Music and its appreciation : or, The foundations of true listening / by Stewart Macpherson ..

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Joseph Williams series of handbooks on musicPublication details: London : Joseph Williams, [1940].Edition: New and revised edDescription: 2 p. l., [vii]-xi, 166 p. : ill., music ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 781.17 MAC
LOC classification:
  • MT6 .M17 1940
Contents:
Foreword -- Index to Musical Examples -- I. Introductory -- II. The Requisites for True Listening -- III. The Simpler Aspects of Musical Construction - Rhythmic Shape -- IV. The Material and Form of Instrumental Composition -- V. The Larger Designs in Music -- VI. The Minuet and Trio as a Type of Form - The "Theme of Contrast" -- VII. The Sonata or Symphony - Its First-Movement -- VIII. The Remaining Movements of a Sonata or Symphony -- IX. The Various Periods of Musical Composition: (i) From Bach to Beethoven -- X. The Various Periods of Musical Composition: (ii) From Schubert Onwards -- XI. The Story of the Symphony -- XII. The instruments of the Orchestra -- Afterword -- APPENDIX I. A List of Musical Examples -- APPENDIX II. List of Books of Reference -- APPENDIX III. Chronological Table of the Most Famous Composers -- APPENDIX IV. Glossary of Terms -- General Index.
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Foreword -- Index to Musical Examples -- I. Introductory -- II. The Requisites for True Listening -- III. The Simpler Aspects of Musical Construction - Rhythmic Shape -- IV. The Material and Form of Instrumental Composition -- V. The Larger Designs in Music -- VI. The Minuet and Trio as a Type of Form - The "Theme of Contrast" -- VII. The Sonata or Symphony - Its First-Movement -- VIII. The Remaining Movements of a Sonata or Symphony -- IX. The Various Periods of Musical Composition: (i) From Bach to Beethoven -- X. The Various Periods of Musical Composition: (ii) From Schubert Onwards -- XI. The Story of the Symphony -- XII. The instruments of the Orchestra -- Afterword -- APPENDIX I. A List of Musical Examples -- APPENDIX II. List of Books of Reference -- APPENDIX III. Chronological Table of the Most Famous Composers -- APPENDIX IV. Glossary of Terms -- General Index.

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