Music Appreciation

Music is so much a part of our modern culture that even those who never took a class can't say they don't appreciate music. Of course there is a difference between appreciating the existence of music and being able to understand the complexities of music. In today's musically illiterate environment the former is certainly more prevalent than the latter.

Psalm 47:7 tells us to sing praises with understanding (sometimes translated as "with a skillful psalm") There is certainly the case to be made that a responsible Christian has a duty to gain understanding of music, if only to be able to sing and write excellent worship music. But especially today, with millenia of music literally at our fingertips, we have more of an obligation than ever to be listening with understanding.

In most schools music appreciation is merely a code word for Western Classical music appreciation, and the books we carry reflect that. But that's not to say you cannot appreciate music written after the 1900s, and we encourage you to learn as much about a wide variety of music as you can.

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America - with CD
from Diana Waring Presents
for 1st-6th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
Beethoven Lives Upstairs - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Beethoven's Heroic Symphony (Once Upon a Masterpiece)
from Charlesbridge
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$16.95
Boy Who Loved Music
by David Lasker
1st edition from Viking Press
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Meet the Orchestra
by Ann Hayes
from Harcourt
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$7.99
Mozart's Magic Fantasy - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Mozart's Magnificent Voyage - CD
Classical Kids
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Mr. Bach Comes to Call - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Music & Moments with the Masters - Comprehensive Study Guide
by David & Shirley Quine
from Cornerstone Curriculum
for Preschool-Adult
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Music Appreciation - Bundle
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
Music Appreciation 1 - Coloring Book
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$7.99
Music Appreciation 1 - Lapbook Disc
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Music Appreciation 1 - Lapbook Flashdrive
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$29.99
Music Appreciation 1 - Music on USB Flash Drive
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$29.99
Music Appreciation 1 - Set
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
Music Appreciation 1 - Student Book
by Elizabeth Tanner & Judy Wilcox
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$49.99
Music Appreciation 2 - Coloring Book
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.99
Music Makers: Clarinets
by Pamela K. Harris
from Child's World
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Music Makers: Drums
by Pamela K. Harris
from Child's World
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Music Makers: Pianos
by Pamela K. Harris
from Child's World
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Music Makers: Trumpets
by Pamela K. Harris
from Child's World
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
Musical Instruments
Scholastic: Voyages of Discovery #4
by Scholastic Books and Gallimard Jeunesse
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Musical Memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder - with CD
Experience History Through Music
by Diana Waring
from Diana Waring Presents
for 1st-6th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
Real Nice Clambake
by Rogers & Hammerstein, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
from Joy Street Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Say Hello to Classical Music - Audio CD
by Marie Hazell
from My Father's World
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
Sorcerer's Apprentice
by Lisl Weil, based on music by Paul Dukas, piano transcriptions by David Shapiro
from Little, Brown & Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
St. Matthew Passion
by J. S. Bach
for All Ages
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Stories of the Great Composers Book 1 (with CD)
by June Montgomery, Maurice Hinson
from Alfred Publishing
for 1st-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Story of the Incredible Orchestra
by Bruce Koscielniak
from HMH Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Strike Up the Orchestra
from Friedman / Fairfax
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
Tchaikovsky Discovers America - CD
by Classical Kids
from Classical Kids
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Those Amazing Musical Instruments!
1 Har/Cdr from Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
for 1st-6th grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
Westward Ho! - with CD
Experience History Through Music
by Diana Waring
from Diana Waring Presents
for 1st-6th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
Young Person's Guide to Music
by Neil Ardley
Book & CD from DK Publishing
for 1st-4th grade
in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)
$12.00 (2 in stock)