The Art of Music: An Introduction

Music Today. Prelude: The Art of Music. I. THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC. 1. Melody and Its Presentation in Music. 2. Rhythm, Form, and Musical Instruments. II. EARLY MUSIC. 3. Music in the Medieval World. 4. Music in the Age of Humanism. 5. The Early Baroque Period, 1600-1700. 6. The Late Baroque Period, 1700-1750. III. MUSIC OF MODERN TIMES. 7. Introduction to the Classical Style 213. 8. Viennese Classicism. 9. The Age of Expression: Music in the Early Nineteenth Century. 10. The Late Romantic Period, 1850-1900. 11. The Rebellion Against Romanticism, 1900-1945. 12. Music in the Age of Anxiety, 1945 to the Present. IV. JAZZ AND NON-WESTERN MUSIC. 13. Jazz. 14. The Music of Selected World Cultures. Appendix: Music Notation. Glossary of Musical Terms. Acknowledgments. Index.Bryan R. Simms is the author of 'The Art of Music: An Introduction' with ISBN 9780673389169 and ISBN 0673389162.