10 Music
Music (MUS)
Voice Class∗
Lumen Learning
Last updated: September 2020
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Textbook on the basics of singing.
Formats: Online and PDF
Includes: Videos and practical exercises
Suggested for:
MUS 1303 Materials of Music I
Music Appreciation I∗
Lumen Learning
Last updated: September 2020
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Based on the Lumen Learning course, Music Appreciation, this online book is designed to give the student an appreciation of music by exposing them to many musical styles, composers, historical trends, as well as increasing their aural, verbal, and writing skills in describing music.
Formats: Online and PDF
Suggested for:
MUS 1301 Topics in Music Appreciation I
MUS 1302 Topics in Music Appreciation II
Music Appreciation II∗
Lumen Learning
Last updated: September 2020
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Based on the Lumen Learning course, Music Appreciation, this online book is designed to give the student an appreciation of music by exposing them to many musical styles, composers, historical trends, as well as increasing their aural, verbal, and writing skills in describing music.
Formats: Online and PDF
Suggested for:
MUS 1301 Topics in Music Appreciation I
MUS 1302 Topics in Music Appreciation II
Understanding Music: Past and Present∗
Alan Clark (Middle Georgia State University), Thomas Heflin (Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College), Jeffery Kluball, (Darton State College) and Elizabeth Kramer (University of West Georgia)
2015
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Understanding Music: Past and Present is an open Music Appreciation textbook co-authored by music faculty across Georgia. The text covers the fundamentals of music and the physics of sound, an exploration of music from the Middle Ages to the present day, and a final chapter on popular music in the United States.
Format: PDF
Includes: Audio/video clips and glossary
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
MUS 1301 Topics in Music Appreciation I
MUS 1302 Topics in Music Appreciation II
Music: Its Language, History, and Culture∗
Ray Allen, Douglas Cohen, Nancy Hager, and Jeffrey Taylor (Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music)
2015
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
The chapters in this reader contain definitions and explanations of musical terms and concepts, short essays on subjects related to music as a creative performing art, biographical sketches of major figures in music, and historical and cultural background information on music from different periods and places.
Formats: Online and PDF
Includes: Musician biographies and glossary
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
MUS 1301 Topics in Music Appreciation I
MUS 1302 Topics in Music Appreciation II
Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context
Esther Morgan-Ellis (University of North Georgia)
2020
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Welcome to Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context! Although this book is intended primarily for use in the college music appreciation classroom, it was designed with consideration for independent learners