Description: A COMPLETE PROGRAM This interconnecting program includes a narrative textbook, a NEW content-rich "Masterworks" Website (with offline dual-platform CD-ROM), and 4 Sony Music audio compact discs. "Masterworks" enhances the traditional approach to understanding a musical work by using the personal computer and the Internet to unite the historical story, the visual imagery, and the music. MUSIC APPRECIATION FUNDAMENTALS At the core of the program is the text, "Masterworks: A Musical Discovery." Using a carefully crafted narrative that draws on the author's engaging lecture style, the text focuses on listeners' own experiences as they come to integrate music and the arts into their lives. INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA LEARNING In addition to the text, the program features a unique Companion Website (http: //www.prenhall.com/masterworks) and off-line CD-ROM that includes interactive Listening Charts, tutorials, composer biographies, self-paced, self-graded quizzes and listening exercises, interactive timelines, and over 600 graphics, music clips, and fine-art images, all designed to make the study of music appreciation exciting and rewarding. THE REPERTOIRE FROM SONY MUSIC Central to the "Masterworks" package is a vibrant and comprehensive music repertoire featuring distinguished soloists and ensembles in unforgettable performances. The 4 CDs range from Gregorian chants recorded especially for the project by Paul Hillier and the Theatre of Voices to Bethany Beardslee's epochal recording of Babbitt's "Philomel," composed with the Princeton/Columbia RCA Mark IV synthesizer. Soloists range from Vladimir Horowitz and Itzhak Perlman to Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.BUILDING ON SUCCESS Now in its second edition, The "Masterworks" program has been enhanced by a number of important new features: Harnessing the dynamic power of the World Wide Web, the main source for the student's m

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