MT6.C4125

Includes bibliographical references and every copy includes 2 CD's

Brief Contents Preface ????? Prelude The Fundamentals of Music ? 1 Elements of Music: Sound, Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony ? 2 Elements That Structure Music?Key, Texture, and Form ?? 3 Musical Instruments and Ensembles ?? Prelude The Culture of the Medieval Period ?? 4 Medieval Music ?? Prelude The Renaissance: The Rebirth of Humanism ?? 5 Renaissance Music ?? Prelude The Triumph of the Baroque Style ?? 6 Baroque Opera ?? 7 Cantata ?? 8 Oratorio ?? 9 Baroque Solo and Chamber Music ?? 10 The Baroque Orchestra ?? Prelude The Classical Era: Reason and Revolution ??? 11 The Classical Symphony ??? 12 The Classical Concerto ??? 13 Classical Chamber Music ??? 14 Classical Vocal Music ??? 15 The Music of Beethoven ??? Prelude Music of the Romantic Era ??? 16 Romantic Songs ??? 17 Romantic Piano Music ??? 18 Program Music ??? vi ????? ???????? vii 19 Nationalism in the Romantic Era ??? 20 The Concert Overture ??? 21 The Romantic Concerto ??? 22 Romantic Choral Music ??? 23 The Romantic Traditionalists ??? 24 Romantic Opera in France and Italy ??? 25 Romantic German Opera ??? Prelude The Early Twentieth Century ??? 26 Impressionism and Symbolism ??? 27 Primitivism and Neoclassicism ??? 28 Eastern European Nationalism ??? 29 Germanic Expressionism and the Development of Serialism ??? Prelude American Innovations in the Arts ??? 30 American Music before World War II ??? 31 Early Jazz Samples ??? 32 Developments in Jazz in the Late Twentieth Century ??? 33 American Classical Music In?uenced by Early Jazz ??? 34 American Nationalism ??? 35 Electronic versus Acoustic Music ??? 36 Musical Theater ??? 37 Rock Music ??? 38 Film Music ??? Prelude New Ideas and Styles Developed out of Twentieth-Century Internationalism ??? 39 In?uences from Indonesia and China ??? 40 In?uences from India ??? 41 In?uences from Africa and the Middle Eastern City of Jerusalem ??? 42 Fusion of Cultures ??? Glossary ??? Credits ???