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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
I. Music of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Chapter 1: ANCIENT MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 2: MUSIC IN THE EARLY CHURCH
Chapter 3: THE ROMAN LITURGY
Chapter 4: THE BEGINNINGS OF POLYPHONY (AND WHAT POLYPHONY IS)
Chapter 5: MUSIC IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY FRANCE AND ITALY
II. A Rebirth: Music of the Renaissance
Chapter 6: THE MUSICAL RENAISSANCE
Chapter 7: JOSQUIN: THE NEXT GENERATION
Chapter 8: THE REFORMATION AND ITS EFFECT ON MUSIC
Chapter 9: MADRIGALS (THEY AREN'T ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY DINNERS) AND OTHER SECULAR SONGS
Chapter 10: STRIKE UP THE BAND: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TAKES THE STAGE
III. The Baroque Period: The Music of Bach and Vivaldi
Chapter 11: THE BEGINNINGS OF A NEW STYLE
Chapter 12: CHAMBER AND CHURCH MUSIC IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 13: MUSIC OF THE WORLD IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 14: THE LATE BAROQUE PERIOD: ITALY AND FRANCE
Chapter 15: THE LATE BAROQUE PERIOD: J.S. BACH AND G.F. HANDEL
IV. Finally! Classical “Classical Music”
Chapter 16: CLASSICAL MUSIC AND CLASSICAL STYLE
Chapter 17: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TAKES THE STAGE (AGAIN)
Chapter 18: MOZART, HAYDN, AND QUINTESSENTIAL “CLASSICAL” COMPOSITION
Chapter 19: BEETHOVEN: TO BE CLASSICAL OR ROMANTIC, THAT IS THE QUESTION
V. It's Not All Lovey-Dovey: the Romantic Period
Chapter 20: WHAT IS ROMANTICISM ANYWAY?
Chapter 21: INNOVATION IN VOCAL AND PIANO MUSIC
Chapter 22: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHAMBER, CHORAL, AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Chapter 23: THE FAT LADY SINGS: INNOVATION IN ITALIAN AND GERMAN OPERA
Chapter 24: BRAHMS AND THE WAGNERIANS
VI. Bucking the Trend: Music in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 25: IS IT LATE ROMANTIC OR MODERN?
Chapter 26: THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER: SCHOENBERG AND FRIENDS
Chapter 27: IGOR STRAVINSKY (YES, HE DESERVES HIS OWN CHAPTER)
Chapter 28: MUSIC AND POSTMODERNISM
Chapter 29: Y2K: IT'S NOT AS BAD AS THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
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