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020 $a9780195210286
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050 00 $aMT6.H582$bU5 1993
082 00 $a780$220
100 1 $aHopkins, Antony,$d1921-2014.
245 10 $aUnderstanding music /$cAntony Hopkins.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1993.
300 $a255 pages :$billustrations, music ;$c20 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: London : J.M. Dent, 1979.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 2 $aBeginnings : sound and hearing : rhythm, melody and harmony -- The Meaning and implications of tonality and modulation : key relationships ; Twentieth-century departures -- Form and Its Function : Recognizable units : single-shape pieces : Prelude -- Fugue -- Variations and Chaconne, ground bass, passacaglia -- Sonta from -- Rondo -- Sonata -- Symphony -- Concerto -- Symphonic poem and concert overture.
505 2 $aIdiom : Different ages, different modes of expression -- Four twentieth-century composers -- Historical divide between liturgical and secular -- Emergence of national styles -- Polyphony -- Operatic innovation and expression -- Development of harmony -- Tuning and equal temperament -- Keyboard and strings as new elements -- Idiom and medium interact -- Changes of style and their acceleration.
505 2 $aPurpose and Method : Approahces to composition -- Intuition and intellect -- An Analysis of movements by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Panufnik -- Interpreters : the Musical code -- The Significance of single chords -- A Beethoven enigma -- Seeeing implications -- Interpreters' responsibilities.
505 2 $aMeanings : Pictorial music and the misinterpretation of imagery -- Composing and emotions -- The Idea and the mould -- Some comparisons of structures -- The Change of language -- Descriptive music and the different time-scale -- Compositional processes -- Challenges : An Approach to three works that present difficulties to the listener : Grosse fuge, Op. 133 / Beethoven ; The Rite of Spring / Stravinsky ; 6 Bagatelles for string quartet, Op. 9, No. 1 / Webern.
505 2 $aWords and Music : Differences between song and speech -- Extensions of words in Monteverdi -- Dowland's expressive harmony -- Rhythmic freedom of Elizabethan settings -- Purcell -- Probelms of early opera -- Mozart's mastery of ensemble -- Schubert and song -- Links between Stravinsky and Tippett with past style -- Symbolims in Britten -- Listening : The Corruption of music -- Qualities reguired in a listener -- virtues of live performance -- Appreciation of the special moment -- Horizontal or vertical listening -- Performer's contribution -- Value of rehearsals -- Developing appreciation.
650 0 $aMusic appreciation.
650 7 $aMusic appreciation.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01030494
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