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Available 2/07
Listen
SIXTH EDITION
Joseph Kerman
University of California, Berkeley
Gary Tomlinson
University of Pennsylvania
© 2008
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“Listen is the state of the art for music appreciation text packages. The integrated Listening Charts and ample resources for instructors make this a sleek and flexible tool for introducing students to engaged listening.”
—Carmelo Comberiati, Manhattanville College |
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35 minutes of video excerpts
let students experience notable performances of some of the important works discussed in the text:
- Mozart, Don Giovanni, from Act I, scene 3 (Vincent Bataillon, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)
- Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, from Part I (Pierre Boulez, London Symphony)
- Berg, Wozzeck, Act III, scenes iii and iv (Peter Mussbach, Frankfurt Opera)
- Adams, El Niño, “Pues mi Dios ha nacido a penar,” “When Herod Heard,” and “Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good” (Peter Sellars, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)
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A scene from El Niño by John Adams |
Eleven audio tracks on the DVD
(approximately 50 minutes of music) accompany the Listening Exercises throughout Unit I, which help students practice listening for fundamental elements in music.
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“Your instructor and student Web site is an asset to be cherished. I was not prepared for this type of excellence.”
—Craig E. Ferrin, Salt Lake Community College |
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Improved Interactive Listening Charts guide students through multiple listenings of major works.
Many charts are now enhanced with photos of instruments, pop-up glossary definitions, and activities for second and third listenings. And improved technology provides a user-friendly experience for both Mac and PC users.
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The popular Instruments of the Orchestra
feature familiarizes students with the real (not synthesized) sound of orchestral instruments.
Please be patient while this application loads. It is worth the wait! The first time the application loads on a T1 connection,
it will take approximately 10 minutes to start; you will see a progress bar as each instrument is loaded.
Thereafter, as long as it remains in your browser cache it should load quickly.
Alternatively, downloading this application to your Windows desktop (using the link below) will provide quicker
access.
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Listening Quizzes now test students’ skills with brief, streamed excerpts
of the same musical selections they study in the book. Students no longer need to use the CDs to take a quiz!
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Extensive chapter study materials help students practice and test their understanding
of key concepts from the book. The Listen Web site includes multiple-choice quizzes on chapter content, a library of links to useful Web sites, a hyperlinked glossary, interactive flashcards for every chapter, and guidelines for writing concert reports.
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Full student access to the Web site
—available when packaged—adds the eBook and interactive tutorials on music fundamentals.
The Listen e-book integrates the Interactive Listening Charts and other Web site resources and offers students helpful highlighting and note-taking features. With access to the e-book, students also get the interactive tutorials on music fundamentals. With the e-book, instructors can select or rearrange chapters and add their own text, images, and Web links. Activation codes for the e-book can be packaged with the text at a substantial discount.
The six online tutorials—available when packaged—are designed to supplement Unit I, “Fundamentals” and the seven Listening Exercises in that unit. Each tutorial features a “Study” section with a voiceover narrative and audiovisual examples illustrating the main concepts of the topic at hand. Then a “Practice” section offers numerous listening examples with questions and detailed feedback so that students can test their skills. Tutorials cover the following topics:
- Rhythm, Meter and Tempo
- Pitch and Scales
- Major and Minor Modes
- Harmony
- Texture
- Notation
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