StudySpace: The Enjoyment of Music: Essential Listening Edition

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Prelude Listening to Music Today

1 Melody: Musical Line

2 Rhythm and Meter: Musical Time

3 Harmony: Musical Space

4 The Organization of Musical Sounds

5 Musical Texture

6 Musical Form

7 Musical Expression: Tempo and Dynamics

8 Voices and Musical Instrument Families

9 Western Musical Instruments

10 Musical Ensembles

11 Style and Function of Music in Society

12 The Culture of the Middle Ages

13 Medieval Music

14 The Renaissance Spirit

15 Renaissance Sacred Music

16 Renaissance Secular Music

17 The Baroque Spirit

18 Vocal Music of the Baroque

19 Orchestral Music of the Baroque

20 Baroque Keyboard Music

21 The Classical Spirit

22 The Development of Classical Forms

23 The Classical Symphony

24 The Classical Concerto and Sonata

25 Classical Opera

26 The Spirit of Romanticism

27 The Romantic Miniature

28 Romantic Program Music

29 Romantic Opera

30 The Late Romantics

31 America's Emerging Musical Voice

32 The Impressionist Era

33 Main Currents in Early-Twentieth-Century Music

34 Early-Twentieth-Century Innovators

35 Nationalism and Music

36 Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz

37 New Directions

38 Contemporary Composers Look to World Music

39 Music for the Stage and Screen

40 The Many Voices of Rock

41 Some Current Trends