Dallin, Leon. <br/><br/>
Listeners guide to musical understanding. / 
Leon Dallin. 
 - 8th ed. 
 - Madison, Wis. :  Brown & Benchmark,  1994. 
 - xii, 361 + various pagings :  ill.;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Introduction -- The Materials and elements of music: Characteristics of sounds -- Sources of musical sound -- Mediums of music -- Elements of music -- Texture in music -- The Forms and genres of music: Small homophonic forms -- Large homophonic forms -- Polyphonic forms -- Variation forms -- Multimovement forms -- Free and miscellaneous forms -- Program music -- Dramatic music; opera -- Dramatic music: Ballet and incidental -- Song forms -- Choral forms and religious music -- The Periods and styles of muisc: Music before 1600 -- The Baroque period (1600- 1750) -- The Viennese classic period (1750-1825) -- The Romantic age (1815- 1900) -- Nationalism and impressionism -- Modern music to 1950 -- The New music -- Jazz -- Folk and popular music -- The Music of other cultures -- Appendix.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0697125092 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93071215  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music appreciation.<br/>Music--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MT6.D135.L6  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.1/7