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Preface
Prologue: Antiquity
Music in the Biblical World
Ancient Greece
Music in Ancient Greek Society
Greek Musical Theory
Music in the Roman Empire
The Musical Legacies of Antiquity
Music and the Cosmos
Music and the Soul
Music and the State
Theory versus Practice
Vocal versus Instrumental Music
Discussion Questions
Part I The Medieval Era
Prelude to Part I
CHAPTER 1: Plainchant and Secular Monophony
The Emergence of Plainchant
The Elements of Plainchant
Liturgical Function
Relationship of Words and Music
Mode
Melodic Structure
Rhythm
The Expansion of Plainchant
Secular Monophony
Songs in Latin
France
The Iberian Peninsula
Germany
CHAPTER 2: Polyphony to 1300
Orgunum
Innovations in Organum
Notre Dame Organum
Clausula
Motet
Conductus
Mensural Notation
Franconian Notation
Petronian Notation
CHAPTER 3: Music in the 14th Century
France: The Ars Nova
Le Roman de Fauvel
Polyphonic Settings of the Mass Ordinary
Secular Song
The Ars subtilior at the End of the 14th Century
Italy: The Trecento
England
Instrumental Music
Discussion Questions
Part II The Renaissance
Prelude to Part II
Renaissance Humanism
The Protestant Reformation
Renaissance Painting and Sculpture
Music in Renaissance Society
CHAPTER 4: The Emergence of Renaissance Style
Consonance and Dissonance: Trusting the Ear
Sonority: The Contenance Angloise
Fauxbourdon and Faburden
New Sonority, Old Structure: Du Fay’s Nuper rosarum flores
Josquin’s Ave Maria . . . Virgo Serena and The Style of the Renaissance
Treatment of Text
Texture
Cadential Structure
Mode
Melody
Rhythm
Harmony
CHAPTER 5: The Genres of Renaissance Music, 1420—1520
Sacred Vocal Music
The Mass: Du Fay and Ockeghem
The Mass: Josquin des Prez and His Contemporaries
The Motet
Secular Vocal Music
Chanson
Frottola
Instrumental Music
Renaissance Instruments
Keyboard Music
Dance Music
CHAPTER 6: Music in the 16th Century
Secular Vocal Music
The Parisian Chanson
The Italian Madrigal
Secular Song in Germany, Spain, and England
Sacred Vocal Music
Music of the Reformation
Music of the Counter-Reformation
Instrumental Music
Intabulations
Variations
Freely Composed Works
Dance Music
Mannerism
Discussion Questions
Part III The Baroque Era
Prelude to Part III
War, Revolution, and Colonial Expansion
The Scientific Revolution
The Musical Baroque
CHAPTER 7: The New Practice
Searching for the Secrets of Ancient Greek Music
The Florentine Camerata
The Seconda Prattica
Music in the Baroque Era:
A Stylistic Overview
CHAPTER 8: Vocal Music, 1600—1650
Secular Song
Italy: The Madrigal
France: The Air de cour
Opera
Sacred Music
CHAPTER 9: Vocal Music, 1650—1750
Opera
France: Comédie-ballet and Tragédie en musique
Italy: Opera seria
England: Masque, Semi-Opera, Opera, and Ballad Opera
Sacred Music
Music in Convents
Oratorio
Motet and Mass
Cantata
Conceptions of the Compositional Process
CHAPTER 10: Instrumental Music, 1600—1750
Instruments of the Baroque Era
The Violin
Winds, Brass, and Percussion
Keyboard Instruments
The Orchestra
The Public Concert
Instrumental Genres of the Baroque Era
Sonata
Concerto
Suite
Other Keyboard Genres
Discussion Questions
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