| Author: | Karl Haas |
| Format: | Paperback: Reprint: 480 pages. |
| Publisher: | Anchor (10/01/1991) |
| ISBN: | 0385417748 |
| ISBN13: | 9780385417747 |
| Reading Level: |
| Preface | v | |
| Part 1 | The Makings of Music | |
| 1 | The Infinite Pleasures of Listening to Music | 3 |
| What to Listen for in Music | 7 | |
| 2 | Music's Main Ingredients | 15 |
| Rhythm - The Pulse of Music | 16 | |
| The Building Blocks of Melody | 21 | |
| Harmony - Synchronization of Sound | 28 | |
| Tonal Color - A Musical Kaleidoscope | 35 | |
| Form - The Unifying Force in Music | 40 | |
| 3 | The Instruments and Their Principal Use | 49 |
| The Human Voice | 51 | |
| The Woodwind Family | 56 | |
| The Brass Family | 72 | |
| The String Family | 80 | |
| The Percussion Family | 110 | |
| The Keyboard Family | 125 | |
| 4 | The Orchestra and Its Evolution | 151 |
| Early History | 152 | |
| The Baroque Orchestra | 153 | |
| The Classical Orchestra | 158 | |
| The Orchestra of Beethoven's Time | 164 | |
| Some Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Milestones | 168 | |
| 5 | Interpretation, or the Art of Conveying Music's Meaning | 175 |
| Interpretive Guidelines of Composers | 177 | |
| Evaluating Different Interpretations | 179 | |
| 6 | The Conductor and His Art | 183 |
| Origin | 184 | |
| The Concertmaster | 185 | |
| The Evolution of the Art of Conducting | 187 | |
| Some Types and Techniques of Conducting | 192 | |
| Musical Preparation for Conductors | 193 | |
| 7 | Orchestration | 197 |
| Comparing an Orchestral Transcription and an Original Composition | 201 | |
| Mixing Instrumental Sounds or Colors | 203 | |
| Development of Orchestrational Techniques | 205 | |
| Part 2 | Music in the Flow of History | |
| 8 | The Categories of Music: Definition, History, and Examples | 209 |
| Absolute Music: | ||
| Sonata | 210 | |
| Symphony | 212 | |
| Concerto | 213 | |
| Chamber Music | 215 | |
| Suite | 219 | |
| Theme and Variations | 221 | |
| Rondo | 223 | |
| Contrapuntal Music | 224 | |
| Program Music: | ||
| Anthem | 229 | |
| Cantata | 230 | |
| Character Piece | 231 | |
| Chorale | 234 | |
| Incidental Music | 235 | |
| Lied | 236 | |
| Madrigal | 240 | |
| Mass | 241 | |
| Motet | 243 | |
| Opera | 244 | |
| Oratorio | 249 | |
| Overture | 252 | |
| Symphonic/Tone Poem | 254 | |
| 9 | The Periods of Music in Relation to History and the Other Arts | 257 |
| Ancient Civilizations | 259 | |
| The Medieval Age | 261 | |
| The Gothic Age | 264 | |
| The Renaissance | 266 | |
| The Reformation and Counter-Reformation | 272 | |
| Baroque | 274 | |
| The Late Eighteenth Century: | ||
| Rococo | 282 | |
| Classicism | 284 | |
| Romanticism | 291 | |
| Nationalism | 323 | |
| The Twentieth Century: | ||
| Realism | 330 | |
| Impressionism | 334 |
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