Magic Of Music

by Fogware Publishing

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006HI5D
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,972 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

How music has moved us throughout historyProduct InformationThe Magic of Music is the ultimate home learning experience on fourCD-ROMs.  Learn about the history of jazz music cultures classical musicand so much more!  Enjoy presentations and photos while on your journeythrough music history.IncludesThrough the Classical PeriodTrace the evolution of Western classical music from Gregorian chant to the worksof Ludwig van Beethoven whose career marks a turning point in musical history.Explore medieval plainchant and the music of troubadours renaissance choralworks and madrigals baroque opera and the concerto and the classical symphonyand sonata-allegro form.  Includes an 89-minute multimedia presentation andmore than 830 photos.Romanticism to ContemporarySurvey the history of Western classical music from Beethovens Eroica toCoplands Rodeo. Understand polyphony dissonance and tonality. Learn how theemotional quality of Beethovens works impacted the symphonic form. ExploreWagners contributions to opera Stravinskys focus on rhythm and Coplandssynthesis of jazz and classical elements.  Includes an 89-minute multimediapresentation and more than 850 photos.Music and CultureDiscover how three different cultural groups; sub-Saharan Africans NativeAmericans and Polynesians express their heritage through music. Listen to avariety of musical excerpts and learn how geography influences music.Experience the spirited call-and-response pattern of African song theceremonial beat of Native American tribal drums and the rhythmical movements ofPolynesian dance.  Includes a 40-minute presentation and more than 610photos.History of JazzTrace the beginnings of jazz from the honky-tonks of New Orleans at the turn ofthe century to its golden age in Chicago to the dance halls of New York Cityin the1930s and 1940 - decades when swing was king and the big band sound wasall the rage. Follow the aggressive bebop sound of the 1940s the cool jazz ofthe 1950s and the soul