The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening (Fourth Edition)

Machlis, Joseph; Joseph Machlis

ISBN 10: 039309118X / ISBN 13: 9780393091182

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, et al., 1977

About this Item

702 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket shows extensive wear and rips along the front and back.

Seller Inventory # 4BislAg0006

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening (Fourth Edition)
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, et al.
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039309118X
• ISBN 13: 9780393091182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rob Antler (Jacket Design); Christian Steiner (Jacket Photo)
• Edition: 4th Edition/1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Used-Acceptable
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music, Music History & Studies, Musicology, etc.
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Music, Classical Music, Opera, Symphonies, etc.

About this title

Synopsis

Machlis's "The Enjoyment of Music" is the most widely-read music-appreciation text in the English language.

About the Author

The late Joseph Machlis was professor of music at Queens College of the City University of New York. Among his many publications are Introduction to Contemporary Music (Norton) and singing translations for many operas.

Kristine Forney has been a member of the Music History/Musicology faculty at California State University, Long Beach, since 1978. She specializes in Renaissance music, is a performer and teacher of historical instruments, and is the author of numerous scholarly articles exploring diverse facets of Renaissance musical life and practices. She has taught music appreciation to thousands of undergraduate students, and has been an author of The Enjoyment of Music since 1988.