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Listen to This helps connect your interest in the music on your own playlists with great music from throughout history all over the world. Author Mark Evan Bonds introduces and explains the basic elements of music, including melody, rhythm, timbre, form and more. By listening for these fundamental components, you can better understand how any piece of music works. This elements-centered approach provides a strong foundation for learning about, and enjoying, many musical styles.

The 4th Edition includes expanded coverage of timbre as well as new chapters on additional musical works. Listening Guides walk you through each major work, discussing the musical elements in detail. And Connect Your Playlist features illustrate key concepts through examples from contemporary popular music.

Published by Pearson (July 14th 2021) - Copyright © 2018

ISBN-13: 9780137537051

Subject: Music

Category: Music Appreciation

The Elements of Music: A Brief Introduction

Part 1: The Middle Ages

  1. Hildegard von Bingen, Play of Virtues (excerpt)
  2. San Ildefonso Indians of New Mexico, Eagle Dance
  3. Plainchant Alleluia, “Caro mea”
  4. Francesco Landini, “Behold, Spring”
  5. Guillaume de Machaut, “No More than One Man Could Count the Stars”
  6. Alfonso el Sabio, Songs to the Virgin Mary, no. 147, “The Talking Sheep”

Part 2: The Renaissance

  1. Josquin des Prez, “The Cricket”
  2. Thomas Weelkes, “Since Robin Hood”
  3. William Byrd, “Sing Joyfully”
  4. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass, “Gloria”
  5. Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas, “My Lord Help Me to Pray”
  6. Tielman Susato, Moorish Dance

Part 3: The Baroque Era

  1. Claudio Monteverdi, Orpheus, selection from Act II
  2. Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, selections
  3. Mbuti Pygmies, “Marriage Celebration Song”
  4. Barbara Strozzi, “Revenge”
  5. Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, “Winter,” first movement
  6. Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (“Little” Fugue)
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, finale
  8. Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 140: Awake, a Voice Calls to Us, selections
  9. George Frideric Handel, Messiah, selections

Part 4: The Classical Era

  1. Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3, second movement
  2. Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu, Cherry Blossom
  3. Joseph Haydn, Symphony no. 102 in B-flat Major, third and fourth movements
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement
  6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, Act I, “Cosa sento”
  7. Jingju, “The Reunion”
  8. William Billings, “Chester”

Part 5: The Nineteenth Century

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
  2. Franz Schubert, “Erlkönig,” D. 328
  3. Felix Mendelssohn, Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  4. Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, fourth movement (“March to the Scaffold”)
  5. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 11, third movement (“Song”)
  6. Robert Schumann, “Dedication”
  7. Clara Wieck Schumann, “Forward!”
  8. Frédéric Chopin, Mazurka in B-flat Major, op. 7, no. 1
  9. Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Union: Concert Paraphrase on National Airs
  10. Ravi Shankar, Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi
  11. Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata, Act I, selection (“Follie!”)
  12. Richard Wagner, The Valkyrie, Act III, selection (“Wotan’s Farewell”)
  13. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, Act IV, finale
  14. Johannes Brahms, Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98, finale
  15. Antonín DvoYák, String Quartet in F Major, op. 96 (“American”), third movement

Part 6: Since 1900

  1. Claude Debussy, Voiles
  2. Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question
  3. Arnold Schoenberg, “Columbine” from Pierrot lunaire
  4. Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Part One
  5. Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag
  6. Robert Johnson, “Terraplane Blues”
  7. Duke Ellington, “Cotton Tail”
  8. Charlie Parker, “Ornithology”
  9. Ruth Crawford, Piano Study in Mixed Accents
  10. Germaine Tailleferre, Concertino for Harp and Orchestra, finale
  11. William Grant Still, “A Black Pierrot” from Songs of Separation
  12. Aaron Copland, “Hoe-Down” from Rodeo
  13. Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, second movement (“Game of Pairs”)
  14. Leonard Bernstein, “Tonight” from West Side Story
  15. John Cage, Sonata II from Sonatas and Interludes
  16. Gamelan Gong Kebyar of Belaluan, Bali, Kebyar Ding III, “Oncang-oncangan”
  17. Philip Glass, “Knee Play 1” from Einstein on the Beach
  18. Mahalia Jackson, “It Don’t Cost Very Much”
  19. Tania León, A la Par, second movement (“Guaguancó”)
  20. Corey Dargel, “On This Date Every Year”
  21. Austin Wintory, “Nascence,” from Journey

Revel Bonus Chapters

  1. Chuck Berry, “School Day”
  2. The Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen”
  3. Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”
  4. John Williams, “The Walls Converge,” from Star Wars