Music : an appreciation / Roger Kamien

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PrefacePart I Elements1. Sound: Pitch, Dynamics, and Tone Color2. Performing Media: Voices and Instruments3. Rhythm4. Music Notation5. Melody6. Harmony7. Key8. Musical Texture9. Musical Form10. Performance 11. Musical StylePart II The Middle Ages1. Music In The Middle Ages (450-1450)2. Gregorian Chant3. Secular Music in the Midde Ages4. The Development of Polyphony: Organum5. Fourteenth -Century Music: The "New Art" in Italy and FrancePart III The Renaissance 1. Music in the Renaissance (1450 - 1600) 2. Sacred Music in the Renaissance 3. Secular Music in the Renaissance 4. The Venetian School: From Renaissance to BaroquePart IV The Baroque Period1. Baroque Music (1600-1750)2. Music In Baroque Society3. The Concerto Grosso And Ritornello Form4. The Fugue5. The Elements Of Opera6. Opera In The Baroque Era7. Claudio Monteverdi8. Henry Purcell9. The Baroque Sonata10. Arcangelo Corelli11. Antonio Vivaldi12. Johann Sebastian Bach13. The Baroque Suite14. The Chorale And Church Cantata15. The Oratorio16. George Frideric HandelPart V The Classical Period1. The Classical Style (1750-1820)2. Composer, Patron, And Public In The Classical Period3. Sonata Form4. Theme And Variations5. Minuet And Trio6. Rondo7. The Classical Symphony8. The Classical Concerto9. Classical Chamber Music10. Joseph Hadyn11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart12. Ludwig Van BeethovenPart VI The Romantic Period1. Romanticism In Music (1820-1900)2. Romantic Composers And Their Public3. The Art Song4. Franz Schubert5. Robert Schumann 6. Clara Wieck Schumann7. Frederic Chopin8. Franz Liszt9. Felix Mendelssohn10. Program Music11. Hector Berlioz12. Nationalism In Nineteenth-Century Music13. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky14. Bed rich Smetana15. Antonin Dvorak16. Johannes Brahms 17. Georges Bizet18. Giuseppe Verdi19. Giacomo Puccini20. Richard Wagner 21. Gustav MahlerPart VII The Twentieth Century1. Musical Styles: 1900-19452. Music and Musicians in Society since 19003. Impressionism and Symbolism4. Claude Debussy5. Maurice Ravel6. Neoclassicism7. Igor Stravinsky8. Expressionism9. Arnold Schoenberg10. Alban Berg11. Anton Webern12. Bela Bartok13. Dmitri Shostakovich14. Music in America15. Charles Ives16. George Gershwin17. William Grant Still18. Aaron Copland19. Albert Ginestera20. Musical Styles Since 194521. Music Since 1945: Five Representative PiecesPart VIII Jazz1. Jazz Styles 2. Ragtime 3. Blue 4. New Orleans Style 5. Swing 6. Bebop 7. Jazz Styles since 1950Part IX Music for Stage and Screen1. Musical Theater 2. Leonard Bernstein 3. Music in Film Part X Rock1. Rock Styles 2. Rock in American Society 3. The BeatlesPart XI Nonwestern Music1. Music in Nonwestern Cultures2. Music In Sub-Saharan Africa3. Classical Music Of India 4. Koto Music of Japan AppendixesGlossaryAcknowledgmentsPhoto CreditsIndex

Includes bibliography (p. 676-686) and index