Music: The Art of Listening - Softcover

Jean Ferris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 069729384X ISBN 13: 9780697293848

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College, 1998

Synopsis

"Music: The Art of Listening is a practical, concise textbook for the beginning student of music history and appreciation, written in language readily understandable by a student with no previous music experience. Throughout the text, music is presented in its broad cultural and historical context, never as an isolated phenomenon divorced from the world surrounding it. Relationships are drawn between music and the other arts, with which students may have more familiarity, and between the music characteristic of one period and music of the distant past and of modern times." - from the Preface

Emphasizing practical teaching over theoretical instruction, Music: The Art of Listening is written in an engaging and open style enjoyable to professor and student alike. Notation in the fifth edition remains limited for ease-of-use by students who do not read music. This edition offers more detailed listening guides and new timed listening charts to make it even more accessible to students.

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About the Author

After receiving her MA in Music History and Literature at Arizona State University, Jean Ferris taught Music History and Appreciation at ASU. In addition to her work at the University, she has been involved with the music community by serving as a church choir director, singing with the Phoenix Symphony Chorale, playing the organ, and touring to Japan with her high school handbell choir--apparently the first handbell choir to perform in that country.

Ferris is the author of two books: Music: The Art of Listening and America's Musical Landscape.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 069729384X
• ISBN 13: 9780697293848
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 400