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Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Listen. I learned of this book via Mr. Kerman's NYT obit. According to it, this textbook was, for many years, considered the standard for college music exploration classes. It is masterfully organized and written - skillfully connecting musical periods with corresponding events in history.
Read this book! This probably is the first textbook I actually have read cover-to-cover. As far as textbooks go, this one has its usual share of over-obvious information, but Kerman's Listen also includes some interesting facts as well.
I got something out of it even as a music major who already knew a bit about Western European music history. The music pieces studied are interesting and good selections, a wide variety of well-known and well-written pieces.
I will say the last few chapters on the Twentieth Cent This probably is the first textbook I actually have read cover-to-cover.
I will say the last few chapters on the Twentieth Century somewhat annoyed me because I felt they were somewhat inaccurate. The division between the "avant-garde" composers like Stravinsky and Schoenberg seemed very arbitrarily separated from composers who wrote in "alternate" styles like Bartok. Excuse me, Stravinsky implemented elements of Russian folk music as well, why didn't you classify him with Bartok?
Are Schoenberg and Ives really that different? They both took from traditional musical elements around them and revolutionized the sound landscape.
I feel like the authors tried to split the composers into neat groups when the Twentieth Century was really a much more multi-faceted approach and not so two-pronged as they tried to explain it. The authors hardly touched on serialism, at least not in a very clear-cut manner. And why didn't we have sound samples from Messiaen and Milton Babbit? Aside from the gripes of a musician who loves contemporary classical music, I feel like this book was a good overview into the wide variety of music created in Western Europe over the centuries.
Kerman and Tomlinson successfully guide the listener to hearing old classical pieces differently, and understanding the wide differences between periods and genres. It sets one up to continue exploring in the areas they love. My first stops: all that wonderful organum from the Medieval period and the polyphonic choral music of the early Renaissance.
Dec 07, Jacob Hurley rated it liked it Shelves: non-fiction , history. Nov 12, Shawn rated it really liked it Shelves: music. Yay, I finished. It's recommended reading for an upcoming exam, and I took note of many of the composers. The analysis is woven throughout every chapter but Yay, I finished. I recommend this particularly for music appreciation, history, and as a guide to a world of western music. Read this book an an introductory music history class at taught by Prof.
Foglesong at UC Berkeley. The text was easy to follow--even for a person with little musical background. In the first millennium C. All musicians or at least all musicians that we know about were clerics — priests, monks, or nuns — and all their music was sung in churches, abbeys, convents, and cathedrals.
The function of this music was to stimulate and enhance worship. Very educational and informative. Listening to the music and reading the book increased my love for music. Jul 12, Marta rated it it was amazing. I took the introductory music history course taught by Prof. Tomlinson at Penn. The book is very approachable coming from someone with little to no musical background. Contact seller. Seller Rating:. Used - Softcover Condition: Good. Within U.
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