Combining outstanding listening pedagogy with clear writing and cutting-edge digital resources, THE ESSENTIAL LISTENING TO MUSIC, 2e delivers a streamlined and succinct presentation of classical music that inspires a lifelong appreciation of music. Scholar and master-teacher Craig Wright focuses on the key concepts and works presented within a typical Music Appreciation course. Organized chronologically, the text discusses musical examples from each historical period within its social context--giving students a sense of a piece's construction as well as its historical and cultural meaning. Designed to develop listening skills and challenge students, the text's wide range of resources includes online Listening Exercises for most pieces in the text, streaming music, computer-enhanced Active Listening Guides, and chapterwide and critical thinking quizzes for the entire text. Students also can download music covered in the text directly to a music library, and instructors can customize the text to fit their specific needs by including pop and global music from the larger edition of LISTENING TO MUSIC. Fully integrated with MindTap, the Second Edition gives students the ultimate anytime, anywhere personalized learning experience--and provides instructors with gradable activities. This edition's MindTap also includes new learning objectives to help students focus on key topics, engaging new animations created by Stephen Malinowski to open most chapters, new critical thinking items in each chapter, individual YouTube players, and instant audio for most examples in the book.
