The Enjoyment of Music continues to teach students how to listen and connect to any kind of music. After more than fifty years of successfully preparing students for a lifetime of informed listening, the twelfth edition raises the bar with an expanded repertory of appealing music, an exciting new listening and assessment pedagogy and the richest and most user-friendly online resources available to students today.

The Enjoyment of Music, Essential Listening Edition, weaves together a concise text and rich media resources in a compact and affordable package that gives students all they need for an enriched listening experience. The new Fourth Edition features enhanced pedagogy built around new listening objectives and Listening Challenge online activities, a revised repertory that includes popular teaching pieces and streamlined Listening Guides that make it easier for students to identify the important things to listen for in each selection.

For nearly 70 years, The Enjoyment of Music has led the way in preparing students for a lifetime of listening to great music and understanding its cultural and historical context. The Fourteenth Edition expands on this foundation with new chapters and features that add many voices to its already rich repertoire.

The 4 CD set includes the shorter edition repertoire in top quality audio recordings with track points, enabling teachers and students to jump instantly to key musical moments in each work.

Textual notes by Roger Hickman.

Textual notes by Roger Hickman.