A History Of Western Music

1- The State of Music at the End of the Ancient World

THE GREEK HERITAGE. THE GREEK MUSICAL SYSTEM. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

2- Chant and Secular Song in the Middle Ages

ROMAN CHANT AND LITURGY. CLASSES, FORMS AND TYPES OF CHANT. LATER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CHANT. MEDIEVAL MUSICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE. NONLITURGICAL AND SECULAR MONODY. MEDIEVAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS.

3- The Beginnings of Polyphony and the Music of the Thirteenth Century

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF EARLY POLYPHONY. EARLY ORGANUM. FLORID ORGANUM. THE RHYTHMIC MODES. NOTRE DAME ORGANUM.

POLYPHONIC CONDUCTUS . THE MOTET . SUMMARY.

4- French and Italian Music of the Fourteenth Century

GENERAL BACKGROUND. THE ARS NOVA IN FRANCE. ITALIAN TRECENTO MUSIC. FRENCH MUSIC OF THE LATE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. MUSICA

FICTA. NOTATION. INSTRUMENTS. SUMMARY.

5- Medieval to Renaissance: Music of England and the Burgundian Lands in the Fifteenth Century

ENGLISH MUSIC. MUSIC IN THE BURGUNDIAN LANDS.

6- The Age of the Renaissance: Ockeghem to Josquin

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. COMPOSERS FROM THE NORTH. JOSQUlN DES PREZ . SOME CONTEMPORARIES OF OBRECHT AND JOSQUlN.

By: Michele sajrawy