German Requiem
  153. 8.3: Gustav Mahler
  154. 8.4: Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand
  155. 8.5: Tips for the Listening Exam
  156. 8.6: Introduction to the Late Romantic Era
  157. 8.7: Slide Show- Late Romantic Era
  158. 8.8: Symphonic Poem
  159. 8.9: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  160. 8.10: Nationalism
  161. 8.11: Antonin Dvorak
  162. 8.12: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
  163. 8.13: Johannes Brahms
  164. 9: 20th Century- Impressionism, Expressionism, and Twelve-Tone
  165. 9.1: Expressionism
  166. 9.2: Arnold Schoenberg
  167. 9.3: Pierrot Lunaire
  168. 9.4: Sprechstimme
  169. 9.5: Twelve-Tone Technique
  170. 9.6: Suite for Piano
  171. 9.7: Introduction to the 20th Century
  172. 9.8: 20th Century Podcasts
  173. 9.9: Introduction to Impressionism, Expressionism, and Twelve-Tone
  174. 9.10: Music of the 20th Century
  175. 9.11: Impressionism
  176. 9.12: Claude Debussy
  177. 9.13: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
  178. 9.14: Maurice Ravel
  179. 9.15: Daphnis et Chloe
  180. 10: 20th Century- Introduction to Primitivism, Nationalism, and Neoclassicism
  181. 10.1: Neoclassicism
  182. 10.2: Dmitri Shostakovich
  183. 10.3: Symphony No. 5
  184. 10.4: Introduction to Primitivism, Nationalism, and Neoclassicism
  185. 10.5: Primitivism
  186. 10.6: Igor Stravinsky
  187. 10.7: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
  188. 10.8: The Return of Nationalism
  189. 10.9: Bela Bartok
  190. 10.10: Concerto for Orchestra
  191. 10.11: Aaron Copland
  192. 10.12: Rodeo
  193. 11: 20th Century- Aleatoric, Electronic, and Minimalist Music
  194. 11.1: John Cage
  195. 11.2: Prepared Piano
  196. 11.3: Aleatoric Music
  197. 11.4: Sonatas and Interludes
  198. 11.5: Electronic Music
  199. 11.6: Musique Concrete
  200. 11.7: Edgard Varese
  201. 11.8: Poeme Electronique
  202. 11.9: Minimalist Music
  203. 11.10: John Adams
  204. 11.11: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
  205. 11.12: Holy Minimalism
  206. 11.13: Avro Pärt
  207. 11.14: Magnificat
  208. 11.15: Tips for the Listening Exam
  209. 11.16: Introduction to Aleatoric, Electronic, and Minimalist Music
  210. 11.17: Gyorgy Ligeti
  211. 11.18: Micropolyphony
  212. 11.19: Lux Aeterna
  213. Back Matter
  214. Index
  215. Detailed Licensing