Third Edition.
Comprehensive Outline in Easy-to-Use Narrative Format, Illustrations, Selected and Recommended Bibliography, Supplements Major Textbooks, Fully Indexed.
Specifically designed for the 250,000 students enrolled in Introduction to Music courses each year, this helpful outline gives background information on topics such as:
* Sound and Tone
* The notation of Pitch
* Rhythm and its Notation
* Melody
* Harmony and Tonality
* Musical Texture
* Musical Form
* Musical Mediums: Voices; Instruments
* Musical Style
* The Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The Baroque Period; The Classical Period; The Romantic Period
* Twentieth-Century Music to World War II; Art Music since World War II
* American Popular Music before and since 1900
Prepared for students by renowned professors and noted experts, here are the most extensive and proven study aids available, covering all the major areas of study in college curriculums.
