More than any other music appreciation text, LISTENING TO MUSIC, 5th Edition, helps students to develop and refine their listening skills. Wright covers traditional Western music from medieval to modern and integrates non-Western music throughout the text where appropriate, drawing comparisons between Western and non-Western musical cultures. Concluding chapters discuss popular music and its impact on musical globalization. Musical examples from each historical period are discussed within their social context, giving students a broad sense not only of the construction of a piece, but also of its historical and cultural meaning. This chronological text offers instructors and students particular help in developing listening skills in three ways: First, a free "Introduction to Listening" CD comes packaged with each student copy of the text. This CD plays all of the music discussed in the music fundamentals chapters in Part I of the text, providing numerous demonstrations and quizzes, as well as an audio guide called "Instruments of the Orchestra." Second, Wright's text is the only one to provide Listening Exercises built into the book; a total of 47 Exercises delve deeply into the core repertory. Third, computer-enhanced Active Listening Guides and listening quizzes for all of the music in the text are available at no extra cost from the Thomson Schirmer website to further challenge and test your students.

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作者：（美国）克雷格•莱特 （Craig Wright）

克雷格•莱特 （Craig Wright），1966年获伊斯曼音乐学校音乐学士，1972年获哈佛大学哲学博士，耶鲁大学音乐系教授，在该校任教已三十余年。他写有大量的学术专著和文章，内容涉及从雷奥南到巴赫的许多作曲家。他也是很多奖项的得主，包括古根海姆奖学金，美国音乐学协会的“爱因斯坦和金科迪奖”，以及国际音乐学协会的登特勋章。2004年，他被授予芝加哥大学人文学科名誉博士学位。他还与布莱因•希姆斯合著了《西方文明中的音乐》一书（汤姆森•希尔默出版公司，2006）。