New Approach to Sight-Singing - Softcover

Berkowitz, Sol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039395465X ISBN 13: 9780393954654

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1986

Synopsis

A New Approach To Sight Singing: Third Edition by Sol Berkowitz, Gabriel Fontrier and Leo Kraft of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, City University of New York. This time-tested classroom performer has been revised substantially, reflecting the experience of the authors and of many colleagues who have commented upon it. Here's a quick look at the new aspects of the book. What's been retained: - A NEW APPROACH TO SIGHT SINGING is still the only sight-singing text consisting of music specifically composed for the teaching of each sight-singing skill. - The text encompasses a wide range of musical styles: modal, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, atonal, serial, jazz and folk. - The flexible structure and wealth of material make the text as adaptable as ever to the individual needs of students. What's new: - Approximately one-half of the material in the third edition is new. - A new chapter is devoted to Themes and Variations with piano accompaniment, affording even greater opportunity to develop musicianship through coordination of playing, singing, and hearing. - More exercises on the elementary level are included in each chapter. - Exercises are even more carefully graded than before to introduce new melodic and rhythmic techniques at a pedagogically sound rate. - Chapter One, Melodies, now includes topic headings that focus attention on specific issues. - The book has been entirely reengraved for greater clarity and ease of reading. - A new, larger format affords greater practicality. - The new comb binding permits the book to lie flat on the music stand.

About this title

About the Author:

Perry Goldstein is professor of music at Stony Brook University, where he is currently chairman of the Department of Music. He is responsible for all aspects of the undergraduate and graduate musicianship programs and also teaches music composition, theory, and analysis. His teaching has been recognized by Stony Brook University's President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and by the State University of New York's Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is the author of Rudiments of Music: A Concise Guide to Music Theory and has written about music for the Library of Congress as well as the New York Times and many other publications. He is an active composer, with nineteen recordings to his credit and performances worldwide.

Edward Smaldone is professor of music at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and was director of the School of Music from 2002 to 2016. An active composer, he is the recipient of the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as grants and awards from ASCAP, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the Charles Ives Center for the Arts, and the American Music Center. Smaldone's music has been performed by the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Denver Chamber Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, the EOS Repertoire Orchestra (Beijing), and many other ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe and is recorded on the Naxos, CRI, New World Records, Ablaze, and Capstone labels. Smaldone has more than thirty years of college teaching experience in the areas of music theory and musicianship.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 039395465X
• ISBN 13: 9780393954654
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 330