Customer Reviews

Music: An Appreciation, 6th Brief Edition

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I've seen the unabridged version of this book and it's as big as an encyclopedia. The Brief Edition does well to summarize the important points in music history; though the meat of the book is centered in the classical (Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Classical, Opera) and merely touches on the more modern componets like jazz and rock. Still, the book and accompanying CD are excellent for those wanting to get a light but informative immersion in the classic music world and learn a little bit about its most famous composers.

Ultimately this book serves its purpose, it covers the core concepts and gets the job done...but I have to admit, for someone who has little former knowledge with music studies it is a bit too concise. The point being that this is supposed to be music "appreciation" a social science (which usually relates to a lot of trivial information) yet this book only accomplishes the bare minimums (yes I do realize that this is the brief edition, that is why its a four not a three). Beyond that the book makes poor references to its dvd resources (a number or section would be nice), and like I said, pinpoint (perhaps examples or more elaboration on the detailed concepts). But to its credit, this book does have some nice organization and the index/glossary is fairly thorough.

I expected it to have the CD's included, but the book is exactly what I ordered. It was hard to determine which one's had the CD's included. I wish Amazon was a little more in detail with the layout of the book and what is included with it.

My 19 year old daughter needed this book to go along with an online music class requirement in college. The book arrived in great condition and at a really good price!

I bought this for my music class and I received it in an accepted condition. The cds and book were goood. I will recommend this book for students who have to use it. The bookstore is more expensive than here.

The book is very informative and covers the main points of musical history, showing how music came to be.

I was very disappointed that my book order did not include the CD's that others had stated they received. That was part of the reason I ordered the book from this particular seller. The book looks new, but wasn't wrapped. I could have ordered the same book for much less. I even paid more for shipping so my son would have the book and CD's or his college class. I want my money back, but unfortunately overpaid for shipping. Buyer's beware!

When I bought this book it said it had no marks in it. Nearly every single page was highlighted in several different colors.

If there had been an accurate description of this book as it really is, I would not have bought it.

Maybe its the wrong edition, but others in class had larger books and I noticed that the listening outlines were a few pages off what the professor said.

I'm an adult returning to school.I needed
this book for my music class.The instructor told us to just rent the book because she thought it was too expensive to purchase for a summer class.The class could not believe the price I got this book for.On top of all that, we barely use the book so I am so glad I didn't pay to rent the book which was way more than what I bought the book for. Thank you!