Elements: A Workbook for Freshman Music

by Peter Kalkavage

50 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Peter Kalkavage was a longtime tutor at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he taught from 1977 until 2024 and served as director of the St. John’s Chorus. A scholar of philosophy and music, he authored The Logic of Desire: An Introduction to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and contributed to acclaimed translations of Plato’s Timaeus, Phaedo, Statesman, and Symposium for the Focus Philosophical Library. He also wrote On the Measurement of Tones and Elements: A Workbook for Freshman Music, both widely used in the college’s music program.

Reviews

[Trey Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This a good study if you know nothing about music. Otherwise, it’s good for a quick refresher.