About this book
Volume 1 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the "Pre-Classic periods", from early human primitive music, through to the music of the Ancient Greeks and other ancient cultures, plainsong, Middle Ages, Renaissance, and up until the music of J.S. Bach. Included are musical examples, which are performed in the audio as they appear in the text. - Summary by Jake Malizia
Chapters (29)
1A Narrative History of Music - Introduction
2Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 1)
3Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 2)
4Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 3)
5Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 4)
6Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 1)
7Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 2)
8Chapter 3 - The Most Ancient Civilized Nations
9Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 1)
10Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 2)
11Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 1)
12Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 2)
13Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 1)
14Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 2)
15Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 1)
16Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 2)
17Chapter 8 - The Rise of the Netherlands Schools
18Chapter 9 - The Italian Renaissance
19Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 1)
20Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 2)
21Chapter 11 - The Beginnings of Opera and Oratorio
22Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 1)
23Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 2)
24Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 1)
25Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 2)
26Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 1)
27Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 2)
28Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 1)
29Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 2)
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