Download or read book Gateway to Music written by Jocelyn Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-27 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh, balanced approach that transcends the exclusively classical music focus of most other music appreciation texts. Gateway to Music: An Introduction to American Vernacular, Western Art, and World Musical Traditions broadens standard notions of music appreciation with an introduction to local and global musical traditions, blended with social, cultural, and historical contexts. It is an ideal text for undergraduate music appreciation courses, a useful sup