| CONTENTS |
| CHAPTER |
| Tabulated Bibliography of Standard Textbooks |
| Abbreviations |
| PART ONE: MONODIC MUSIC TO ABOUT 1300 |
| I. ANTIQUITY TO ABOUT 200 A.D |
| Limited Knowledge of Ancient Music. The Music of Ancient Civilizations. |
| II. THE CHRISTIAN ERA |
| Sacred Monody: Plainsong. Secular Monody. |
| PART TWO: THE POLYPHONIC PERIOD (800-1600) |
| III. EARLY STAGES OF POLYPHONIC MUSIC |
| IV. THE ARS ANTIQUA |
| V. THE ARS NOVA |
| VI. THE NETHERLANDS SCHOOLS |
| The Burgundian School. The Flemish School. 15th Century Forms, Manuscripts. |
| VII. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY |
| General Considerations. Sacred Polyphony of the Catholic Church. Reformation Music. Secular Polyphony. |
| VIII. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TO 1600 |
| General Considerations. Instrumental Forms. Instrumental Classes, Styles, Schools, Composers. |
| IX. MUSICAL NOTATION TO 1600 |
| Neumatic Notation. Mensural Notation. Musical Score. |
| PART THREE: THE BAROQUE PERIOD (1600-1750) |
| X. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS |
| XI. NUOVE MUSICHE |
| XII. DRAMATIC MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD |
| Italian Opera Schools. French Opera and Ballet. Opera in Germany. Opera and Dramatic Music in England. Comic Opera. Oratorio, Cantata, Passion. |
| XIII. CHURCH MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD |
| XIV. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD |
| General Considerations. Lute Music. Harpsichord Music. Organ Music. Chamber Music. Orchestral Music. |
| XV. BACH AND HANDEL |
| Bach and Handel Compared. Bach. Handel. |
| PART FOUR: THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750-1820) |
| XVI. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS |
| XVII. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD |
| Classical Sonata Form. The Classical Symphony. The Classical Concerto. Small Orchestral Forms. Chamber Music. |
| XVIII. OPERA IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD |
| XIX. RELIGIOUS MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD ORATORIO. CHURCH MUSIC. |
| PART FIVE: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820-1900) |
| XX. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. |
| XXI. BEETHOVEN |
| XXII. 19TH-CENTURY OPERA |
| Italian Opera. French Opera. German Opera. Other 19th-Century Opera. |
| XXIII. 19TH-CENTURY ORATORIO AND CHORAL MUSIC. |
| Oratorio. Sacred Choral Music. Secular Choral Music. |
| XXIV. THE SOLO SONG |
| XXV. 19TH-CENTURY PIANO MUSIC |
| XXVI. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE MUSIC |
| Symphonic Music. Chamber Music. |
| XXVII. SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL COMPOSERS. |
| PART SIX: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
| XXVIII. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. |
| The Development of Modernism. Broad Tendencies of Modernism. Fields of Musical Activity. |
| XXIX. SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF STYLE |
| XXX. 20TH-CENTURY COMPOSERS |
| France. Russia. Austria and Germany. England. Italy. Hungary. Spain. Finland. Argentina. Brazil. Other Latin American Countries. The United States. |
| Glossary |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
| ILLUSTRATIONS AND CHARTS |
| Some Instruments of Antiquity. |
| Some Instruments of the Middle Ages |
| Some Instruments before 1600 |
| Late Tablature |
| Action of Keyboard Instruments |
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