Music Class: Appreciation and Introduction to Famous Foreign Music Masterpieces

Author: [USA] Kamien (Kamien/R) / Xu De
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This is a book that combines readers' interests with knowledge popularization, a book that enhances music appreciation skills, meticulously written by outstanding music educators. Continuously revised and updated, this new edition not only provides a comprehensive review of music styles and social contexts of each historical period but also carefully examines and analyzes the lives, personal styles, and representative works of numerous composers. It also adds many exquisite color and black-and-white illustrations, offering aesthetic enjoyment and spiritual pleasure. Continuously listening to and savoring the various musical works introduced in the book will cultivate an endless curiosity and love for the art of music. Music appreciation is an important component of music education, serving as a crucial means to enhance readers' interest in learning music and to develop their musical aesthetic abilities. This book briefly introduces music elements in part of it and references representative works from various periods. Parts 2 to 6 discuss specific periods in music history from the Middle Ages to the entire 20th century. Each part begins with a discussion of the characteristics of the music style, then explores its trends, musical roles, and composers in society, and finally dedicates separate chapters to discussing jazz, American musical theater, and rock and roll. Part 7 is dedicated to non-Western music, including Black African music and Indian classical music. The appendix provides music terminology and examples, a timeline, and a list of recordings. This book plays an important role in broadening readers' musical horizons, enhancing their sensitivity, memory, and appreciation for music, developing imagination, enriching emotions, and refining their character.