The Listener's Guide to Music (Classic Reprint): With a Concert-Goer Glossary: With a Concert-Goer Glossary (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Scholes, Percy A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330433866 ISBN 13: 9781330433867

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Unlock music terms and listening instincts for any concert. This guide is built to help the average listener move from passively hearing to actively understanding.

This edition presents a practical glossary of musical terms, abbreviations, and program context drawn from extensive program research. It explains how terms came into use and how to read and apply them while you’re at the concert, opera, or recital. The book also explains how to approach programme notes, annotated lists, and the idea of “unity and variety” in modern music, helping you follow a piece as it develops.

• Clear explanations of common and technical terms used in concert programs


• Guidance on reading annotated programmes and appreciating “motives” and themes


• Practical notes on listening, form, and the relationship between works and their composers


• Historical context that connects terms to ideas across classical music’s history

Ideal for curious listeners, concert-goers, students, and anyone who wants to deepen their enjoyment of music by understanding the language it uses.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330433866
• ISBN 13: 9781330433867
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 129
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