Music Listening Today

By - Hoffer, Charles R.; Bailey, Darrell

Floor - Floor 3

ISBN 10 - 1111839344

ISBN 13 - 9781111839345

Book Status - 3 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Music appreciation

Shelf No - 1

Call Number - 781.17 HOF

Physical Description - xxii, 362 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 29 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Book Information

Charles Hoffer's best-selling MUSIC LISTENING TODAY is a brief, approachable, modular, and complete course solution that develops students' listening skills, providing them with the framework they need to understand and appreciate different styles, forms, and genres of music. A comprehensive, optional set of online resources -- featuring Active Listening Guides, music downloads, an interactive eBook, and more -- provides students with the tools they need to excel in your course. MUSIC LISTENING TODAY includes discussions of dozens of familiar and lesser-known musical selections, all carefully chosen for their teachability. Students have several options for obtaining recordings of the music covered within the text. A two-CD set covers the selections that you are most likely to use within the classroom, and is included in the book at no additional charge; an optional 4-CD package completes the set of music selections that is mentioned within the book. All musical selections are also available online in streaming form and as downloads, within the optional set of CourseMate resources. Online Active Listening Guides -- available for all pieces in the book -- teach listening skills via highly-visual, graphical representations of the music's progression, accompanied by examples and commentary. Other web tools provide access to an complete, interactive eBook, an Engagement Tracker, biographical sketches, musical terms, interactive quizzes, links to related websites, and more. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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