Combining outstanding listening pedagogy with cutting-edge digital resources, THE ESSENTIAL LISTENING TO MUSIC, inspires a lifelong appreciation of music. In this streamlined and succinct text, 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 you a sense of a piece s construction as well as its historical and cultural meaning.