Exploring the growth and development of various musical styles throughout history, this book/cassette package shows them as active, changing features of specific historical periods, and explains how all historical styles are relative to existing contemporary musical styles. In discussing music styles as diverse as classical, rock, jazz, rap, studio, even video music, it draws the lines of similarity within these worlds and asks, in essence who are the Bachs and Beethovens of today? How are they different? How are they the same? This title is also available as a book/CD package (ISBN 0-13-103698-X).
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Much more than an historical overview, this text explores the growth and development of various musical styles throughout history, showing them as active, changing features of specific historical periods, and explaining how all historical styles are relative to existing contemporary musical styles. In discussing music styles as diverse as classical, rock, jazz, rap, studio -- even music video -- it draws lines of similarity within these worlds of music, and asks, in essence -- Who are the Bachs and Beethovens of today? How are they different? How are they the same?
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Key Benefit: This book explores the growth and development of various musical styles throughout history, showing them as active, changing features of specific historical periods, and explaining how all historical styles are relative to existing contemporary musical styles. Key Topics: Part I presents the language of music in reference format, from traditional notation to tape and computer. Concepts are supported by effective analogies and musical examples, keeping new terminology and musical notation to a minimum. Part II traces music history in light of cultural needs and influences, weaving together and solidifying concepts and all styles from 900 to the present. Compares composition structures, ranging from a simple popular song to the sonata-allegro form. Part III explores ten topics covering musical ideas and developments that thread throughout history, comparing composers from different periods; tracing continuously developing musical events; and showing how simple compositional concepts of each historical period are active today in modern classical and contemporary musical styles. Market: This book is an excellent introduction to music history for musicians, music students, and composers, or anyone interested in music appreciation.
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