Chinese Translator’s Preface/ 1

Introduction/ 1

Chapter 1 Ancient Greece

Music in the Temple of Beauty/ 2

Music in the Mythical and Homeric Periods/3

Poems, Songs and Instrumental Music/7

“Tragedy is born from the spirit of music”/12

Overview of the Sociology of Music/ 14

Music Science/ 18

The Last Stage of Ancient Music/ 20

Chapter 2 Byzantium

Music of Eastern Christianity/24

Comparison of Ancient Greek Music and Byzantine Music/28

Byzantine Church Music and Hymns/30

No. Chapter 3 Rome

Chapter 4 The Early Patristic Period of Christianity

"Middle Ages" vs. "Renaissance" / 44

Problems of Christian Church Music/ 46

The origins and components of Christian liturgical music/49

The organizational structure of worship rituals·Secular music·The resistance of the Christian church/58

The theology of Christian liturgical music, Foundations of Philosophy and Science/ 62

Chapter 5 Gregorian Art and Its Scope of Influence

Gregory the Great/ 70

The Roman Saint of Britain Chant/ 73

The Roman chant of the Carolingian Empire and the influence of the Celts/ 74

The branch of Gregorian music/ 78

The Decline of Gregorian Art/ 85

Gregorian Chant in the Universal Sacred Art of the Romanesque Period/ 87

Secular Music of the Carolingian Period/ 89

Theoretical, artistic and philosophical concepts of music/ 93

Chapter 6 The further diffusion of Gregorian art

Drama emerged from etiquette/ 100

Lyric poetry, parody poetry and joke songs/ 107

The musical origins of medieval lyric poetry/ 110

Feudalism and its art/ 111

Bards/ 114

Other aspects of the lyrical art of chivalry/ 117

Trovadors/ 120

The decline of chivalric art/ 123

Italian lyrical art awakened by the art of Provence/ 124

Bards and troubadours in England/ 128

Poetic Hands/ 129

Seventh Chapter Gothic Style

The Rise of Gothic Style/136

The Origin of Polyphony/139

The Forms and Means of Early Polyphony/141

Ancient Art/ 145

Romanesque Art and Gothic Style/ 150

Medieval Music Doctrine and Theory/ 151

The Restoration of the Christian Church Resistance of tone/ 153

The influence of French Gothic style on surrounding civilizations/ 156

Chapter 8 New Art

The Collapse of the Medieval Order/ 160

Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance/ 162

Art Nouveau and Ancient Art/ 164

Art Nouveau in France/ 167

New Art in Italy Art / 170

Music practice in the 14th century / 173

New trends in music theory and aesthetics / 175

The widespread and widespread appreciation of music in the 14th century Appreciation/ 178

Chapter 9 Renaissance

Renaissance and Humanism/ 184

The music of the Renaissance has been confirmed by modern research/ 189

The best of late Gothic music

Post-reflection/ 191

The stylistic reconciliation of Gothic elements and early Renaissance elements/ 193

The influence of England/ 193

The Burgundian School/ 196

The rise of neo-Gothic style/198

The migration of Flemish musicians·Italian music in the 15th century·The rise of French-Flemish composers/204

Problems of Music in the 16th Century/ 212

Reform and Revival - German Humanism·Artisan Singers/ 216

Burgundy and France in German Art —The influence of Flanders/ 221

The liberation of German composers/ 221

Luther and German Protestant music/ 223

Classical "Nide" "Lan" style and its internationalization/ 229

French music during the Renaissance/ 231

Venetian School/ 234

Italian-Flanders style / 238

The final synthesis of polyphony·Catholic Reformation and Counter-Reformation/ 240

Palestrina/ 246

Music—of the political situation Change/ 251

Musical instruments and instrumental music/ 252

Types and forms of instrumental music/ 257

German music in the late Renaissance/ 262

The second stage of the French Renaissance/ 264

The Huguenots and their music/ 268

Spain and Spanish music during the Renaissance/ 271

Choral composers of the Spanish-Flemish school/276

English music before the Tudors/280

Composers of the early Tudors/283

The Reformation in England/ 286

The impact of the contradictions of humanism, Renaissance and Reformation on music/ 287

The music schools of Elizabeth I and James I/ 293

Vocal music/ 293

Instrumental music/ 300

Aesthetic principles of the Renaissance/ 303

Music in Renaissance life/ 307

The repercussions of humanism - the tendency of lyric drama·Aspects of Renaissance music practice/313

The consequences of the Reformation/317

Music in universities / 317

Music in the New World/ 320

Chapter 10 Baroque

The Decline of the Renaissance/ 324

Religious Thought as The driving force of early Baroque art/ 327

The changing artistic ideal/ 330

Romanticism in Baroque - drama/ 336

Drama, poetry and music Relationship/ 338

Predecessors of musical drama/ 339

Early musical drama/ 342

Monteverdi/ 347

Sacred opera·oratorio·comic opera/351

Rome and Venice/ 351

Italian opera in the late 17th century/360

New ideas in composition and interpretation Techniques: Continuo·Orchestra·Keyboard Music/364

Principles and Types of Instrumental Music·The Italian Violin School/370

The Fashion of "Grand Baroque" - Catholic Church Music/ 375

Western Europe in the Early 17th Century/ 378

The Influence of New Political Philosophy on Literature and Art · Louis XIV Style/ 380

Louis XIV Music in its Heyday/ 382

French Thought’s Fundamental Resistance to Opera/

388

Lute music and harpsichord music/ 390

Thirty Years’ War/ 392

German Baroque music/ 396

Early Baroque Opera in Germany/408

Reorganization of Social Forces/411

England under the Stuart Royal Family - Revolution and Restoration/412

Baroque in other countries/422

The Netherlands/422

Spain/424

North America/428

Chapter 11 Late Baroque

Despotism and Enlightenment/ 436

Philosophical Background/ 438

Baroque Musical Thought/ 440

The theory of temperament and emotional types/440

Rationalism·Irrationalism·Symbolism/446

Secularism: the dominant spirit of late Baroque/449

Late Baroque Opera/451

Neapolitan School/456

Italian Opera in Germany/460

Italian Opera in England/467

Catholic Church Music of the Late Baroque/471

Religious and Musical Thoughts in the Protestant North/475

The Harmonious Relationship between Church Music and Opera/481

Instrumental music of late Baroque/487

Johann Sebastian Bach/494

Choral works/500

Instrumental works/507

Late Baroque British Music/ 517

Handel/ 521

Oratorio/ 524

Bach and Handel/ 528

Chapter 12 Rococo - Gorgeous Style - Emotional Style

The period after the reign of Louis XIV/532

The drama of the three kings/534

The rise of Rococo from the disintegration of Baroque/ 535

The music of French Rococo/ 538

Rameau/ 545

Rousseau·Come Opera Debate· French comic opera/ 549

The new look of formal opera and lyrical tragedy/ 554

Enlightened despotism/ 567

The ideals of the Enlightenment and its influence on literature / 570

Music and the Enlightenment - Berlin School / 574

Opera and Singing Drama / 579

The relationship between music theory and music practice / 584

Pioneer of the pre-classical symphony/ 590

Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach/ 595

Sonata - part of the symphony/ 597

Italian and Austrian schools/601

Mannheim school/606

Further composition of pre-classical symphonies/609

Pre-classical chamber music/ 613

Chapter 13: The Classical Period

The return of classical thought/ 618

Classical tendencies in literary and artistic scholarship/ 620

Haydn/ 626

Early works/ 628

Late works/ 632

Mozart/ 640

Instrumental works/ 652

Drama and opera in the classical period/ 658

Mozart’s Italian operas/ 663

Mozart and operas/ 669

Mozart’s Opera Concept/677

Chapter 14 The Edge of Music in the 18th Century

and its practice

Spain/ 682

Britain/ 686

United States/ 694

Vocal concepts in the 18th century/ 701

Protestant church music/705

Catholic church music/707

Music practice in the 18th century·Constructive role of orchestra·Interpretive art/713

A sociological overview of music in the 18th century/ 722

Music criticism and historiography/ 727

The Enlightenment’s attempt to create popular art failed/ 733

Chapter 15 The Intersection of Classicism and Romanticism

Classicism vs. Romanticism/736

The Romantic Movement in Germany/742

In Literature Classicism - Romanticism and its counterpart in music/ 747

Beethoven/ 752

Life/ 758

Early works/ 762

Late works/769

Beethoven style/773

Schubert/778

French operas of the Revolutionary, Directory and Imperial periods / 788

Early Romantic Opera in Germany/ 796

Chapter 16 Romanticism

Overview of Romanticism/ 806

Gate Delson Schumann Chopin/ 814

Stylistic Criticism of Romantic Music/ 824

Grand Opera/ 833

Italian Opera/ 842

German Opera/847

Chapter 17 From Romanticism to Realism

Realism as a Philosophy of Life/854

Exploring the all-inclusive whole Art/ 857

Church Music and Symphony—New Trends in Drama/ 865

Berlioz/ 871

Liszt/ 876

Wagner/886

Total Artwork/895

Chapter 18 Against the Trend

Brahms/908

V. Cai/ 918

Verdi/ 922

Chapter 19 The Edge of Music and Its Practice in the 19th Century

Germany/ 932

France/ 939

United Kingdom/ 945

United States/ 949

Nationalism in Music/ 954

Russia/ 960

Bohemia/ 971

Scandinavia/ 974

19th Century Musical Practice/ 976

19th Century Musical Thought——Theory·Aesthetics·Philosophy·Science/988

Music Criticism/994

Musicology/1000

Chapter 20 Leading to Modern Times Road

New concepts of tonality/1006

Instrumental music/ 1008

Opera/ 1015

Dance music and operetta/ 1018

Church Music/ 1023

Songs/ 1027

The last stylistic synthesis of the century - Impressionism/ 1031

Impressionism in music / 1033

“The Decline of the West? ” / 1040

Index / 1049