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In this Section: 1) Brief Table of Contents 2) Full Table of Contents     BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:   Part One: The Medieval Era Chapter 1. Plainchant and Secular Monophony Chapter 2. Polyphony to 1300 Chapter 3. Music in the 14th Century   Part Two: The Renaissance Chapter 4. The Emergence of Renaissance Style Chapter 5. The Genres of Renaissance Music, 1420–1520 Chapter 6. Music in the 16th Century   Part Three: The Baroque Era Chapter 7. The New Practice Chapter 8. Vocal Music, 1600–1650 Chapter 9. Vocal Music, 1650–1750 Chapter 10. Instrumental Music, 1600–1750   Part Four: The Classical Era Chapter 11. The Art of the Natural Chapter 12. Instrumental Music in the Classical Era Chapter 13. Vocal Music in the Classical Era Major Composers of the Classical Era   Part Five: The 19th Century Chapter 14. The Age of the Tone Poet Chapter 15. Orchestral Music, 1800–1850 Chapter 16. Piano Music, Chamber Music, Song Chapter 17. Dramatic and Choral Music Chapter 18. Orchestral Music, 1850–1900   Part Six: The 20th Century Chapter 19. The Growth of Pluralism Chapter 20. The Search for New Sounds, 1890–1945 Chapter 21. Beyond Tonality Chapter 22. The Tonal Tradition Chapter 23. New Currents after 1945 Chapter 24. Popular Music      FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:     Part One: The Medieval Era   Chapter 1. Plainchant and Secular Monophony   The Emergence of Plainchant   The Elements of Plainchant   The Expansion of Plainchant   Secular Monophony   Chapter 2. Polyphony to 1300   Organum   Mensural Notation   Chapter 3. Music in the 14th Century   France: The Arts Nova   Italy: The Trecento     Part Two: The Renaissance   Chapter 4. The Emergence of Renaissance Style   Consonance and Dissonance: Trusting the Eat   Sonority: The Contenance Angloise   Josquin’s Ave Maria…Virgo Serena and the Style of the Renaissance   Chapter 5. The Genres of Renaissance Music, 1420–1520   Sacred Vocal Music   Secular Vocal Music   Instrumental Music   Chapter 6. Music in the 16th Century   Sacred Vocal Music   Secular Vocal Music   Instrumental Music   Part Three: The Baroque Era   Chapter 7. The New Practice   Searching for the Secretes of Ancient Greek Music   The Florentine Camerata   The Seconda Prattica   Music in the Baroque Era: A Stylistic Overview   Chapter 8. Vocal Music, 1600–1650   Secular Song   Opera   Sacred Music   Chapter 9. Vocal Music, 1650–1750   Opera   Sacred Music   Conceptions Of The Compositional Process   Chapter 10. Instrumental Music, 1600–1750   Instruments of The Baroque Era   Instrumental Genres of The Baroque Era     Part Four: The Classical Era   Chapter 11. The Art of the Natural   Music and The Idea of Nature   Music in The Classical Era: A Stylistic Overview   Style and Form in The Mid-18th Century     Chapter 12. Instrumental Music in the Classical Era   The Language of Instrumental Music   Form and Genre in Instrumental Music   Chapter 13. Vocal Music in the Classical Era Major Composers of the Classical Era   The Rise of Opera Buffa   Opera Wars   Gluck and The Reform of Opera   Mozart and The Synthesis of Operatic Styles   Sacred Music   Song     Part Five: The 19th Century   Chapter 14. The Age of the Tone Poet   Romanticism and The New Prestige of instrumental Music   The Composer As High Priest   Originality and Historical Self-Consciousness   The New Dichotomy Between Absolute and Program   Nationalism   The Growing Division Between Art and Popular Music   Music in The 19th Century: A Stylistic   Overview   Chapter 15. Orchestral Music, 1800–1850   Bigger Halls, Bigger Audiences, and Louder Instruments   The Symphony   The Concert Overture   The Concerto   Chapter 16. Piano Music, Chamber Music, Song   Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas and String Quartets   Song   The Character Piece   The Virtuoso Showpiece   Chapter 17. Dramatic and Choral Music   Opera   Operetta   Choral Music   Chapter 18. Orchestral Music, 1850–1900   Music For Dancing And Marching   The Ballet   The Symphonic Poem   The Symphony   Major Composers of the 19th Century     Part Six: The 20th Century   Chapter 19. The Growth of Pluralism   From Homogeneity to Diversity   The Past Confronts The Present   Recorded Versus Live Music   Authenticity   Music in 20th-Century Society   Chapter 20. The Search for New Sounds, 1890–1945   Impressionism   Challenges to Tonality   Radical Primitivism   Nationalism   New Timbres   Chapter 21. Beyond Tonality   Atonality   Serial Composition   Chapter 22. The Tonal Tradition   Neoclassicism and The “New Objectivity”   Orchestral Music   Film Music   Ballet   Chamber Music   Opera and Musical Theater   Chapter 23. New Currents after 1945   New Sounds from Old Instruments   Combinatoriality   Integral Serialism   Aleatory Music   Electronic Music   Minimalism   Postmodernism   Chapter 24. Popular Music   Hymnody and its Legacy   Ragtime and Blues   Popular Song      Jazz: To 1945   Jazz: After 1945   Country Music   The Folk Revival   Rhythm & Blues, Rock, and Rap   Major Composers of the 20th Century