Beethoven Variations on a Life by MarkEvanBonds Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2020 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-005408-3, ISBN: 0-19-005408-5
"Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career-even in the face of deafness-Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, the music historian Mark Evan Bonds argues, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Beethoven approached music as he approached life, weighing whatever occupied him from a variety of perspectives: a melodi ..."
The Beethoven Syndrome Hearing Music as Autobiography by MarkEvanBonds Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2019 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-006847-9, ISBN: 0-19-006847-7
"The "Beethoven Syndrome" is the inclination of listeners to hear music as the projection of a composer's inner self. This was a radically new way of listening that emerged only after Beethoven's death. Beethoven's music was a catalyst for this change, but only in retrospect, for it was not until after his death that listeners began to hear composers in general--and not just Beethoven--in their works, particularly in their instrumental m ..."
"What is music, and why does it move us? From Pythagoras to the present, writers have struggled to isolate the essence of "pure" or "absolute" music in ways that also account for its profound effect. In Absolute Music: The History of an Idea, Mark Evan Bonds traces the history of these efforts across more than two millennia, paying special attention to the relationship between music's essence and its qualities of form, expression, beauty ..."
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"For courses in Music Appreciation Listen to the music. Hear the elements. Connect your playlist. Listen to This is designed to connect students’ interest in the music on their own playlists with great music from throughout history and all over the world. It is based on the idea that all music is built on a combination of a few basic elements — melody, dynamics, rhythm, harmony, texture, timbre, form, and word-music relationships — ..."
Music as Thought(Reprint) Listening to the Symphony in the Age of Beethoven by MarkEvanBonds Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2015 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-16805-0, ISBN: 0-691-16805-9
"Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as "more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental music was now being hailed as a means to knowledge and embraced precisely because of its independence from the limits of language. What had once be ..."
"For courses in Music Appreciation Listen to the music. Hear the elements. Connect your playlist. Listen to This is designed to connect students' interest in the music on their own playlists with great music from throughout history and all over the world. It is based on the idea that all music is built on a combination of a few basic elements -- melody, dynamics, rhythm, harmony, texture, timbre, form, and word-music relationships -- ..."
" Learn the History of Music, through Music. A History of Music in Western Culture, 4/e is based on the premise that the best way to convey the history of Western music is to focus on specific works of music. The text is structured around a carefully selected repertory of music that reflects the development of the art form throughout time. Mark Evan Bonds helps readers gain a broad understanding of the nature of music, its role ..."
" Learn the History of Music, through Music. A History of Music in Western Culture, 4/e is based on the premise that the best way to convey the history of Western music is to focus on specific works of music. The text is structured around a carefully selected repertory of music that reflects the development of the art form throughout time. Mark Evan Bonds helps readers gain a broad understanding of the nature of music, its rol ..."
" Anthology of Scores — The text, A History of Music in Western Culture, 4th edition by Mark Evan Bonds, builds its narrative around the two-volume Anthology of Scores and a corresponding set of compact discs. Icons in the margin of the text cross-reference the scores and recordings of discussions in the Anthology. The works in the Anthology of Scores to A History of Music in Western Culture have been carefully selected to represent ..."
Listen to This(1st Edition) by MarkEvanBonds Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2008 by Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-183825-3, ISBN: 0-13-183825-3
"Listen to the music. Hear the elements. Expand your playlist. Informed by over 300 instructor and student reviews, Listen to This was created for today’s students. It will expand your students’ playlist with its listening-oriented approach and the integration of the musical elements. For the professor, it provides a customizable, modular format that gives you the flexibility to design your ideal music appreciation course. Listen t ..."
After Beethoven(Reprint) by MarkEvanBonds Hardcover, 226 Pages, Published 1996 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-73337-4, ISBN: 0-674-73337-1
" Beethoven cast a looming shadow over the nineteenth century. For composers he was a model both to emulate and to overcome. "You have no idea how it feels," Brahms confided, "when one always hears such a giant marching behind one." Exploring the response of five composers--Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Mahler--to what each clearly saw as the challenge of Beethoven's symphonies, Evan Bonds richly enhances our understanding ..."
" A book that will enable the reader to have a greater understanding of music's role in our lives, this is a comprehensive study of the history of music from antiquity to the modern era. This book makes its subject matter lively and engaging by including loads of information in a way that the reader can easily grasp with its clearly-written narrative, use of illustrations, information boxes, composer profiles, and generous quantities o ..."
Wordless Rhetoric(Reprint) (Studies in the History of Music) by MarkEvanBonds Hardcover, 252 Pages, Published 1991 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-73340-4, ISBN: 0-674-73340-1
"Although "form" is one of the most commonly used terms in music interpretation, it remains one of the most ambiguous. This study explores evolving ideas of musical form from a historical perspective and sheds light on current conceptualizations of music. Evan Bonds examines the image - dominant among 18th-century composers and analysts - of music as a language, a kind of wordless discourse, which could move audiences. In the Baroque and ..."
"This ISBN is for a digital download of the musical recordings to accompany Listen to This, Fourth Edition. This collection of music, chosen by author Mark Evan Bonds, includes 90 tracks, for 6–1/2 hours of music. Purchase this access code card in order to download the recordings package in Mp3 format from Sony Music."
" Listen to the music. Hear the elements. Expand your playlist. Created for today’s students, Listen To This, 3/e provides readers with the tools to listen to music, hear the elements, and ultimately expand their musical horizons. Readers are encouraged to explore history, culture, and musical styles through active listening, not just through passive reading. By concentrating on the elements of music, students develop the ability ..."
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