Music: An Appreciation
by Roger Kamien
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Through seven editions, Roger Kamien's Music: An Appreciation has become the most widely used text for Music Appreciation and Introduction to Music Literature courses. The author has approached his new eight edition with the goal of re-examining the scholarship and refreshing the repertoire while maintaining the strengths that have made the book number one - the clear presentation of musical elements, the vivid depiction of music history, the carefully chosen musical examples, the detailed show more and informative Listening Outlines, and the unsurpassed supplements package. show lessTags
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A good textbook for a general overview of music. Easy to read and written for a general (not necessarily scholarly) audience.
Music, History of Music, Western Music, non-Western Music
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2010
Classifications
- Genres
- Music, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 780 — Arts & recreation Music Music
- LCC
- MT6 .K22 .M9 — Music Instruction and study Instruction and study Music theory
- BISAC
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- Languages
- 5 — Chinese, English, French, Multiple languages, No linguistic content
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 91
- ASINs
- 7
