From the Book - Fourth edition.
The state of music at the end of the ancient world
Chant and secular song in the middle ages
The beginnings of polyphony and the music of the thirteenth century
French and Italian music of the fourteenth century
Medieval to renaissance : music of England
The age of the renaissance : Ockeghem to Josquin
New currents in the sixteenth century
Church music in the late renaissance
Music of the early baroque period
Opera and vocal music in the late sixteenth century
Instrumental music in the late baroque period
The early eighteenth century
Sources of the classic style : the sonata, symphony, and opera in the eighteenth century
The late eighteenth century
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The nineteenth century : romanticism ; vocal music
The nineteenth century : instrumental music
The nineteenth century : opera and music drama