Music Listening Today (with CD) (Available Titles CengageNOW) - Softcover

Hoffer, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 049509076X ISBN 13: 9780495090762

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2006

Synopsis

Charles Hoffer's best-selling MUSIC LISTENING TODAY is a complete course solution that develops students' listening skills while teaching them to appreciate the different styles, forms, and genres of music. This affordable, brief, chronological survey text features two CDs-automatically included with new copies of the book at no additional cost-that contain the text's core music selections. It also features CengageNOW, an online multimedia tool that helps students hone their listening skills while it aids instructors in organizing and managing their courses. As in previous editions, MUSIC LISTENING TODAY provides dozens of familiar and less familiar selections-all carefully chosen for their ability to get students interested in listening to all kinds of music. The text's modular format lets instructors teach in any way they choose.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Hoffer is Professor of Music at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He formerly taught at Indiana University, served as president of the Music Educators National Conference, and is an established author of books and articles about music.

Review:

"Its three greatest strengths to me are: 1: the multimedia presentation, 2: the succinctness of the text and CDS, and 3: the examples both audio and visual (art work reproductions.) ... I chose the book because of the multimedia component, and also as a music educator, my respect for Dr. Hoffer. ... I am more likely to purchase this text with the new changes."

"The chapters are a perfect length for my students. The information is organized in a useful and logical fashion and the amount of detail is ideal. ... Students have the resources to answer their own questions with ease. ... The chapters on basic Western music history are excellent. ... The bios, coda sections, listening guides, definitions and visual examples are fantastic."

"These [features of MusicListeningNow] are valuable improvements. ... Using [it] to further illustrate concepts which are frequently new and confusing to the students is an excellent idea."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 049509076X
• ISBN 13: 9780495090762
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 380