Loose Leaf for Experience Music

Prelude: The Fundamentals of Music 2 
1 Elements of Music: Sound, Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony 4 2 Elements that Structure Music: Key, Texture, and Form 11 3 Musical Instruments and Ensembles 16 Prelude: The Culture of Medieval Europe 28 
4 Medieval Music 31 
Prelude: The Renaissance: The Rebirth of Humanism 46 5 Renaissance Music 49 
Prelude: The Triumph of Baroque Style 62
6 Baroque Opera 65 7 Cantata 74 8 Oratorio 81 9 Baroque Solo and Chamber Music 90 10 The Baroque Orchestra 99 
Prelude: The Classical Era: Reason and Revolution 110 
11 The Classical Symphony 114 12 The Classical Concerto 126 13 Classical Chamber Music 132 14 Classical Vocal Music 140 15 The Music of Beethoven 149 Prelude: Music of the Romantic Era 162 
16 Romantic Songs 166 17 Romantic Piano Music 176 18 Romantic Program Music 182 19 Nationalism in the Romantic Era 189 20 The Concert Overture 194 21 The Romantic Concerto 201 22 Romantic Choral Music 207 23 The Late Romantic Symphonies 212 24 Romantic Opera in France and Italy 221 25 Romantic German Opera 233 
Prelude: The Early Twentieth Century 242 
26 Impressionism and Symbolism 247 27 Primitivism and Neoclassicism 253 28 Eastern European Nationalism 261 29 Germanic Expressionism and the Development of Serialism 266 
Prelude: American Innovations in the Arts 274 30 American Music Before World War II 279 31 Early Jazz Styles 288 32 Developments in Jazz in the Late Twentieth Century 300 33 American Classical Music Influenced by Early Jazz 307 34 Twentieth-Century American Classical Styles 314 35 Musical Theater 323 36 Film Music 331 
Prelude: New Ideas and Styles from Twentieth-Century Internationalism 340 
37 World Musics 343 38 Post World War II Innovations 353 39 Minimalism and Postmodernism 365 
Rock Music           Concert Report Forms                     Chamber Music Concert          Choral Concert          Jazz Band Concert          Opera          Orchestra or Wind Ensemble (Concert Band) Concert          Solo or Small Group Voice Concert          World Music(s) Concert
Glossary G-1 Performance Information P-1 Index I-1