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

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Features of the Fourteenth Edition

New coverage of canons and many voices

A NEW chapter—Many Voices—tackles the thorny question of canons, and new Many Voices features throughout the book highlight genres and composers outside the Western classical repertoire.

Exciting interactive Listening Engagement activities

In the ebook, NEW Listening Engagement interactive activities, available for 25 of the most popular selections, provide students a way to practice and strengthen their listening skills as they listen.

Unique coverage helps students put music into words

In-text and online features prepare students to write and talk with confidence about the music they encounter in the course and beyond, whether in concert reports or online discussions.

About the Authors

Kristine Forney

Kristine Forney is Professor Emerita of music at California State University, Long Beach. She has taught music appreciation to thousands of undergraduate students and has been an author of The Enjoyment of Music since 1988.

Andrew Dell'Antonio

Andrew Dell'Antonio is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. Winner of the University of Texas Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, he teaches courses in musical historiography, feminist/queer theory, and cultural studies.

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