Listen to This-5 CD Set (SW)

This is a book and 5 CD set that will help you learn how to listen to music. All music. It does that by putting listening first. The focus throughout this book is on the basic elements of music - melody, rhythm, harmony, form, texture, timbre, dynamics, word-music relationships and genre - which providde the fundamental building blocks of music everywhere. In the process, you'll get to know some wonderful music, from plainchant to Gospel, from Beethoven to Churck Berry, from symphonies to hip hop. And lots more in between. Table of Contents include: The Elements of Music; The Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The Baroque Era; The Classical Era; The Nineteenth Century; The Twentieth Century; Music Today.