Table of Contents

VOLUME 1: PART 1 MEDIEVAL MUSIC - Introduction (sources, theory, iconography, society, venues) - Instruments - Chant - Secular Monophony - Polyphony - Unwritten traditions - Interlude I: Musica ficta - Tempo, proportions - PART 2 RENAISSANCE MUSIC - Introduction - Instruments - Sacred Polyphony - Secular Polyphony - Monophony - Unwritten traditions - Interlude II: Pitch - Temperaments, tuning - Fingering, articulation. VOLUME 2: PART 3 BAROQUE MUSIC - Introduction - Instruments - Voices - Notation and non-notation - PART 4 CLASSICAL MUSIC - Introduction - Instruments - Voices - Ornamentation, improvisation - PART 5 ROMANTIC MUSIC - Introduction - Instruments - Voices - PART 6 THE 20TH CENTURY - 1900-40 - 1940-80 - Index