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Preliminaries

1. Contents

2. Preface

3. Listening Skills

4. About Your Professor

5. Study Questions

6. Glossary of Musical Terms

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Musical Elements

1. Musical Sounds

2. Human Voice

3. String Instruments

4. Keyboard and Electronic Instruments

5. Wind Instruments

6. Percussion

7. Beat, Meter and Rhythm

8. Music Notation

9. Melody

10. Harmony

11. Texture and Form

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Music In The Middle Ages

1, Darkness into Light

2. Music and the Roman Catholic Church

3. Gregorian Chant

4. Troubadours and Trouvères

5. The Ars Nova in 14th Century France

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Music In The Renaissance Era

1. Rebirth and Exploration

2. Renaissance Style

3. Sacred Vocal Polyphony

4. English Secular Vocal Music

5. English Lute and Ensemble Music

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Music In The Baroque Era

1. Social and Cultural Influences

2. Baroque Style

3. Solo and Trio Sonatas

4. Concerto Grosso

5. Henry Purcell

6. Antonio Vivaldi

7. Johann Sebastian Bach

8. George Frideric Handel

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Music In The Classical Era

1. Social and Cultural Influences

2. Classical Style

3. Symphony and Sonata Form

4. Minuet and Trio

5. Rondo Form and Chamber Music

6. The Concerto

7. Joseph Haydn

8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9. Ludwig Van Beethoven

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Music In The Romantic Era

1. Dramatic Thought and Action

2. Romantic Style

3. Art Song

4. Piano Solo: Liszt and Chopin

5. Program Music and Hector Berlioz

6. Musical Nationalism

7. Idealists and Absolute Music

8. Johannes Brahms

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Music In The Modern Era

1. Music and Technology

2. Expressionism

3. Impressionism

4. Igor Stravinsky

5. Charles Ives

7. George Gershwin

8. Epilogue

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Reference

Glossary of Musical Terms

Study Questions

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