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El hombre de blanco
by Johnny CashLa conversión de San Pablo, novelada por el legendario músico. La historia de un hombre que tuvo valor para cambiar de rumbo es también la historia del propio Cash. Esto ocurrió en Palestina, siglo I, bajo la dominación romana. Saulo de Tarso, fariseo radical, solicita permiso al sumo sacerdote de los judíos para arrestar a cristianos en la frontera oriental del Imperio, hacia las ciudades de la Decápolis. En el camino a Damasco, sin embargo, se le aparece el Hombre de Blanco, su más íntimo enemigo. Tras caer del caballo, Saulo de Tarso ya no es quien era: ha empezado a convertirse en el apóstol Pablo. ¿Cómo puede un hombre transformarse así? En ese misterio indagó media vida Johnny Cash, el gran icono del country, el rockabilly, el blues y el folk. Inmerso en un apasionante viaje interior, logró finalmente retratar a san Pablo bajo una nueva luz, en su primera y única novela, inédita hasta hoy en lengua española. Críticas:«El más grande de entre los grandes de ahora y siempre. Si queremos saber qué significa ser mortal, no hay más que mirar al Hombre de Negro.»Bob Dylan «Su influencia ha recaído sobre muchas generaciones. Un grandísimo cantante, letrista y escritor.»Mick Jagger «Con Johnny Cash perdí mi inocencia.»Nick Cave
El libro de la música clásica (DK Big Ideas)
by DKEl libro de la música clásica analiza con un lenguaje claro más de noventa obras de distintos compositores, unos legendarios y otros menos conocidos, e incluye diagramas e infografías que explican los conceptos fundamentales y las grandes ideas que subyacen a la creación y la apreciación de la música clásica. Tanto el oyente ocasional como el auténtico aficionado encontrarán en este sugerente libro una útil herramienta para entender mejor la música clásica.Descripción general de la serie: La galardonada serie Grandes Ideas explica temas complejos de un modo fácil de entender mediante explicaciones claras y alejándose del academicismo tradicional. Su creativo diseño y los gráficos innovadores que acompañan al texto hacen de esta serie una introducción perfecta a una gran diversidad de materias para toda la familia.
El libro del fantasma
by Alejandro DolinaPrólogo. Los fantasmas prosperan con las arquitecturas perseverantes y las memorias leales. Castillos milenarios y ofensas imprescriptibles los engordan. El progreso y el olvido, que son hábitos de estos tiempos y de estas tierras, no los auspician. Por eso son tan escasos los fantasmas criollos. El que habita este libro es, me temo, uno de los menos atrayentes. Pertenece quizá a esa raza de espectros que son una verdadera decepción para los amantes de los prodigios. Me refiero a los fantasmas interiores, a las creaciones alucinatorias e individuales de honrados burgueses incapaces ya de ver un espanto hecho y derecho. Los textos recopilados a pedido de esta modesta aparición han sido escritos en épocas diferentes. Algunos tienen más de veinte años. Los escritores suelen mentir que prefieren sus obras más recientes, acaso para producir sensación de progreso artístico. Yo sólo puedo decir que con el tiempo crecen los territorios de mis desagrados y me voy arrepintiendo de casi todo cuanto he escrito. El lector podrá rechazar estos trabajos por distintas razones, por ser variada la naturaleza de sus defectos. En la invención y en el recuerdo, cuando no en el saqueo, me han acompañado Daniel Narezo y Maria Laura Franco. En la ardua consumación del libro nombro a Ianina Trigo y a Nicolás Tolcachier.
El mar de los deseos. El caribe hispano musical. Historia y contrapunto
by Antonio García De León GriegoUna de las grandes riquezas del Caribe, poco mencionadas sin embargo y que nos produce un profundo deleite, es su música. Este valor inmaterial tiene detrás suyo una historia de conquista, esclavitud, defensa de identidades y luchas libertarias. Es esta música el punto de encuentro entre las comunidades de África y América, además de que constituye los movimientos artísticos más importantes de los reinos de España y Portugal, porque cuando se escuchan las formas de acompañamiento musical y del canto para la improvisación de la décima espinela en Canarias y en América, la tonada del punto guajiro cubano, del galerón del Oriente venezolano, de la guajira andaluza, el zapateado jarocho, el punto canario o la mejorana panameña, entre muchos otros, no cabe duda de que estamos ante un lenguaje compartido que nos hace mirar a la región de una manera distinta.
El músic de l'americana vermella: Joan Viladomat i la Barcelona descordada dels anys vint
by Jaume CollellJaume Collell, amb El músic de l’americana vermella, ha escrit la biografia vibrant i plena de vida d’un dels músics més excepcionals i desconeguts d’aquest país: Joan Viladomat, i, alhora, la història de la Barcelona del Paral·lel, la més insòlita, bigarrada i divertida que es recorda. Durant els anys vint Barcelona és xauxa: les dones fumen i porten cotxe, els cafès tenen orquestra i als teatres s’hi fa striptease, boxa i circ. Els artistes alcen la indústria del sarau enmig de meuques i crupiers. Joan Viladomat, amb el bigoti conspicu i l’armilla descordada, posa en solfa el vici, del bracet de Garzo, Misterio, Amichatis, els Santpere, també els poetes de l’Espanya negra. Ensinistra cançonetistes a l’acadèmia, ven cuplets per un ou ferrat i toca el piano amb una americana llampant. Es mofa del catalanisme i el feminisme, dels transsexuals i els cubistes. Compon sardanes, tangosi sarsueles del género ínfimo. El músic porta sotana els anys de seminari. Del bressol tèxtil, prop del Ter, el seu «Fumando espero» aviat arriba a les ribes del Plata. El 1926 es fan més de 500 funcions del quadre líric El tango de la cocaína al teatre Victòria. Li editen pasodobles a París i foxtrots a Berlín i Nova York. Dedica «Catalunya plora» a la mort d’Àngel Guimerà, que no para de sonar, d’Emili Vendrell a Los Relámpagos, tal com el popularíssim «El vestir d’en Pasqual», de Núria Feliu a Hidrogenesse. No surt a l’Enciclopèdia Catalana, però els seus èxits s’escampen per Europa i Amèrica, i de Tòquio a Sydney, des dels discos de pissarra fins a la televisió per cable i YouTube.
El pozo. Novelas breves 1 (Biblioteca Breve Ser.)
by Juan Carlos OnettiEste primer volumen de las novelas cortas de Juan Carlos Onetti reúne: El pozo (1939), Los adioses (1954), Para una tumba sin nombre (1959), La cara de la desgracia (1960) y Jacob y el otro (1961). Con la publicación de El pozo en 1939, Juan Carlos Onetti imprimía las primeras huellas de una trayectoria extraordinaria al tiempo que la literatura hispanoamericana abría sus puertas a una voz irrepetible. Este primer volumen de sus Novelas breves abarca un período de veintidós años a lo largo de los cuales el autor uruguayo consolidó e hizo inconfundible un estilo perpetrado en obras como las que aquí se reúnen: Los adioses (1954), Para una tumba sin nombre (1959) , La cara de la desgracia (1960) y Jacob y el otro (1961), además de su ya mentado debut narrativo. Sus páginas son el fruto amargo de la turbia pero hiriente mirada de unos ojos enfrentados alrostro mismo de la existencia y la condición humana. Reseñas:«Onetti sintetiza, simultáneamente, la precisión constructiva y lingüística de Borges y la pasión humana. Para mí, Onetti escribe en el límite del idioma.»Antonio Muñoz Molina «El más grande novelista latinoamericano.»Julio Cortázar
El precio de la fama (Serie Yes, we dance #Volumen 4)
by Esther Sanz¡Las Saturno Star se han hecho famosas! Su sueño por fin se ha hecho realidad. Sin embargo, no todo es tan bonito como parecía... Y ahora descubrirán cuál es el precio de la fama. Después de su triunfo en Nueva York, las Saturno Stars viven como celebrities en su propio barrio. ¡No pueden salir a la calle sin que los vecinos se hagan fotos con ellas! Cuando llega el verano y, con él, la gira junto a sus ídolos, sienten que su mayor sueño está cumplido, pero Martina, Sofía, Liu y Violeta están a punto de descubrir que la vida de los famosos no es tan genial como parece... ¿Están preparadas para pagar el precio de la fama?
El sonido de los sueños: Y otros ensayos sobre música
by Diego FischermanEnsayos sobre música clásica y popular e interpretación musical, escritos magistralmente por Diego Fischerman, uno de los mejores críticos culturales de la Argentina. El extraño destino del hombre que grabó por primera vez Las cuatro estaciones de Vivaldi, el Oeste psicodélico de Ennio Morricone, gitanos en Europa y rusos en México, Liszt, Victor Hugo y la verdadera Carmen, el clavecinista que cometió el error de enamorarse y acabó como misionero en un virreinato perdido. También Billie Holiday, la comedia de Broadway -que nada tenía de comedia- y la sinfonía que Mozart pensó como comedia, el encuentro entre William Burroughs y Ornette Coleman, los sonidos del mar, Let it be y el arte de lo incompleto, Sandro, Ginastera, Paul Desmond, Chet Baker y los misterios de Miles Davis. Y también algunas marcas personales: María Elena Walsh, Luis Alberto Spinetta. En esta serie de ensayos breves, Diego Fischerman enhebra verdaderas joyas sobre música. Es decir, sobre el sonido: la sensación o la impresión producida en el oído por un conjunto de vibraciones que se propagan en un medio elástico, y que, como el aire, pueden ser la levedad o la espesura de un sueño.
Elaboraciones musicales
by Edward W. SaidConsiderada una de las grandes creaciones intelectuales de la humanidad, la música es un rico lenguaje artístico que expresa deseos y anhelos al tiempo que refleja las condiciones materiales y el contexto cultural en el cual se concibe. Esta es una de las conclusiones que se desprenden de la lectura de esta penetrante obra, unos brillantes textos que centran su atención en la música clásica occidental. En esta reflexión sobre la música como disciplina humanística y sus procesos de elaboración, el profesor Said propone un análisis amplio de las partituras, los músicos y sus épocas, una mirada que englobe todos los elementos posibles, de la misma manera que el lector o el crítico hacen a la hora de enfrentarse a un texto literario o una obra de arte. Beethoven y la Ilustración o Wagner y la filosofía de Schopenhauer, por citar solo dos ejemplos, son algunos de los casos estudiados, cruciales momentos históricos que muestran con claridad cómo las relaciones entre la música y su entorno son indiscutibles. Ensayo sobre música y sociedad, meditación sobre diferentes movimientos artísticos y sus influencias, Elaboraciones musicales es una invitación a comprender la música clásica y una aproximación, de la mano de un maestro, a entender la creación como expresión de lo real.
Elaboraciones musicales: Ensayos sobre la música clásica
by Edward W. SaidEnsayo sobre música y sociedad, meditación sobre diferentes movimientos artísticos y sus influencias, Elaboraciones musicales es una invitación a comprender la música clásica y una aproximación, de la mano de un maestro, a entender la creación como expresión de lo real. Considerada una de las grandes creaciones intelectuales de la humanidad, la música es un rico lenguaje artístico que expresa deseos y anhelos al tiempo que refleja las condiciones materiales y el contexto cultural en el cual se concibe. Esta es una de las conclusiones que se desprenden de la lectura de esta penetrante obra, unos brillantes textos que centran su atención en la música clásica occidental. En esta reflexión sobre la música como disciplina humanística y sus procesos de elaboración, el profesor Said propone un análisis amplio de las partituras, los músicos y sus épocas, una mirada que englobe todos los elementos posibles, de la misma manera que el lector o el crítico hacen a la hora de enfrentarse a un texto literario o una obra de arte. Beethoven y la Ilustración o Wagner y la filosofía de Schopenhauer, por citar solo dos ejemplos, son algunos de los casos estudiados, cruciales momentos históricos que muestran con claridad cómo las relaciones entre la música y su entorno son indiscutibles.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson
by Larry Johnson Candice Kramer Jeffrey Fuerst Alan KramerNIMAC-sourced textbook
Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music
by Rob YoungA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title In the late 1960s, with popular culture hurtling forward on the sounds of rock music, some brave musicians looked back instead, trying to recover the lost treasures of English roots music and update them for the new age. The records of Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Steeleye Span, and Nick Drake are known as "folk rock" today, but Rob Young's epic, electrifying book makes clear that those musicians led a decades-long quest to recover English music-and with it, the ancient ardor for mysticism and paganism, for craftsmanship and communal living.It is a commonplace that rock and R&B came out of the folk and blues revivals of the early 1960s, and Young shows, through enchanting storytelling and brilliant commentary, that a similar revival in England inspired the Beatles and Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Traffic, Kate Bush and Talk Talk. Folklorists notated old songs and dances. Marxists put folk music forward as the true voice of the people. Composers like Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams devised rich neo-traditional pageantry. Today, the pioneers of the "acid folk" movement see this music as a model for their own.Electric Eden is that rare book which has something truly new to say about popular music, and like Greil Marcus's LipstickTraces, it uses music to connect the dots in a thrilling story of art and society, of tradition and wild, idiosyncratic creativity.
Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music
by Peter DoggettAmbitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify. Over that time, popular music has transformed the world in which we live. Its rhythms have influenced how we walk down the street, how we face ourselves in the mirror, and how we handle the outside world in our daily conversations and encounters. It has influenced our morals and social mores; it has transformed our attitudes towards race and gender, religion and politics. From the beginning of recording, when a musical performance could be preserved for the first time, to the digital age, when all of recorded music is only a mouse-click away; from the straitlaced ballads of the Victorian era and the ‘coon songs’ that shocked America in the early twentieth century to gangsta rap, death metal and the multiple strands of modern dance music: Peter Doggett takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the history of music. Within a narrative full of anecdotes and characters, Electric Shock mixes musical critique with wider social and cultural history and shows how revolutionary changes in technology have turned popular music into the lifeblood of the modern world.
Electro Swing: Resurrection, Recontextualisation, and Remix (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
by Chris InglisElectro swing is a relatively recent musical style and scene which combines the music of the swing era with that of the age of electronic dance music. Chris Inglis considers key questions about electro swing’s place in contemporary society, including what it may mean for a contemporary genre to be so reliant upon the influences of the past; the different ways in which jazz may be presented to a modern audience; how one may go about defining jazz in todays postmodern world; and how this emergent genre may be analysed in terms of the wider issues of race and class consumption.
Electronic Cities: Music, Policies and Space in the 21st Century
by Sébastien Darchen Damien Charrieras John WillsteedThis book examines Electronic Dance Music (EDM) scenes in 18 cities across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. It focuses on the historical development of these scenes, with an emphasis on the post-2000 context, including the COVID-19 pandemic and its far-reaching effects. Expert contributors highlight the influence of geographical contexts, as well as cultural and political histories, in the development of mainstream EDM scenes and underground Electronic Dance Music Cultures. This expansive work offers additional insights on cultural and creative policies, planning interventions and regulations associated with nightlife management, and provides a detailed analysis of current challenges inherent to the governance of EDM scenes in contemporary cities.
Electronic Music
by Scott Wilson Nick Collins Margaret Schedel Nick Collins Margaret SchedelThis accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental manifestations of electronic music. From early recording equipment to the most recent multimedia performances, the history of electronic music is full of interesting characters, fascinating and unusual music, and radical technology. Covering many different eras, genres and media, analyses of works appear alongside critical discussion of central ideas and themes, making this an essential guide for anyone approaching the subject for the first time. Chapters include key topics from synth pop to sound art, from electronic dance music to electrical instruments, and from the expression of pure sound to audiovisuals. Highly illustrated and with a wide selection of examples, the book provides many suggestions for further reading and listening to encourage students to begin their own experiments in this exciting field.
Electronic Visual Music: The Elements of Audiovisual Creativity (Sound Design)
by Dave PaylingElectronic Visual Music is a comprehensive guide to the composition and performance of visual music, and an essential text for those wanting to explore the history, current practice, performance strategies, compositional methodologies and practical techniques for conceiving and creating electronic visual music. Beginning with historical perspectives to inspire the reader to work creatively and develop their own individual style, visual music theory is then discussed in an accessible form, providing a series of strategies for implementing ideas. Including interviews with current practitioners, Electronic Visual Music provides insight into contemporary working methods and gives a snapshot of the state of the art in this ever-evolving creative discipline. This book is a valuable resource for artists and practitioners, as well as students, educators and researchers working in disciplines such as music composition, music production, video arts, animation and related media arts, who are interested in informing their own work and learning new strategies and techniques for exploration and creative expression of electronic visual music.
Electronic and Experimental Music
by Thom HolmesElectronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive history of electronic music, covering key composers, genres, and techniques used in both analog and digital synthesis. This textbook has been greatly expanded and revised with the needs of both students and instructors in mind. The reader-friendly style, logical organization, and pedagogical features provide easy access to key ideas, milestones, and concepts. Now a four-part text with fourteen chapters, the new fourth edition features new content: Audio CD of classic works of electronic music--a first for this book. Listening Guides providing annotated, moment-by-moment exploration of classic works--a new chapter feature that improves critical listening skills. Expanded global representation with new discussions of classic electronic music in the United Kingdom, Italy, Latin America, and Asia New discussion of early experiments with jazz and electronic music More on the roots of electronic rock music. Additional accounts of the under-reported contributions of women composers in the field, including new discussions of Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire, Lily Greenham, Teresa Rampazzi, and Jacqueline Nova Two appendices that trace the evolution of analog and digital synthesis technology. The companion website, launching June 2012, includes a number of student and instructor resources, such as additional Listening Guides, links to audio and video resources on the internet, PowerPoint slides, and interactive quizzes.
Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture (Media And Popular Culture Ser.)
by Thom HolmesElectronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture provides a comprehensive history of electronic music, covering key composers, genres, and techniques used in analog and digital synthesis. This textbook has been extensively revised with the needs of students and instructors in mind. The reader-friendly style, logical organization, and pedagogical features of the fifth edition allow easy access to key ideas, milestones, and concepts. New to this edition: * A companion website, featuring key examples of electronic music, both historical and contemporary. * Listening Guides providing a moment-by-moment annotated exploration of key works of electronic music. * A new chapter--Contemporary Practices in Composing Electronic Music. * Updated presentation of classic electronic music in the United Kingdom, Italy, Latin America, and Asia, covering the history of electronic music globally. * An expanded discussion of early experiments with jazz and electronic music, and the roots of electronic rock. * Additional accounts of the vastly under-reported contributions of women composers in the field. * More photos, scores, and illustrations throughout. The companion website features a number of student and instructor resources, such as additional Listening Guides, links to streaming audio examples and online video resources, PowerPoint slides, and interactive quizzes.
Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture (Media And Popular Culture Ser.)
by Thom HolmesElectronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture, Sixth Edition, presents an extensive history of electronic music—from its historical beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its everchanging present—recounting the musical ideas that arose in parallel with technological progress. In four parts, the author details the fundamentals of electronic music, its history, the major synthesizer innovators, and contemporary practices. This examination of the music’s experimental roots covers the key composers, genres, and techniques used in analog and digital synthesis, including both art and popular music, Western and non-Western. NEW to this edition: A reorganized and revised chapter structure places technological advances within a historical framework Shorter chapters offer greater modularity and flexibility for instructors Discussions on the elements of sound, listening to electronic music, electronic music in the mainstream, Eurorack, and more An appendix of historically important electronic music studios around the globe Listening Guides throughout the book provide step-by-step annotations of key musical works, focusing the development of student listening skills. Featuring extensive revisions and expanded coverage, this sixth edition of Electronic and Experimental Music represents an comprehensive accounting of the technology, musical styles, and figures associated with electronic music, highlighting the music’s deep cultural impact.
Electronica, Dance and Club Music (The\library Of Essays On Popular Music Ser.)
by Mark J. ButlerDiscos, clubs and raves have been focal points for the development of new and distinctive musical and cultural practices over the past four decades. This volume presents the rich array of scholarship that has sprung up in response. Cutting-edge perspectives from a broad range of academic disciplines reveal the complex questions provoked by this musical tradition. Issues considered include aesthetics; agency; 'the body' in dance, movement, and space; composition; identity (including gender, sexuality, race, and other constructs); musical design; place; pleasure; policing and moral panics; production techniques such as sampling; spirituality and religion; sub-cultural affiliations and distinctions; and technology. The essays are contributed by an international group of scholars and cover a geographically and culturally diverse array of musical scenes.
Electronically Yours: Vol. I: My Autobiography
by Martyn WareThis is a music autobiography to remember. This is the story of Martyn Ware. The Human League and Heaven 17 were among some of the most pioneering bands of the 1980s, with Ware having played an integral role in each of their numerous successes. A young lad from the heart of post-war Sheffield, Ware formed The Human League a few years out of school in his early twenties. Described by David Bowie as 'the future of music', it wasn't long before the band become known for their innovative and infectiously catchy singles such as 'Being Boiled', touring with the likes of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Iggy Pop before Ware's departure. Heaven 17 followed suit, with their soon-to-be classic albums, Penthouse & Pavement and The Luxury Gap, featuring several colossal hits. Ground-breaking icons in new wave and synth pop, both groups remain some of the biggest-selling bands across the UK and worldwide. In Electronically Yours, Martyn takes us through his incredible route to stardom; from his austere upbringing in various council houses and close teenage friendship with former-bandmate Phil Oakey, to the white-hot experimentation in the 'Synth Britannia' era and his production career, which allowed him to work with some of the world's greatest singers, including Tina Turner. But it's not just his life inside the industry which is compelling; a proud socialist, Martyn writes poignantly about politics - how it can be a soulful, personal, moral duty - and its role in his music creation and Britain today. With charming meditations on culture, humour, travel and sport, Martyn also shares his love of 60s films, explains why Venice is the most beautiful city in the world, and reveals how Sheffield Wednesday has forever been his first and eternal passion. A huge page-turner and always warmly told, Electronically Yours sees Martyn talk candidly for the very first time about his extraordinary journey. Discover amusing anecdotes, raw confessions, and moving reflections of a life well and truly lived at the height of the music industry.
Electronically Yours: Vol. I: My Autobiography
by Martyn WareThis is a music autobiography to remember. This is the story of Martyn Ware. The Human League and Heaven 17 were among some of the most pioneering bands of the 1980s, with Ware having played an integral role in each of their numerous successes. A young lad from the heart of post-war Sheffield, Ware formed The Human League a few years out of school in his early twenties. Described by David Bowie as 'the future of music', it wasn't long before the band become known for their innovative and infectiously catchy singles such as 'Being Boiled', touring with the likes of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Iggy Pop before Ware's departure. Heaven 17 followed suit, with their soon-to-be classic albums, Penthouse & Pavement and The Luxury Gap, featuring several colossal hits. Ground-breaking icons in new wave and synth pop, both groups remain some of the biggest-selling bands across the UK and worldwide. In Electronically Yours, Martyn takes us through his incredible route to stardom; from his austere upbringing in various council houses and close teenage friendship with former-bandmate Phil Oakey, to the white-hot experimentation in the 'Synth Britannia' era and his production career, which allowed him to work with some of the world's greatest singers, including Tina Turner. But it's not just his life inside the industry which is compelling; a proud socialist, Martyn writes poignantly about politics - how it can be a soulful, personal, moral duty - and its role in his music creation and Britain today. With charming meditations on culture, humour, travel and sport, Martyn also shares his love of 60s films, explains why Venice is the most beautiful city in the world, and reveals how Sheffield Wednesday has forever been his first and eternal passion. A huge page-turner and always warmly told, Electronically Yours sees Martyn talk candidly for the very first time about his extraordinary journey. Discover amusing anecdotes, raw confessions, and moving reflections of a life well and truly lived at the height of the music industry.
Elements in Music and Musicians 1750–1850: Mendelssohn and the Genesis of the Protestant A Cappella Movement (Elements In Music And Musicians 1750-1850 Ser.)
by Siegwart Reichwald
Elements of Music (3rd Edition)
by Joseph StrausThis music fundamentals textbook is for both aspiring music majors and non-majors. Based on an anthology of works from music literature, it features clear, concise explanations, extensive written exercises, and a variety of suggested in-class activities. It emphasizes process of making music-emphasizing, at every stage, that music is to be heard and made-not merely seen and learned in the abstract. All of the key topics are covered: music notation; rhythm; scales; intervals; triads; basic harmonic progressions. Several supplements are available for this text. An Audio CD is available including performances of key works analyzed in the text. The examples are also available in Finale files on MySearchLab so that students can directly work on exercises on their computers. Teaching and Learning Experience Personalize Learning- MySearchLab features all of Straus' exercises online. Students can do their exercises on their computers, using Finale, the top music notation software. Using this software, students will be able to hear the music they are writing as they write it. MySearchLab also offers further learning reinforcement with flashcards, chapter learning objectives, and chapter quizzes. Additional exercises that ask the student to identify key musical concepts are available online for student self-drills. Improve Critical Thinking-Written exercises and assignments both in traditional written and electronic formats reinforce concepts. Engage Students-In-class activities, including singing, dictation, and keyboard exercises are designed to supplement and reinforce the theory lessons. Support Instructors-Supported by the best instructor resources on the market; MySearchLab and an Instructor's Manual