How Music Developed A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music
W. J. (William James) Henderson
How Music Developed A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music
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How Music Developed A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music
Table of Contents
How Music Developed Chapter I
The Beginning of Modern Music
Chapter II
Harmony, Notation, and Measure
Chapter III
The Birth of Counterpoint
Chapter IV
The Golden Age of Church Counterpoint
Chapter V
Progress of Popular Music
Chapter VI
The Simplification of Music
Chapter VII
The Evolution of the Piano
Chapter VIII
The Evolution of Piano Playing
Chapter IX
Climax of the Polyphonic Piano Style
Chapter X
Monophonic Style and the Sonata
Chapter XI
Evolution of the Orchestra
Chapter XII
The Classic Orchestral Composers
Chapter XIII
The Romantic Orchestral Composers
Chapter XIV
The Development of Chamber Music
Chapter XV
The Birth of Oratorio
Chapter XVI
Work of Handel and Bach
Chapter XVII
Haydn and Mendelssohn
Chapter XVIII
The Birth of Opera
Chapter XIX
Italian Opera to Handel's Time
Chapter XX
Italian Opera to Verdi
Chapter XXI
Beginnings of French Opera
Chapter XXII
The Reforms of Gluck
Chapter XXIII
Meyerbeer and his Influence
Chapter XXIV
German Opera to Mozart
Chapter XXV
Weber and Beethoven
Chapter XXVI
Wagner and the Music Drama
Chapter XXVII
The Lessons of Musical History
Index
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