Western Music History Volume - Music Graduate Entrance Exam Review Essentials - Professional Public Course (First Edition)

Author: Yang Jiuhua
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: The author has been engaged in teaching and researching Western music history for many years. This book can be considered a crystallization of years of teaching achievements and research insights, and it is believed to be of great help to candidates. Based on several representative Western music history textbooks commonly used for postgraduate entrance examination review in China, the content arrangement of this book is largely consistent with general history textbooks, comprising seven chapters organized according to the periodization of Western music history. The content is structured in the form of commonly used question types in postgraduate entrance exams—short-answer questions and essay questions—covering all important knowledge points in Western music history textbooks to help candidates organize their thoughts. The book contains a total of 191 questions, and candidates can plan their review schedule and focus on key points based on the weight of knowledge points in each chapter. It is worth mentioning that the book also summarizes the development processes of important genres in music history across different periods, such as the origins and development of opera, symphony, and string quartet, to facilitate candidates in grasping the overall development and reducing the workload of reorganizing the material. Additionally, the mastery of composers primarily focuses on three aspects: brief biographies, major works, and artistic achievements, helping candidates establish an understanding of each composer through concise statements and grasp the essence of their creative work and artistic contributions. In the appendix, the book also lists the periodization of Western music history and the development of opera in the form of diagrams, which is beneficial for candidates to form a comprehensive understanding of music history. At the end of the book, a set of targeted questions and reference answers are provided for candidates to self-assess.