Music: A Social Experience

by Steven Cornelius, Mary Natvig

By taking a thematic approach to the study of music appreciation, A Social Experience , Third Edition demonstrates how music reflects and deepens both individual and cultural understandings. Musical examples are presented within universally experienced social frameworks (ethnicity, gender, spirituality, love, and more) to help students understand how music reflects and advances human experience. Students engage with multiple genres (Western art music, popular music, and world music) through lively narratives and innovative activities. A companion website features streaming audio and instructors' resources. The third edition The culmination of thirty years of experimentation in the music appreciation classroom, this third edition of A Social Experience continues to empower lifelong musical learning by engaging students and readers on their own terms.

408 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2011

Reviews

[Grace Zhou · Rating 4 out of 5]

I truly enjoy this book. It is quite interesting introducing music in well-rounded aspect. Like music of culture, rhyme and how music change with time.