Music : an appreciation

What does it take to make a great performance? It takes great music, a great performer and a great instrument. __Music: An Appreciation__ includes some of the greatest music ever created. Roger Kamien’s excellence as an interpreter of that music has made his program number one in the market used by over half a million students since its conception. Now, CONNECT Kamien provides the world-class instrument that allows __Music: An Appreciation__ to bring great music to his audience in an extraordinary new way. __Music: An Appreciation__ is the right music, the right interpreter, and the right instrument. Elements. Sound : Pitch, Dynamics, And Tone Color ; Performing Media : Voices And Instruments ; Rhythm ; Music Notation ; Melody ; Harmony ; Key ; Musical Texture ; Musical Form ; Performance ; Musical Style -- The Middle Ages. Music In The Middle Ages (450-1450) ; Gregorian Chant ; Secular Music In The Middle Ages ; The Development Of Polyphony : Organum ; Fourteenth-century Music : The New Art In Italy And France -- The Renaissance. Music In The Renaissance (1450-1600) ; Sacred Music In The Renaissance ; Secular Music In The Renaissance ; The Venetian School : From Renaissance To Baroque -- The Baroque Period. Baroque Music (1600-1750) ; Music In Baroque Society ; The Concerto Grosso And Ritornello Form ; The Fugue ; The Elements Of Opera ; Opera In The Baroque Era ; Claudio Monteverdi ; Henry Purcell ; The Baroque Sonata ; Arcangelo Corelli ; Antonio Vivaldi ; Johann Sebastian Bach ; The Baroque Suite ; The Chorale And Church Cantata ; The Oratorio ; George Frideric Handel -- The Classical Period. The Classical Style (1750-1820) ; Composer, Patron, And Public In The Classical Period ; Sonata Form ; Theme And Variations ; Minuet And Trio ; Rondo ; The Classical Symphony ; The Classical Concerto ; Classical Chamber Music ; Joseph Haydn ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Ludwig Van Beethoven -- The Romantic Period. Romanticism In Music (1820-1900) ; Romantic Composers And Their Public ; The Art Song ; Franz Schubert ; Robert Schumann ; Clara Wieck Schumann ; Frédéric Chopin ; Franz Liszt ; Felix Mendelssohn ; Program Music ; Hector Berlioz ; Nationalism In Nineteenth-century Music ; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Bedřich Smetana ; Antonin Dvořak ; Johannes Brahms ; Giuseppe Verdi ; Giacomo Puccini ; Richard Wagner ; Gustav Mahler -- The Twentieth Century And Beyond. Musical Styles : 1900-1945 ; Music And Musicians In Society ; Impressionism And Symbolism ; Claude Debussy ; Maurice Ravel ; Neoclassicism ; Igor Stravinsky ; Expressionism ; Arnold Schoenberg ; Alban Berg ; Anton Webern ; Béla Bartók ; Dmitri Shostakovich ; Charles Ives ; George Gershwin ; William Grant Still ; Aaron Copland ; Alberto Ginastera ; Musical Styles Since 1945 ; Music Since 1945 : Eight Representative Pieces -- Jazz. Jazz Styles : 1900-1950 ; Ragtime ; Blues ; New Orleans Style ; Swing ; Bebop ; Jazz Styles Since 1950 -- Music For Stage And Screen. Musical Theater ; Leonard Bernstein ; Music In Film -- Rock. Rock Styles ; Rock In American Society ; The Beatles -- Nonwestern Music. Music In Nonwestern Cultures ; Music In Sub-saharan Africa ; Classical Music Of India ; Koto Music Of Japan. Accompanying Cd 1. Lohengrin. Prelude To Act Iii / Wagner -- Prelude In C Minor For Piano, Op. 28, No. 20 / Chopin -- Firebird. Scene 2 / Stravinsky -- C Jam Blues / Ellington -- The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra / Britten -- The Stars And Stripes Forever / Sousa -- I Got Rhythm / Gershwin -- Unsquare Dance / Brubeck -- Over The Rainbow / Arlen -- Prelude In E Minor For Piano / Chopin -- L'arlésienne Suite, No. 2. Farandole / Bizet -- Nutcracker. Dance Of The Reed Pipes / Tchaikovsky -- Suite In E Minor For Lute. Bourrée / Bach -- Alleluia : Vidimus Stellam / Anon. -- O Successores / Hildegard Von Bingen -- Estampie / Anon. -- Alleluia : Nativitas = The Birth / Perotin -- Ecco La Primavera / Landini -- Puis Qu'en Oubli ; Notre Dame Mass. Agnus Dei / Machaut -- Ave Maria, Virgo Serena / Josquin -- Pope Marcellus Mass. Kyrie / Palestrina -- As Vesta Was Descending / Weelkes -- Flow My Tears / Dowland. Accompanying Cd 2. Terpsichore. Passamezo ; Galliard / Caroubel -- Plaudite / Gabrieli -- Concerto No. 5 In D Major : Brandenburg. I-iii ; Organ Fugue In G Minor / Bach -- Orfeo. Tu Se' Morta / Monteverdi -- Dido's Lament / Purcell -- Trio Sonata In A Minor, Op. 3, No. 10. I-ii / Corelli -- The Four Seasons. La Primavera. I-iii / Vivaldi -- The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor ; Suite No. 3 In D Major, S. 1068. Air ; Bourrée ; Gigue ; Wachtet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme. I, Iv, Vii / Bach. Accompanying Cd 3. Messiah. Sinfonia ; Comfort Ye ; Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted ; For Unto Us A Child Is Born ; Hallelujah Chorus / Handel -- Symphony No. 40 In G Minor / Mozart -- Symphony No. 94 In G Major : Surprise. I-ii / Haydn -- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Mozart -- String Quartet In C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 / Beethoven -- Trumpet Concerto In E-flat Major / Haydn. Accompanying Cd 4. Don Giovanni. Madamina ; Là Ci Darem La Mano ; Piano Concerto No. 23 In A Major ; Requiem In D Minor. Dies Irae / Mozart -- Piano Sonata In C Minor, Op. 13 : Pathétique ; Symphony No. 5 / Beethoven. Accompanying Cd 5. Erlkönig ; Die Forelle ; Piano Quintet In A Major : Trout / Schubert -- Carnaval. Chiarina ; Chopin ; Estrella ; Reconnaissance (reunion) / R. Schumann -- Romance In E-flat Minor, Op. 11, No. 1 / C.w. Schumann -- Nocturne In E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 ; Étude In C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 : Revolutionary ; Polonaise In A-flat Major, Op. 53 / Chopin -- Transcendental étude No. 10 In F Minor / Liszt -- Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In E Minor / Mendelssohn -- Symphonie Fantastique. Iv, March To The Scaffold ; V, Dream Of A Witches' Sabbath / Berlioz -- Pictures At An Exhibition / Mussorgsky-ravel. Accompanying Cd 6. Romeo And Juliet. Overture-fantasy / Tchaikovsky -- The Moldau / Smetana -- Symphony No. 9 In E Minor : From The New World / Dvorák -- Symphony No. 3 In F Major ; A German Requiem. How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place / Brahms -- Rigoletto / Verdi. Accompanying Cd 7. La Bohème. Excerpt From Act I / Puccini -- Die Walküre. Act I. Love Scene, Conclusion / Wagner -- Ging Heut' Morgen über's Feld / Mahler -- Prélude à L'après-midi D'un Faune ; Voiles / Debussy -- Bolero / Ravel -- Le Sacre Du Printemps. Introduction, Omens Of Spring, Dances Of The Youths And Maidens, Ritual Of Abduction, Sacrificial Dance ; Symphony Of Psalms. First Movement / Stravinsky. Accompanying Cd 8. Pierrot Lunaire = Moonstruck Pierrot ; A Survivor From Warsaw / Schoenberg -- Wozzeck. Act Iii. Scenes 4-5 / Berg -- Five Pieces For Orchestra. Third Piece / Webern -- Concerto For Orchestra. I-ii / Bartók -- Symphony No. 5 In D Minor. Ii / Shostakovich -- Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut / Ives -- Afro-american Symphony. Third Movement / Still -- Rhapsody In Blue / Gershwin -- Appalachian Spring. Theme And Variations On Simple Gifts / Copland -- Estancia Suite, Op. 8. Malambo / Ginastera. Accompanying Cd 9. Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano. Sonata Ii / Cage -- Poème électronique = Electronic Poem / Varèse -- Threnody : To The Victims Of Hiroshima / Penderecki -- From Where Do You Come, My Love, My Child? / Crumb -- Einstein On The Beach. Knee-play I / Glass -- Concerto Grosso 1985 / Zwilich -- Short Ride In A Fast Machine / Adams -- Shard / Carter -- Maple Leaf Rag / Joplin -- Lost Your Head Blues / Smith -- Dippermouth Blues / Oliver -- Hotter Than That / Armstrong -- Ko Ko / Parker -- Miles Runs The Voodoo Down / Davis -- West Side Story. America ; Tonight / Bernstein -- Ompeh / Trad. -- Mitamba Yalagala Kumchuzi / Anon. -- Maru-bihag / Shankar -- Godan Binuta / Mitsuzaki Kengyo. Roger Kamien. Accompanying Compact Discs Contain Musical Examples By Various Performers. Includes Bibliographical References.