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