Gary White

Music in Our World: An Active-Listening Approach

Buch

Music in Our World is the first text in music appreciation completely devoted to the study of music elements and to investing students with active listening skills.The text examines each musical element from a number of angles - completely integrating world music throughout the discussion. The three chapters on Melody, for example, cite the work of Hildegard of Bingen, Ravi Shankar, and Giacomo Puccini.This unique, elements-based approach engages students in actively listening to the broadest range of music available for music appreciation.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Stuart, David / Aviva, Elyn

ISBN: 978-0-07-027212-5
EAN: 9780070272125
Produktnummer: 2645612
Verlag: Mcgraw Hill Book Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 390 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B18.7 cm x D1.6 cm 630 g
Gewicht: 630

Über den Autor

Gary White holds a Ph.D. in Music Composition from Michigan State University. At his retirement in 1994 he was Distinguished Professor of Music at Iowa State University, where he developed and administered the music theory curriculum and established the electronic and computer music studio. For a number of years he was also in charge of music listening courses for the general student at Iowa State. Dr. White is the composer of over fifty published musical compositions and the author of Music First! (a music fundamentals textbook) and Instrumental Arranging (a textbook for orchestration and arranging), both published by McGraw-Hill. He has been awarded the U.C. Berkeley Medal by the University of California at Berkeley, was named a National Arts Associate by Sigma Alpha Iota, and has held a MacDowell Colony Fellowship. His compositions have won many prizes and awards, including the Toon van Balkom Prize and the Shenandoah/Percussion Plus Prize.