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How to Listen to Great Music
How to Listen to Great Music: A Guide to Its History, Culture, and Heart | Robert Greenberg
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From one of the most trusted names in continuing educationthe knowledge you need to unlock "the most abstract and sublime of all the arts." Whether you're listening in a concert hall or on your iPod, concert music has the power to move you. The right knowledge can deepen the ability of this music to edify, enlighten, and stir the soul. In How to Listen to Great Music, Professor Robert Greenberg, a composer and music historian, presents a comprehensive, accessible guide to how music has mirrored Western history, that will transform the experience of listening for novice and long-time listeners alike. You will learn how to listen for key elements in different genres of music - from madrigals to minuets and from sonatas to symphonies-along with the enthralling history of great music from ancient Greece to the 20th century. You'll get answers to such questions as Why was Beethoven so important? How did the Enlightenment change music? And what's so great about opera anyway? How to Listen to Great Music will let you finally hear what you've been missing. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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DieAReader
DieAReader
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music | Robert Greenberg
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Although very interesting, the technicality & high density is beyond my ability to retain/remember.

I‘ll just enjoy the music & compositions from the greats without trying to tear them apart🎧🎻🎹😏

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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 8mo
CoverToCoverGirl Off the list! 👏👏 8mo
DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks ❤️‍🔥🤓 8mo
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DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 🤣Wasn‘t even on the list! Was an impulse & after 36%, I just couldn‘t take it anymore! 8mo
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 8mo
DieAReader @dabbe 😏📚🤓 8mo
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DieAReader
DieAReader
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music | Robert Greenberg
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Something a little bit lighter for before bed. 🧠food from my audible tbr library🤓🎧📖

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 9mo
CoverToCoverGirl How was it? 9mo
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl ❤️‍🔥Only done the 1st lecture so far but very intriguing🤓 🤣Reminds me of sitting in my grade school music class learning about the great composers📚 9mo
CoverToCoverGirl @DieAReader the only thing I remember from music class were the flutes everyone tried, I was horrendous at it.🤭 9mo
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How to Listen to Great Music: A Guide to Its History, Culture, and Heart | Robert Greenberg
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Who else listens to music when they read? I often do when I read nonfiction, a habit that goes back to my uni days.

What are your favorite playlists, stations and/or songs to listen to while reading? Leave a link or list in the comments!

lauren.lerner I like the Gentle Classical playlist on Spotify. 7y
KirstieE I listen to the coffeehouse playlist on Spotify , sets the mood for reading ! 7y
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GoneFishing
GoneFishing
How to Listen to Great Music: A Guide to Its History, Culture, and Heart | Robert Greenberg

We are hardwired to hear and make music. Yes, we will sigh with pleasure when we hear a favorite theme played by an orchestra, and who hasn‘t felt a stab of nostalgia, or even brushed away a tear, when hearing a song reminiscent of youth or a lost love? However, such exquisite moments notwithstanding, the musical experience represents something far deeper. Broadly defined, music is sound in time...

Sydsavvy Wow, "music is sound in time" ??????? 7y
Anna40 Does the author give a short overview of the main composers throughout the centuries? Does he go into the historical context as well? I've been looking for such an introduction to classical music and jazz... 7y
GoneFishing @Anna40 yes he does. I listened to it on audible and it was great. Just started another one called music as a mirror to history. Got a great lesson on Elizabeth 1 and music of the time in the first lecture. 7y
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Anna40 Great! Thank you! Do you have any suggestions for jazz music? 7y
GoneFishing Haven‘t listened to it but there‘s a course called elements of jazz by bill messenger on audible. 7y
GoneFishing @Anna40 7y
Anna40 Thanks! 7y
Anna40 I ordered this book and The essential Canon of classical music.
[tagged book]The Essential Canon of Classical Music
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GoneFishing
How to Listen to Great Music: A Guide to Its History, Culture, and Heart | Robert Greenberg

Along the way [Mozart] got married; fathered seven children (two of whom survived into adulthood); performed as a pianist; violinist; and conductor; maintained a successful teaching studio; wrote thousands of letters; traveled widely; attended the theater religiously; played cards, billiards, and bocce; and rode horseback for exercise. Not bad for someone portrayed as a giggling idiot in the movies.

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