Volume 1 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the "Pre-Classic periods", from early human primitive music, through to the music of the Ancient Greeks and other ancient cultures, plainsong, Middle Ages, Renaissance, and up until the music of J.S. Bach. Included are musical examples, which are performed in the audio as they appear in the text.
Chapters
1 The Art of Music - General Introduction 39 min 2 A Narrative History of Music - Introduction 1 h 8 min 3 Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 1) 25 min 4 Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 2) 20 min 5 Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 3) 27 min 6 Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 4) 20 min 7 Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 1) 30 min 8 Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 2) 20 min 9 Chapter 3 - The Most Ancient Civilized Nations 47 min 10 Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 1) 35 min 11 Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 2) 49 min 12 Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 1) 32 min 13 Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 2) 35 min 14 Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 1) 33 min 15 Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 2) 22 min 16 Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 1) 41 min 17 Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 2) 49 min 18 Chapter 8 - The Rise of the Netherlands Schools 1 h 5 min 19 Chapter 9 - The Italian Renaissance 52 min 20 Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 1) 46 min 21 Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 2) 34 min 22 Chapter 11 - The Beginnings of Opera and Oratorio 52 min 23 Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 1) 44 min 24 Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 2) 41 min 25 Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 1) 28 min 26 Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 2) 35 min 27 Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 1) 26 min 28 Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 2) 36 min 29 Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 1) 52 min 30 Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 2) 40 min
