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Preliminaries

1 | Contents [this page]

2 | Preface

3 | How to Listen to Music

4 | About the Author

5 | Study Questions

6 | Glossary of Musical Terms

Musical Elements

1 | Musical Sounds

2 | Human Voice

3 | String Instruments

4 | Keyboard and Electronic Instruments

5 | Wind Instruments

6 | Percussion

7 | Beat, Meter and Rhythm

8 | Music Notation

9 | Melody

10 | Harmony

11 | Texture and Form

Music in the Middle Ages

1 | Darkness into Light

2 | Music and the Roman Catholic Church

3 | Gregorian Chant

4 | French Secular Music: Troubadours

5 | The Ars Nova in 14th Century France

Music in the Renaissance

1 | Rebirth and Exploration

2 | Renaissance Style

3 | Sacred Vocal Polyphony

4 | English Secular Vocal Music

5 | English Lute and Ensemble Music

Music in the Baroque

1 | Social and Cultural Influences

2 | Baroque Style

3 | Solo and Trio Sonatas

4 | Concerto Grosso

5 | Henry Purcell

6 | Antonio Vivaldi

7 | Johann Sebastian Bach

8 | George Frideric Handel

Music in the Classical Era

1 | Social and Cultural Influences

2 | Classical Style

3 | Symphony and Sonata Form

4 | Minuet and Trio

5 | Rondo Form and Chamber Music

6 | The Concerto

7 | Joseph Haydn

8 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9 | Ludwig Van Beethoven

Music in the Romantic Era

1 | Dramatic Thought and Action

2 | Romantic Style

3 | Art Song

4 | Piano Solo: Liszt and Chopin

5 | Program Music and Hector Berlioz

6 | Musical Nationalism

7 | Idealists and Absolute Music

8 | Johannes Brahms