The Essential Listening to Music

Contents
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Ch 1: The Power of Music
	Music, the Ear, and the Brain
	Our Musical Template: Why We Like What We Like
	Listening to Whose Music?
	How Does Classical Music Work?
	Where and How to Listen
	Getting Started: No Previous Experience Required
Ch 2: Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony
	Rhythm
	Rhythmic Notation
	Melody
	Harmony
Ch 3: Color, Texture, and Form
	Color
	Musical Instruments
	Texture
	Form
Ch 4: Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
	Music in the Monastery
	Music in the Cathedral
	Music at the Court
	Music in the Renaissance, 1450-1600
Ch 5: Baroque Art and Music
	Baroque Architecture and Music
	Baroque Painting and Music
	Characteristics of Baroque Music
	Early Baroque Opera
	Middle Baroque Instrumental Music: Three Favorites
Ch 6: Late Baroque Music: Bach and Handel
	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
	George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Ch 7: Introduction to the Classical Style: Haydn and Mozart
	The Enlightenment
	The Democratization of Classical Music and the Rise of "For Profit" Concerts
	Popular Opera Takes Center Stage
	The Advent of the Piano
	Elements of Classical Style
	The Dynamic Mood of Classical Music
	Vienna: Home to Classical Composers
	Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ch 8: Classical Forms
	Form, Mood, and the Listener's Expectations
	Ternary Form
	Sonata-Allegro Form
	Theme and Variations
	Rondo Form
Ch 9: Classical Genres
	The Symphony and the Symphony Orchestra
	The String Quartet
	The Sonata
	The Concerto
	Vocal Music: Classical Opera
Ch 10: Beethoven: Bridge to Romanticism
	Beethoven's Music
	The Early Years (1770-1802)
	The "Heroic" Period (1803-1813)
	The Final Years (1814-1827)
	What is Forward Looking in Beethoven's Music?
Ch 11: Romanticism and Romantic Chamber Music
	Romantic Inspiration, Romantic Creativity
	The Musician as "Artist," Music as "Art"
	The Style of Romantic Music
	The Art Song
	Romantic Piano Music
Ch 12: Romantic Orchestral Music
	The Romantic Orchestra
	Program Music
	Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) and the Program Symphony
	Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and Ballet Music
Ch 13: Romantic Opera
	Italy
	Germany
	Nineteenth-Century Realistic Opera
Ch 14: Late Romantic Orchestral Music
	Romantic Values and Today's Concert Hall
	The Conductor
	The Late Romantic Symphony and Concerto
	Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
	More Great Late Romantic Symphonies and Concertos
	Music and Nationalism
Ch 15: European Impressionism and Modernism
	Impressionism
	Impressionism in Painting and Music
	Modernism: An Anti-Romantic Movement
	Modernist Painting and Music: The Rejection of Representational Art
	Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
	Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Ch 16: American Modernism and Postmodernism
	Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939)
	Jazz
	Postmodernism
Epilogue-The Enduring Power of Western Classical Music
Glossary
Index
Recording Credits