A Concise History of Western Music

Contents

• Prehistory;
• Part I . Time Whole:
• 1. From Babylonians to Franks;
• Part II . Time Measured 1100-1400:
• 2. Troubadours and organists;
• 3. Ars nove and Narcissus's clock;
• Part III . Time Sensed 1400-1630:
• 4. Harmony, the light of time;
• 5. The radiance of the High Renaissance;
• 6. Reformation and heartache;
• 7. To speak in music;
• Part IV . Time Known 1630-1770:
• 8. Baroque mornings;
• 9. Fugue, concerto and operatic passion;
• 10. Rococo and reform;
• Part V . Time Embraced 1770-1815:
• 11. Sonata as comedy;
• 12. Revolution's momentum;
• Part VI . Time Escaping 1815-1907:
• 13. The deaf man and the singer;
• 14. Angels and other prodigies;
• 15. New Germans and old Vienna;
• 16. Romantic evenings;
• 17. Nightfall and sunrise;
• Part VII . Time Tangled 1908-75:
• 18. To begin again;
• 19. Forwards and backwards, and sideways;
• 20. The people's needs;
• 21. To begin again again;
• 22. Whirlwind;
• Part VIII . Time Lost 1975-:
• 23. Echoes in the labyrinth;
• 24. Interlude; Glossary; Further reading and listening.