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1	The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening more books like this by Kristine Forney add to wishlist With three million copies sold over nine editions, "The Enjoyment of Music" is the best-selling music appreciation text of all time. Spanning the Middle Ages through the twenty-first century, the text offers a thorough introduction to the elements of music, a broad overview of the history of musical styles, and fascinating cultural contexts and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Listening to Music more books like this by Professor Craig Wright add to wishlist More than any other music appreciation text, "Listening to Music, 5th Edition", helps students to develop and refine their listening skills. Wright covers traditional Western music from medieval to modern and integrates non-Western music throughout the text where appropriate, drawing comparisons between Western and non-Western musical cultures. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Music: An Appreciation more books like this by Roger Kamien add to wishlist This book is the leading text for the nonmajors' introduction to music courses. Some of the books distinctive features include the listening outlines (created by Kamien), the clear concise writing style, the well chosen examples, and the strong elements section. The fifth edition includes new selections throughout, additional listening outlines, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Alfred's Basic Adult All-In-One Piano Course: Level 1 more books like this by Willard Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco add to wishlist Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for the beginner looking for a truly complete piano course that includes lesson, theory, technic and popular repertoire in one convenient, all-in-one book. This course has a number of features that make it particularly successful in achieving this goal, among them are smooth progression between ... see all copies from $7.07! new only from $9.66!
5	Music more books like this by Roger Kamien add to wishlist "Music: An Appreciation", sixth edition, is an exciting new revision of the most widely used text for the non-majors' introduction to music or music appreciation courses. Instructors have made Kamien's "Music: An Appreciation" the leading book because of its thorough coverage (including world music), because of its well-chosen examples (based on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $62.74! \| SVS
6	Music Listening Today more books like this by Charles R Hoffer add to wishlist Go beyond just listening to develop your knowledge of musical styles, forms, and genres with "Cengage Advantage Books: Music Listening Today, 3e". This compact edition is a complete course package - text and two CDs. With dozens of engaging familiar and less familiar selections at your fingertips, you can learn how to listen to and appreciate all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.33! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music more books like this by Victor L Wooten add to wishlist From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Wooten comes the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. see all copies from $6.81! new only from $6.81! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Norton Recordings: For the Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening, Shorter Tenth Edition more books like this by Kristine Forney (Supplement by) add to wishlist Offers exceptional recordings of the most important works. see all copies from $11.85! new only from $25.01!
9	Listen more books like this by Kerman add to wishlist An introduction to Western music from the Middle Ages through Bach and Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, Aaron Copeland and Duke Ellington. Aiming to teach students to listen critically, the book presents the vocabulary, elements, structures, styles and forms of music. Supplementary cassettes or CDs are also available. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Alfred's Group Piano for Adults Student Book, Bk 1: An Innovative Method Enhanced with Audio and MIDI Files for Practice and Performance, Book & CD-ROM more books like this by E L Lancaster, Kenon D Renfrow, Alfred Publishing (Editor) add to wishlist The Second Edition of Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 1, includes updates inspired by numerous recommendations from group piano teachers and students. This book includes a CD-ROM containing both Audio and General MIDI Files of the 500+ accompaniments included in the text, each with an interesting and engaging arrangement coupled with the ... see all copies from $26.17! new only from $33.14!
11 view cover	Music and the Mind more books like this by Anthony Storr add to wishlist Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most tangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this book, he explores why this should be so. Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The World in Six Songs more books like this by Daniel J Levitin add to wishlist The author of the "New York Times" bestseller and "Los Angeles Times" Book Award Finalist "This Is Your Brain on Music" tunes into six evolutionary musical forms that brought about the evolution of human culture. see all copies from $3.81! new only from $9.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination more books like this by Robert Jourdain add to wishlist Jourdain examines the effects of music on listeners, and why and how it differs from words. He draws from science, psychology, music theory, and philosophy to present the forces at work when music works its magic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	World of Music more books like this by David Willoughby add to wishlist "The World of Music" is a music appreciation book designed for instructors who want to focus on listening to music as it exists in the real world of their students. Expanding the traditional repertoire used for music study, this popular text begins with American folk, religious, jazz, popular, and ethnic music before introducing some world music ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Norton Anthology of Western Music, Volume 1 more books like this by Professor J Peter Burkholder (Editor), Professor Claude V Palisca (Editor) add to wishlist This comprehensive collection of 205 scores illustrates every significant trend and genre of western music from antiquity to modern times. Highlights of the repertoire include new works from all periods: more contrasting virelais, ballades and other chansons from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries; large-scale choral works, including ... see all copies from $30.83! new only from $33.55!
16 view cover	Understanding Music more books like this by Jeremy Yudkin add to wishlist For undergraduate-level courses in Music Appreciation. Understanding Music teaches students what to listen for in music. Jeremy Yudkin's text is a rich music appreciation program that supports the instructor's ultimate goal of teaching active listening. By focusing on music of the Western tradition in its social, historical, and global context, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Experience Music! more books like this by Katherine Charlton add to wishlist "Experience Music!" provides an innovative approach to the fundamental challenge of the music appreciation course: the development of real listening skills in each student. With its unique three-part chapter structure in which one piece of music is experienced three times over the course of the chapter, this new text offers a fresh, exciting, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $54.19! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening more books like this by Joseph Machlis add to wishlist The special features of this music appreciation handbook include detailed listening guides, cultural perspectives that shed light on the music of the world, quotes from composers and "The Norton Recordings" which provide performances of all listening examples. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Enjoyment of Music more books like this by Joseph Machlis add to wishlist This instructor's manual has been designed to accompany the 6th edition of a music appreciation textbook, which emphasizes a genre approach rather than a composer-masterpiece approach. It introduces material on women composers, such as Clara Schumann, and the music of Africa and Asia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	6 CD Set to Accompany Listen more books like this by Joseph Kerman, Gary Tomlinson add to wishlist see all copies from $25.19! new only from $85.91!
21 view cover	Music: The Art of Listening more books like this by Jean Ferris add to wishlist Emphasizing music in the context of the society that surrounds it, "Music: The Art of Listening" weaves the development of Western music into the fabric of cultural history, paying special attention to the biographies of significant composers. In a clear and accessible format, it introduces music from centuries past as well as that of the current ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Listen: Brief more books like this by Joseph Kerman, Gary Tomlinson add to wishlist This classic introductory text, which changed the way the course was taught when it was first introduced, teaches students how to listen to music better than any other music appreciation text. Listen helps students become active listeners, and it places music in a cultural context that makes music more accessible to students. The new brief edition ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.22!
23 view cover	The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body more books like this by Steven Mithen add to wishlist Along with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while the evolutionary origins of language have provoked speculation and impassioned debate, those of that other aural and vocal communication system, music, have been neglected if not ignored. Like language it is ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $9.28! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Joy of Music more books like this by Leonard Bernstein add to wishlist Based on the "Omnibus" television show, Bernstein introduces the reader to the meaning and joys of music. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.90! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer more books like this by Ted Reed add to wishlist Voted second on Modern Drummer's list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993, Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums. Created exclusively to address syncopation, it has earned its place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.87! \| first editions

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