Selected Readings in Music

unit one elements of music.

lesson one beat，meter and tempo

lesson two qcales and modes

lesson three tonality and key feeling

lesson four rhythm

unit two compositional theories

lesson five harmony

lesson six counterpoint

lesson seven qonata form

lesson eight orchestration

unit three periods in the history of western music

lesson nine the classic period

lesson ten the romantic era

lesson eleven nationalism

lesson twelve impressionism

unit four ways of music

lesson thirteen opera

lesson fourteen chamber music

lesson fifteen symhony and conceto

lesson sixteen larger choral musical genres

.unit five musical instruments

lesson seventeen piano..

lesson eighteen organ

lesson nineteen violin

lesson twenty chinese musical instruments

unit six composers

lesson twenty-one jean sibelius

lesson twenty-two olivier messiacn

lesson twenty-three karlhcinz stockhausen

lesson twenty-four picrrc boulez

unit seven world and popular music

lesson twenty-five african music

lesson twenty-six music of indian raga

lesson twenty-seven jazz

lesson twenty-eight rock and roll

unit eight music as science

lesson twenty-nine musicology

lesson thirty ethnomusicology

lesson thirty-one music conservatories

lesson thirty-two musical esthetics

musical terms

names of musical compositions

key to exercises...