What we hear in music; a laboratory course of study in music history and appreciation, for four years of high school, academy, college, music club or home study

About this book

For students undertaking several years of music study, Anne Faulkner Oberndorfer’s course combines musical principles with lessons in history, orchestral music, opera, and oratorio. In its treatment of Bach, the book links his German church music and keyboard writing to the foundations of later instrumental music. The account of oratorio begins with Philip Neri’s Bible scenes for young people in Rome, where music was added to support their enactment. Listening questions ask students to sort out the mood of Handel arias and hear how instruments such as flute and brass shape a piece.