Part I: INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING.
1. The Appeal of Music.
2. Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony.
3. Color, Texture, and Form.
4. Musical Style.
Part II: THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, 476-1600.
5. Medieval Music, 476-1450.
6. Renaissance Music, 1450-1600.
Part III: THE BAROQUE PERIOD, 1600-1750.
7. Introduction to Baroque Art and Music.
8. Early Baroque Vocal Music.
9. Toward Late Baroque Instrumental Music.
10. The Late Baroque: Bach.
11. The Late Baroque: Handel.
Part IV: THE CLASSICAL PERIOD, 1750-1820.
12. Classical Style.
13. Classical Composers: Haydn and Mozart.
14. Classical Forms: Ternary and Sonata—Allegro.
15. Classical Forms: Theme and Variations, Rondo.
16. Classical Genres: Instrumental Music.
17. Classical Genres: Vocal Music.
18. Beethoven: Bridge to Romanticism.
Part V: ROMANTICISM, 1820-1900.
19. Introduction to Romanticism.
20. Romantic Music: The Art Song.
21. Romantic Music: Program Music, Ballet, and Musical Nationalism.
22. Romantic Music: Piano Music.
23. Romantic Opera: Italy.
24. Romantic Opera: Germany.
25. Nineteenth-Century Realistic Opera.
26. Late Romantic Orchestral Music.
Part VI: MODERN AND POSTMODERN ART MUSIC, 1880-PRESENT.
27. Impressionism and Exoticism.
28. Modernism in Music and the Arts.
29. Early-Twentieth-Century Modernism.
30. Russian and Eastern European Modernism.
31. American Modernism.
32. Postmodernism.
Part VII: AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC.
33. American Popular Music to World War II.
34. Postwar Jazz.
35. Broadway, Film, and Video Game Music.
36. Rock: Music of Rebellion.
Part VIII: GLOBAL MUSIC.
37. The Far East.
38. The Near East and Africa.
39. The Caribbean and Latin America.
Glossary.
Index.