1 Music in antiquity 4
2 The Christian church in the first millennium 24
3 Roman liturgy and chant 50
4 Song and dance music in the Middle Ages 71
5 Polyphony through the thirteenth century 87
6 French and Italian music in the fourteen century 116
7 The age of the Renaissance 148
8 England and Burgundy in the fifteenth century 167
9 Franco-Flemish composers, 1450-1520 190
10 Sacred music in the era of the Reformation 210
11 Madrigal and secular song in the sixteenth century 240
12 The rise of instrumental music 264
13 New styles in the seventeenth century 288
14 The invention of opera 307
15 Music for chamber and church in the early seventeenth century 328
16 France, England, Spain, and the New World in the seventeenth century 353
17 Italy and Germany in the late seventeenth century 384
18 The early eighteenth century in Italy and France 416
19 German composers of the late Baroque 438
20 Opera and vocal music in the early Classic period 472
21 Instrumental music : sonata, symphony, and concerto at midcentury 506
22 Classic music in the late eighteenth century 525
23 Revolution and change 568
24 The Romantic generation : song and piano music 595
25 Romanticism in classic forms : orchestral, chamber, and choral music 631
26 Romantic opera and musical theater to midcentury 659
27 Opera and musical theater in the later nineteenth century 679
28 Late Romanticism in Germany and Austria 714
29 Diverging traditions in the later nineteenth century 737
30 The early twentieth century 758
31 Modernism and the classical tradition 801
32 Between the world wars : jazz and popular music 844
33 Between the world wars : the classical tradition 865
34 Postwar crosscurrents 893
35 The end of the millennium 941