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David Willoughby’s popular music appreciation text is now powered by McGraw-Hill’s state of the art digital content platform, Connect Music. Now students and instructors can have access to all the music featured in the text along with a wide range of activities, assessments, and a convenient ebook. These powerful new tools combine with Willoughby’s original and insightful approach to the music appreciation course to provide students with a unique resource that will change the way they listen to music forever. The World of Music is a music appreciation program designed for instructors who want to focus on listening to music as it exists in the real world of their students. With Connect (purchased separately), students now have access to digital content that will improve outcomes and foster better engagement with the music in their lives. Expanding the traditional repertoire used for music study, this popular text begins with American folk, religious, jazz, popular, and ethnic music before introducing some world music and concluding with a thorough overview of Western classical music. The approach captures the essence of each repertoire, and new digital tools equip students to recognize different styles, appreciate their different functions, and possess a solid foundation for a lifetime of musical appreciation. Now with Connect, The World of Music is the ideal program for the most student-centered experience in Music Appreciation.

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Author:   David Willoughby
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Edition:   7th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   0.628kg
ISBN:  

9780078025167

ISBN 10:   0078025168
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   16 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   0077720571
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

World of MusicTable of ContentsPart One: Preparation for ListeningChapter 1: Introducing the World of Music The Infinite Variety of Music: A Global Perspective The American Mainstream and Ethnic Diversity Music in CultureMusic Labels: Help or Hindrance? Artists and Artistry The Business of Music Manufacturing and MerchandisingPerformance of MusicMusic Publishing and Copyright Laws Music in Advertising Music in the CommunitySummaryChapter 2: The Nature of Music: Vocabulary for Listening and UnderstandingDefinitions of MusicMusic as a ScienceExpressive and Functional Qualities of MusicMusic Is Sound and SilenceMusic Moves through Time Music Is an Art Music Is Universal Music Is a Means of ExpressionMusic Can Be Functional Music Is a Changing ArtThe Creative, Performing, and Listening ExperiencesParticipating in Active ListeningThe Elements of Music 26Melody Harmony Rhythm Loudness Tone Quality Interaction of the ElementsTo Create a Style: Musical Concepts TextureGenres and Forms Melodic Growth and CharacterGoals for ListeningSummaryPart Two: Listening to American Music: Folk, Religious, Jazz, and PopChapter 3: Folk Music TraditionsGoals for ListeningThe Roots of Traditional Folk MusicTypes of Folk MusicThe BluesFolk Music: An Expanded ViewThe Urban Folk Revival Urban BluesSummary Chapter 4: Religious Music TraditionsGoals for ListeningThe Roots of American Protestant MusicPsalm Singing and Psalters Lining Out, Singing Schools, and the Shape-Note SystemTraditional Black Gospel MusicWhite Gospel Music: Revival and Evangelical HymnsPopular Contemporary StylesSummary Chapter 5: Jazz StylesGoals for ListeningWhat Is Jazz? The Jazz Style The Feel of Swing Instruments ImprovisationThe Roots of Jazz Jazz Styles New Orleans and Chicago Jazz Stride and Boogie Woogie Swing and Big Band Jazz Bebop Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, and Free Jazz Modern Jazz, Fusion, and Smooth Jazz SummaryChapter 6: Popular Music Goals for Listening The Definition and Scope of Popular Music Pre-Twentieth Century Twentieth Century and BeyondTin Pan AlleyVaudeville Musicals Film Radio and Recordings Country Music HillbillyCowboy Songs and Western Swing Bluegrass The Nashville Sound Contemporary Country Early African American Influences Motown Gospel Rhythm and Blues Soul Contemporary StylesRock Rap/Hip-Hop Other Genres SummaryPart Three: Listening to World MusicChapter 7: Music of the AmericasGoals for Listening Native American Music Style and Context Assimilation and PreservationEthnic Music in the United StatesReggae Latino Music Cajun and Zydeco MusicMusic of South America, Mexico, and the CaribbeanIndigenous Folk Culture Musical Instruments Folk Songs and Dances Religious Influences Summary Chapter 8: Music Beyond the AmericasGoals for ListeningMusic in India Classical Music Popular Music Music in Japan The Performance Context Musical GenresGagaku Kabuki Koto, Shakuhachi, and ShamisenMusic in Sub-Saharan Africa Music in Context Instruments Rhythm Popular MusicMusic in Eastern Europe Indonesian Gamelan and Popular Music Jewish Music Cultural Context Liturgical Music Klezmer MusicCeltic Music Instruments Artists Altan Clannad Solas The ChieftainsSummary Part Four: Listening to Western Classical MusicChapter 9: Music to 1600 Goals for ListeningThe Beginnings of Western Music (until 1450) Gregorian Chant Notation Polyphonic Music The Renaissance (1450–1600) Choral and Vocal MusicMass Motet Madrigal Instrumental Music The Reformation Featured Composers Josquin des Prez Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Giovanni Gabrieli Summary Chapter 10: Music of the Baroque Period (1600–1750)Goals for ListeningMusical Characteristics Texture Major-Minor Tonal System Continuo Word Painting Other Musical Characteristics Instruments Musical Forms and Genres Opera Orchestral Works Chamber Music Keyboard Works Choral MusicFeatured ComposersJohann Sebastian Bach George Frideric HandelOther Notable ComposersSummaryChapter 11: Music of the Classic Period (1750–1820)Goals for ListeningMusical CharacteristicsInstrumentsGenres Instrumental Vocal, Choral, and Opera Forms Sonata Form Theme and Variations Minuet and Trio RondoFeatured Composers Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van BeethovenSummaryChapter 12: Music of the Romantic Period (Nineteenth Century)Goals for Listening Musical Characteristics Forms and Genres Instrumental Forms and Genres Opera and Ballet Keyboard Forms and Genres SongsFeatured ComposersJohannes Brahms Frédéric Chopin Felix Mendelssohn Franz Schubert Pyotr I’yich Tchaikovsky Giuseppe Verdi Richard Wagner Other Notable Composers SummaryChapter 13: Music of the Twentieth CenturyGoals for Listening General CharacteristicsStylistic Developments and Featured Composers Impressionism: Claude Debussy Experimental Music: Igor Stravinsky Atonal Music and Serialism: Arnold Schoenberg Electronic Music: Edgard Varèse Chance Music: John Cage Nationalism: Béla Bartók Nationalism: Charles Ives and Aaron Copland Additional American Composers Amy Cheney Beach Ruth Crawford Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Ulysses Kay Henry Cowell George Gershwin William Grant Still Neoclassical Music Minimalism Traditional SoundsSummaryAppendix A: A List of Recommended DVDs and Videos Supporting the Philosophy of The World of MusicAppendix B: Classification of Instruments according to Methods of Tone ProductionGlossary Bibliography Credits Index

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Dr. David Willoughby, Professor Emeritus of Music at Eastern New Mexico University and former Dean of its College of Fine Arts, retired in 1993 after twenty years of service. He moved to Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and immediately was named Head of the Music Department at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, a position he held for three years. From 1970-1973, he held the position of Assistant Director of the Ford Foundation/ MENC Contemporary Music Project, where, among other responsibilities, he served as Editor of the CMP Newsletter. From 1960-1970, he was Assistant/Associate Professor of Music at Elizabethtown College. Willoughby is now Minister of Music at the Church of the Brethren in Elizabethtown, where he directs the Adult Choir and the Bell Choir. He continues to play double bass and serves as Editor of the Newsletter of The College Music Society (CMS). The fourth edition of his book, The World of Music, has just been published by McGraw-Hill. Regarding CMS, he serves on the Council of Past Presidents, having served as President in 1987 and 1988. Previously, he was Board member for Music and General Studies (1980-1985) and a member of the Executive Committee (1986-1989). He served as Director of the Wingspread Conference on Music in General Studies (1981) and of the first four summer Institutes for Music in General Studies, Boulder, Colorado (1982-1985). (It was this Conference on Music in General Studies and these Institutes that prompted the first conversations, in 1985, that led to the first edition of The World of Music.)

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