Table Of Contents:
Part 1 The Materials of Music
Unit I The Elements of Music 1(32)

Melody: Musical Line 1(5)

Rhythm: Musical Time 6(6)

Harmony: Musical SpaceThe Function of Harmony 12(5)

Musical Texture 17(6)

Musical Form 23(6)

Tempo and Dynamics 29(4)
Unit II Musical Instruments and Ensembles 33(34)

Musical Instruments I 33(4)

Musical Instruments II 37(13)

Musical Ensembles 50(11)

Style and Function of Music in Society 61(6)

Hearing Musical Styles 64(3)
Part 2 Medieval and Renaissance Music
Unit III The Middle Ages 67(24)

The Culture of the Middle Ages 67(4)

Sacred Music in the Middle Ages 71(11)

Secular Music in the Middle Ages 82(9)
Unit IV The Renaissance 91(28)

The Renaissance Spirit 91(7)

Renaissance Sacred Music 98(9)

Renaissance Secular Music 107(12)

From Renaissance to Baroque 116(3)
Part 3 More Materials of Music
Unit V The Organization of Musical Sounds 119(12)

Musical Systems 119(6)

Aspects of the Major-Minor System 125(6)
Part 4 The Baroque Era
Unit VI The Baroque and the Arts 131(13)

The Baroque Spirit 131(6)

Main Currents in Baroque Music 137(7)
Unit VII Vocal Music of the Baroque 144(22)

Baroque Opera 144(7)

Bach and the Cantata 151(8)

Handel and the Oratorio 159(7)
Unit VIII Instrumental Music of the Baroque 166(27)

The Baroque Concerto 166(8)

The Baroque Suite 174(7)

Other Instrumental Forms 181(12)

To the Age of Enlightenment 187(6)
Part 5 More Materials of Form
Unit IX Focus on Form 193(12)

The Development of Musical Ideas 193(3)

The Sonata Cycle 196(9)
Part 6 Eighteenth-Century Classicism
Unit X The Classical Spirit 205(9)

Classicism in the Arts 205(4)

Classicism in Music 209(5)
Unit XI Classical Chamber Music 214(9)

Eighteenth-Century Chamber Music Style 214(2)

Mozart and Chamber Music 216(7)
Unit XII The Classical Symphony 223(19)

The Nature of the Symphony 223(2)

Haydn and the Symphony 225(6)

Beethoven and the Symphony in Transition 231(11)
Unit XIII The Eighteenth-Century Concerto and Sonata 242(10)

The Classical Concerto 242(5)

The Classical Sonata 247(5)
Unit XIV Choral Music and Opera in the Classical Era 252(15)

Choral Music and Opera 252(15)

From Classicism to Romanticism 264(3)
Part 7 The Nineteenth Century
Unit XV The Romantic Movement 267(8)

The Spirit of Romanticism 267(2)

Romanticism in Music 269(6)
Unit XVI The Nineteenth-Century Art Song 275(12)

The Romantic Song 275(2)

Schubert and The Lied 277(6)

Robert Schumann and the Song Cycle 283(4)
Unit XVII The Nineteenth-Century Piano Piece 287(11)

The Piano and Its Literature 287(2)

Chopin and Piano Music 289(4)

Clara Schumann: Pianist and Composer 293(5)
Unit XVIII Romantic Program Music 298(15)

The Nature of Program Music 298(2)

Berlioz and the Program Symphony 300(5)

Musical Nationalism 305(8)
Unit XIX Absolute Forms in the Nineteenth Century 313(15)

The Romantic Symphony 313(4)

The Romantic Concerto 317(6)

The Rise of Classical Composition in America 323(5)
Unit XX Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century 328(37)

Romantic Choral Music 328(1)

Brahms and Choral Music 329(5)

Romantic Opera 334(5)

Verdi and Italian Opera 339(9)

Wagner and the Music Drama 348(7)

Tchaikovsky and the Ballet 355(10)
Part 8 The Twentieth Century

The Post-Romantic Era 361(4)
Unit XXI The Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Eras 365(11)

Debussy and Impressionism 365(11)
Unit XXII The Early Twentieth Century 376(23)

Main Currents in Early-Twentieth-Century Music 376(4)

New Elements of Musical Style 380(4)

Stravinsky and the Revitalization of Rhythm 384(10)

Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School 394(5)
Unit XXIII Twentieth-Century Nationalism 399(21)

The European Scene 399(9)

The American Scene 408(12)
Unit XXIV Popular Styles 420(41)

Blues And Early Jazz 420(12)

Musical Theater 432(11)

Rock and the Global Scene 443(18)
Unit XXV The New Music 461(56)

New Directions 461(16)

Contemporary Composers and Non-Western Styles 477(21)

Technology and Music 498(6)

Other Recent Trends 504(13)
Coda 517
Appendices

I. Musical Notation 1(5)

II. Glossary 6(15)

III. Attending Concerts 21(6)

IV. Chronology 27(14)
Acknowledgments 41(4)
Index 45(23)
World Map 68