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Prelude: The Fundamentals of Music 2
1 Elements of Music: Sound, Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony 4
2 Elements that Structure Music: Key, Texture, and Form 11
3 Musical Instruments and Ensembles 16
Prelude: The Culture of Medieval Europe 28
4 Medieval Music 31
Prelude: The Renaissance: The Rebirth of Humanism 46
5 Renaissance Music 49
Prelude: The Triumph of Baroque Style 62
6 Baroque Opera 65
7 Cantata 74
8 Oratorio 81
9 Baroque Solo and Chamber Music 90
10 The Baroque Orchestra 99
Prelude: The Classical Era: Reason and Revolution 110
11 The Classical Symphony 114
12 The Classical Concerto 126
13 Classical Chamber Music 132
14 Classical Vocal Music 140
15 The Music of Beethoven 149
Prelude: Music of the Romantic Era 162
16 Romantic Songs 166
17 Romantic Piano Music 176
18 Romantic Program Music 182
19 Nationalism in the Romantic Era 189
20 The Concert Overture 194
21 The Romantic Concerto 201
22 Romantic Choral Music 207
23 The Late Romantic Symphonies 212
24 Romantic Opera in France and Italy 221
25 Romantic German Opera 233
Prelude: The Early Twentieth Century 242
26 Impressionism and Symbolism 247
27 Primitivism and Neoclassicism 253
28 Eastern European Nationalism 261
29 Germanic Expressionism and the Development of Serialism 266
Prelude: American Innovations in the Arts 274
30 American Music Before World War II 279
31 Early Jazz Styles 288
32 Developments in Jazz in the Late Twentieth Century 300
33 American Classical Music Influenced by Early Jazz 307
34 Twentieth-Century American Classical Styles 314
35 Musical Theater 323
36 Film Music 331
Prelude: New Ideas and Styles from Twentieth-Century Internationalism 340
37 World Musics 343
38 Post World War II Innovations 353
39 Minimalism and Postmodernism 365
Rock Music
Concert Report Forms
Chamber Music Concert
Choral Concert
Jazz Band Concert
Opera
Orchestra or Wind Ensemble (Concert Band) Concert
Solo or Small Group Voice Concert
World Music(s) Concert
Glossary G-1
Performance Information P-1
Index I-1
