Annotated Instructors Edition - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130924563 ISBN 13 : 9780130924568

Synopsis

Book by Jeremy Yudkin

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

• Emphasizes careful listening, with an entire chapter devoted to the Art of Listening
• Places Western music in a global context
• Clarifies the distinct stylistic features of each historical oeriod, with chapter-end Style Summaries
• Explores the contributions of women throughout the ages
• Considers music of other cultures
• Incldues popular music in historical context

FOR THE TEACHER

• Annotated Instructor's Edition filled with helpful classroom suggestions
• Instructor's Resource Manual with chapter summaries, related readings, tests, and much more
• Computerized Test Bank in PC and Mac formats
• Custom Videotape compiled especially for Understanding Music
• Bonus CD contains additional useful, amusing, and instructive recordings

FOR THE STUDENT

• Companion Website® (www.prenhall.com/yudkin)
• CD-ROM containing the Listening Guides from the book in interactive format, composer biographies, and more
• Student Study Guide with chapter overviews, study questions, and listening exercises

LISTENING PACKAGES

• 7-CD Complete Collection with all of the music discussed in Understanding Music
• 3-CD Student Collection with the main musical selections from the book
• Expanded Repertoire Custom CD Contact your local Prentice Hall representative for details

Biographie de l'auteur

Jeremy Yudkin was born in England and educated in England and the United States. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Classical and Modern Languages from Cambridge University and his Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from Stanford University. He has taught at the Palo Alto Community Adult School, San Francisco State University, the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, Harvard University and, since 1982, at Boston University's School for the Arts and the Tanglewood Music Center. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Boston University's Society of Fellows, the Camargo Foundation, and the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, he has written articles for the Journal of the American Musicological Society, the Journal of Musicology, the Musical Quarterly, Musica Disciplina, and Music and Letters, and contributed to several volumes of essays. His research specialties include the Middle Ages, early Beethoven, and jazz studies. A noted lecturer, Professor Yudkin has given talks and presented papers across the United States and in Europe and Russia. He is the author of four previous books on various aspects of music and music history, including Music in Medieval Europe (Prentice Hall, 1989).

Dr. Yudkin is also an accomplished clarinetist, photographer, gardener, and soccer player. He and his wife, who is a teacher of French, have two children.

Détails de l'édition

• ISBN 10: 0130924563
• ISBN 13: 9780130924568
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible