by Joseph Kerman; Gary Tomlinson
Seventh Edition ©2012
ISBN-10: 0-312-59347-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-59347-6 Paper Text, 480 pages See available formats »
“I find Listen's overall structure, its sensibility to music's historical and philosophical contexts, and its elegant language very effective when teaching non-music majors….But what I like most about the book is its focus on listening, which makes it engage the students with music in the most direct way there is.”—Anna Nisnevich, University of Pittsburgh “I have always found Listen to be the best written among the standard music appreciation textbooks available. Over time the addition of new repertoire and styles to the musical selections has been well thought out and reasoned.”—Daniel Beller-McKenna, University of New Hampshire “Listen's best feature is that, unlike most such texts, it does not condescend to students. Without becoming esoteric, it treats students as the young adults they are. My students have consistently commented that they appreciate this.”—Jonathan Gibson, James Madison University “Listen does an excellent job of explaining music fundamentals and historical Western music styles for the beginning student; Kerman and Tomlinson do not assume that the student reader has any prior knowledge of music, so the explanations are thorough and start from a common point of reference.” —Lynn Shane, Salem State College “Kerman and Tomlinson do a wonderful job of clearly explaining complex topics like rhythm, texture, form, and style.”—Molly M. Breckling, Austin Peay State University “The design is wonderful-it is so beautifully presented, yet clear and user friendly….The Listening Charts are the best charts I've seen-the judicious use of notation, the color-coded text translations, and the concise descriptive and musical terminology are all excellent.”—Jeanne Belfy, Boise State University “The Companion DVD is a fantastic idea. Many of the students in a music appreciation class have never seen live Western art music and it's great for them to have a visual image of what an opera would look like.”—James N. (Nick) Curry, University of North Florida “I love and appreciate the incredible instructor resources available for this textbook. I find the lecture and discussion ideas to be very useful-far more useful than those provided with any other textbook I have ever used.” —Debra Throgmorton, Front Range Community College
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