Gateway to Musical Perspective

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE – THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC
CHAPTER 1: What is Music?
CHAPTER 2: Musical “Elephants”
CHAPTER 3: Musical Form
CHAPTER 4: Musical Rhythm

PART TWO – VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
CHAPTER 5: Vocal Music – Verdi’s La Traviata
CHAPTER 6: Vocal Music – The Contemporary Intertribal Powwow
CHAPTER 7: Instrumental Music – Miles Davis and Kind of Blue
CHAPTER 8: Instrumental Music – Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

PART THREE – HUMAN-MUSICAL COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 9: Program Music – The Chinese Guqin and Symphonie Fantastique
CHAPTER 10: Music and Text – German Romantic Lieder
CHAPTER 11: Music and Text – John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme
CHAPTER 12: Creative Genius – Jimi Hendrix

EPILOGUE