Music Listening Today : With Enhanced Cds

Now in its Second Edition, Charles Hoffer's best-selling MUSIC LISTENING TODAY teaches students to enjoy all types of music--taking them beyond superficial listening while developing their knowledge of musical styles, forms, and genres. This affordable, brief, chronological survey of music begins with a chapter that emphasizes the reasons for learning about music. The chapter also offers suggestions for improving listening skills and using the 89 "Listening Guides" presented throughout the text.

This music appreciation text aims to help readers enhance enjoyment of various types of music by increasing knowledge of music and improving listening skills. In addition to orchestral, vocal concert, popular, film, and folk/ethnic music examples, it offers biographical sketches of the composers, discussion of historical and cultural contexts, and coverage of various genres and forms. In the listening guides to 89 works, Huff (U. of Florida) presents the various elements such as rhythm, harmony, instrumentation, form, and other such topics in an interesting, concise manner. The two included CD-ROMs contain selections from all the listening guides throughout the text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)