Crossroads in Music: Traditions and Connections
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ISBN: 0534516343 / Publisher: Cengage Learning, November 2002
Organized chiefly around music themes and music in culture rather than the basic style periods of Western art music, CROSSOADS IN MUSIC provides a basic introduction to music that integrates and explores the similarities among Classical music, popular music, and world music. A user-friendly book, it is comprised of 37 brief, topical chapters that keep readers interested in and focused on specific ideas. The package (text and audio CD set) is one of the most inexpensive on the market.
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This thin book on a wide topic provides an amiable, well-balanced survey of music for courses in literature, music appreciation, and music listening. Larsen's functional approach leads readers through basic theory, styles and genres, covering a breadth of non-Western and Western music from folk to ritual, classical to jazz, while emphasizing the intersections of art, religion, and culture. Comparisons with paintings and other visual arts are used to illustrate the parallel development of compositional form during specific periods. An online study guide is available, as well as a companion music CD set that is referred to throughout the text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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