Masterworks: A Musical Discovery (2nd Edition)

Masterworks is an integrated learning package consisting of a textbook and recordings with supporting on- and off-line multimedia software designed to introduce students to the most important music of the Western tradition, classical and popular.

The multimedia elements of the program (a NEW PH Companion Website and off-line CD-ROM) help students of all levels of musical experience to enjoy success from the offset. Students encounter the music through carefully scripted, electronically animated listening exercises. Additionally, numerous opportunities to self-test and review important material throughout build student confidence in their understanding of the concepts and music.

Celebrated musicologist-conductor D. Kern Holoman (University of California, Davis), in conjunction with Prentice Hall and Sony Music, brings together a new edition of the first fully-integrated multimedia program designed to teach listeners the core concepts of music appreciation.

A COMPLETE PROGRAM

This interconnecting program includes a narrative textbook, a NEW content-rich Masterworks Website (with offline dual-platform CD-ROM), and 4 Sony Music audio compact discs. Masterworks enhances the traditional approach to understanding a musical work by using the personal computer and the Internet to unite the historical story, the visual imagery, and the music.

MUSIC APPRECIATION FUNDAMENTALS

At the core of the program is the text, Masterworks: A Musical Discovery. Using a carefully crafted narrative that draws on the author's engaging lecture style, the text focuses on listeners' own experiences as they come to integrate music and the arts into their lives.

INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA LEARNING

In addition to the text, the program features a unique Companion Website (http://www.prenhall.com/masterworks) and off-line CD-ROM that includes interactive Listening Charts, tutorials, composer biographies, self-paced, self-graded quizzes and listening exercises, interactive timelines, and over 600 graphics, music clips, and fine-art images, all designed to make the study of music appreciation exciting and rewarding.

THE REPERTOIRE FROM SONY MUSIC

Central to the Masterworks package is a vibrant and comprehensive music repertoire featuring distinguished soloists and ensembles in unforgettable performances. The 4 CDs range from Gregorian chants recorded especially for the project by Paul Hillier and the Theatre of Voices to Bethany Beardslee's epochal recording of Babbitt's Philomel, composed with the Princeton/Columbia RCA Mark IV synthesizer. Soloists range from Vladimir Horowitz and Itzhak Perlman to Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

BUILDING ON SUCCESS

Now in its second edition, The Masterworks program has been enhanced by a number of important new features:

• Harnessing the dynamic power of the World Wide Web, the main source for the student's multimedia musical experience is now the Masterworks Companion Website. An off-line version of the Masterworks Website is contained on an included CD-ROM.
• The contents of the Masterworks Companion Website has been reorganized so that it mirrors the textbook's chapter organization, making this intuitive program even more "user-friendly." Additionally, marginal icons have now been placed throughout the textbook alerting students to related learning opportunities on the Companion Website.
• As the listening experience stands at the heart of this course, an additional audio compact disc has been added to the recordings program. Ranging from Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor to Amy Beach's Violin Sonata in A Minor to Tan Dun's Symphony 1997 (Heaven-Earth-Mankind), the new selections enrich and enliven an already strong program.