The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening

by Kristine Forney, Joseph Machlis

Easy to read, easy to teach, The Enjoyment of Music has been the most trusted introduction to music for over five decades. The Eleventh Edition reflects how today's students learn, listen to, and live with music. With an accessible, student-friendly treatment of the subject, it emphasizes context to show how music fits in the everyday lives of people throughout history, and connects culture, performance, and technology to the lives of students today. The new edition features a streamlined and memorable narrative, more cultural and historical context, and in-text features that encourage and develop critical thinking skills.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

428 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

Often overgeneralizes and chooses less mainstream music samples to associate with entire time period. Calls Scandinavia a country (problematic when your professor is from Finland) and gives almost no notice to American music or folk music in general. Would have liked more details instead of so much written attention to musical style that doesn't matter much.