Summary
When it comes to writing a text for non-music majors, Kamien knows the score. With the care you would expect from the concert pianist he is, Kamien introduces the musical elements and repertoire thoroughly and clearly, without assumptions of prior knowledge but also without condescension. As a teacher at Queens (NY) College, Kamien developed the concept of the Listening Outline, which he incorporated into the first edition of Music: An Appreciation and which he has refined and enhanced in every subsequent edition. This is a text with which students of all levels and backgrounds can feel comfortable.
Table of Contents
PrefacePart I Elements1. Sound: Pitch, Dynamics, and Tone ColorPitch: Highnessor Lowness of SoundDynamicsTone ColorListening Outlines, Vocal Music Guides, and the Properties of SoundLohengrin, Prelude to Act III by Richard WagnerLISTENING OUTLINEC-Jam Blues, by Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraLISTENING OUTLINE2. Performing Media: Voices and InstrumentsVoicesMusical InstrumentsString InstrumentsWoodwind InstrumentsBrass InstrumentsPercussion InstrumentsKeyboard InstrumentsElectronic InstrumentsThe Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34, by Benjamin BrittenLISTENING OUTLINE3. RhythmBeatMeterAccent and SyncopationTempo4. Music NotationNotating PitchNotating RhythmNotating Silence (Rests)Notating MeterThe Score5. Melody6. HarmonyConsonance and DissonanceThe TriadBroken Chords (Arpegios)7. KeyThe Major ScaleThe Minor ScaleThe Key SignatureThe Chromatic ScaleModulation: Change of KeyTonic Key8. Musical TextureMonophonic TexturePolyphonic TextureHomophonic TextureChanges of TextureFarandole from L'Arlesienne (The Woman from Arles) Suite No.2, by Georges BizetLISTENING OUTLINE9. Musical FormTechniques That Create Musical FormRepetitionContrastVariationTypes of Musical FormThree-Part (Ternary) Form: A B ADance of the Reed Pipes from Nutcracker Suite, by Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyLISTENING OUTLINETwo-Part (Binary) Form: A BForlane from Suite No.1 in C Major for Orchestra, by Johann Sebastian BachLISTENING OUTLINEListening for Form10. Musical StylePart II The Middle Ages And Renaissance1. Music In The Middle Ages (450-1450)Gregorian ChantThe Church ModesAlleluia: Vidimus stellam (We have seen his star)VOCAL MUSIC GUIDEO Successores (You successors) by Hildegard of BingenVOCAL MUSIC GUIDESecular Music in the Middle AgesEstampieThe Development of Polyphony: OrganumSchool of Notre Dame: Measured RhythmFourteenth-Century Music: The "New Art" in FranceGuilaume de MachautNotre Dame Mass: Agnus DeiVOCAL MUSIC GUIDE2. Music In The Renaissance (1450-1600)Characteristics of Renaissance MusicWord and MusicTextureRhythm and MelodySacred Music in the RenaissanceJosquin Desprez and the Renaissance MotetAve Maria...virgo serena (Hail Mary...serene virgin)VOCAL MUSIC GUIDEPalestrina and the Renaissance MassPope Marcellus Mass: KyrieSecular Music in the RenaissanceVocal Music: The Renaissance MadrigalAs Vesta Was Descending, by Thomas WeelkesVOCAL MUSIC GUIDEInstrumental MusicPassamezzo and Galiard, by Pierre Fransisque Caroubel, from Terpsichore, by Michael PraetoriusPart III The Baroque Period1. Baroque Music (1600-1750)Characteristics of Baroque MusicUnity of MoodRhythmMelodyDynamicsTextureChords and the Basso Continuo (Figured Bass)Words and MusicThe Baroque OrchestraBaroque Forms2. Music In Baroque Society3. The Concerto Grosso And Ritornello FormBrandenburg Concerto No.5 in D Major, by Johann Sebastian Bach: First MovementLISTENING OUTLINE4. The FugueOrgan Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue), by Johann Sebastian BachLISTENING OUTLINE5. The Elements Of Opera6. Opera In The Baroque Era7. Claudio MonteverdiOrfeo (Orpheus)VOCAL MUSIC GUIDE: Tu se morta (You are dead) 8. Henry PurcellGround BassDido and AeneasVOCAL MUSIC GUIDE: Dido's Lament9. The Baroque SonataTrio Sonata in A Minor, Op.3, No.10, by Arcangelo Corelli10. Antonio VivaldiLa Primavera (Spring), Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op.8, No.1, from The Four SeasonsLISTENING OUTLINE: First Movement11. Johann Sebastian BachBach's Music12. The Baroque SuiteSuite No.3 in D Major, by Johann Sebastian Bach13. The Chorale And Church CantataThe Church CantataCantata No.140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a voice is calling us) by Johann Sebastian BachVOCAL MUSIC GUIDES: Fourth Movement; Seventh Movement 14. The Oratorio15. George Frideric HandelHandel's MusicMessiahVOCAL MUSIC GUIDES: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted; Hallelujah Chorus Part IV The Classical Period1. The Classical Style (1750-1820)Characteristics of the Classical StyleContrast of MoodRhythmTextureMelodyDynamics and the PianoThe End of the Basso ContinuoThe Classical OrchestraClassical Forms2. Composer, Patron, And Public In The Classical PeriodVienna3. Sonata FormExpositionDevelopmentRecapitulationCodaSymphony No.40 in G Minor, K.550, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: First MovementLISTENING OUTLINE4. Theme And VariationsSymphony No.94 in G Major (Surprise), by Joseph Haydn: Second MovementLISTENING OUTLINE5. Minuet And Trioh4>Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Third MovementLISTENING OUTLINE6. RondoString Quartet in C Minor, Op.18, No.4, by Ludwig van Beethoven: Fourth MovementLISTENING OUTLINE7. The Classical Symphony8. The Classical Concerto9. Classical Chamber Music10. Joseph HadynHaydn's MusicTrumpet Concerto in E Flat Major: Third Movement11. Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart's MusicDon GiovanniAct I: Excerpt from Opening SceneAct 1: Madamina (Leporello's catalog aria)Symphony No.40 in G. Minor, K.550Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488LISTENING OUTLINE: First Movement12. Ludwig Van BeethovenBeethoven's MusicPiano Sonata in C Minor, Op.13 (Pathetique)Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op.67LISTENIG OUTLINES: First Movement; Second MovementPart V The Romantic Period1. Romanticism In Music (1820-1900)Characteristics of Romantic MusicIndividuality of StyleExpressive Aims and SubjectsNationalism and ExoticismProgram MusicExpressive Tone ColorColorful HarmonyExpanded Range of Dynamics, Pitch, and TempoForms: Miniature and Monumental2. Romantic Composers And Their Public3. The Art SongStrophic and Through-Composed FormThe Song Cycle4. Franz SchubertSchubert's MusicErlkonig (The Erlking)VOCAL MUSIC GUIDE5. Robert Schumann Robert Schumann's MusicCarnaval6. Clara Wieck SchumannClara Wieck Schumann's MusicRomance in G Minor for Violin and Piano, Op.22, No.2LISTENING OUTLINE7. Frédéric ChopinChopin's MusicNocturne in E Flat Major, Op.9, No.2LISTENING OUTLINEEtude in C Minor, Op.9, No.12LISTENING OUTLINEPolonaise in A Flat Major, Op.538. Franz LisztLiszt's MusicTranscendental Etude No.10 in F Minor9. Felix MendelssohnMendelssohn's MusicConcerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op.64: First Movement10. Program Music11. Hector BerliozBerlioz's MusicSymphonie fantastique (Fantastic Symphony)LISTENING OUTLINE: Fourth Movement12. Nationalism In Nineteenth-Century MusicThe Moldau, by Bedrich SmetanaLISTENING OUTLINE13. Antonin DvorakSymphony No.9 in E Minor (From the New World)LISTENING OUTLINE14. Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyTchaikovsky's MusicRomeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy15. Johannes BrahmsBrahm's MusicEin Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)VOCAL MUSIC GUIDE: How Lovely Is Thy Dweling Place16. Giuseppe VerdiVerdi's MusicRigoletto17. Giacomo PucciniLa BohemeVOCAL MUSIC GUIDE: Act 1: From Mimi's entrance through Che gelida manina18. Richard WagnerWagner's MusicDie Walkure (The Valkyrie)VOCAL MUSIC GUIDE: Act I, Love Scene, ConclusionPart VI The Twentieth Century1. Musical Styles: 1900-19501900-1945: An Age of Musical DiversityCharacteristics of Twentieth-Century MusicTone ColorHarmony(Consonance and dissonance; New chord structures)Alternatives to the Traditional Tonal SystemRhythmMelody2. Music and Musicians in Society3. Impressionism And SymbolismFrench Impressionist PaintingFrench Symbolist Poetry4. Claude DebussyDebussy's MusicPrelude a L'Apres-midi d'un faune (Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun)LISTENING OUTLINE5. Neoclassicism6. Igor StravinskyStravinsky's Music
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