A Concise History of Western Music (Hardcover)

Prehistory; Part I. Time Whole: 1. From Babylonians to Franks; Part II. Time Measured 1100?1400: 2. Troubadours and organists; 3. Ars nove and Narcissus's clock; Part III. Time Sensed 1400?1630: 4. Harmony, the light of time; 5. The radiance of the High Renaissance; 6. Reformation and heartache; 7. To speak in music; Part IV. Time Known 1630?1770: 8. Baroque mornings; 9. Fugue, concerto and operatic passion; 10. Rococo and reform; Part V. Time Embraced 1770?1815: 11. Sonata as comedy; 12. Revolution's momentum; Part VI. Time Escaping 1815?1907: 13. The deaf man and the singer; 14. Angels and other prodigies; 15. New Germans and old Vienna; 16. Romantic evenings; 17. Nightfall and sunrise; Part VII. Time Tangled 1908?75: 18. To begin again; 19. Forwards and backwards, and sideways; 20. The people's needs; 21. To begin again again; 22. Whirlwind; Part VIII. Time Lost 1975?: 23. Echoes in the labyrinth; 24. Interlude; Glossary; Further reading and listening.