Music: An Appreciation, Brief Edition: 2025 Release

Music: An Appreciation, Brief Edition: 2025 Release is a textbook by Roger Kamien, published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The volume introduces nonmajors to music listening, guiding students to develop an individual understanding of musical elements and building lifelong enthusiasm for the art form.

The volume examines musical elements alongside historical periods and musical traditions. Coverage spans Western art music from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century and beyond, alongside jazz, music for stage and screen, popular genres, and nonwestern traditions.

To illustrate that music develops alongside other creative disciplines, the text connects musical styles with historical events and concurrent movements in fine art, literature, and theatre.