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Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods

The National Society of Music

Read by Jake Malizia · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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The Art of Music - General Introduction (38:42)
A Narrative History of Music - Introduction (1:08:04)
Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 1) (25:24)
Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 2) (20:11)
Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 3) (27:24)
Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 4) (20:05)
Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 1) (29:30)
Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 2) (20:16)
Chapter 3 - The Most Ancient Civilized Nations (47:05)
Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 1) (34:34)
Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 2) (49:18)
Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 1) (32:28)
Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 2) (34:33)
Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 1) (33:23)
Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 2) (22:26)
Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 1) (40:38)
Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 2) (49:27)
Chapter 8 - The Rise of the Netherlands Schools (1:05:03)
Chapter 9 - The Italian Renaissance (51:32)
Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 1) (46:24)
Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 2) (33:40)
Chapter 11 - The Beginnings of Opera and Oratorio (51:45)
Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 1) (43:37)
Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 2) (40:54)
Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 1) (27:42)
Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 2) (34:52)
Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 1) (25:50)
Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 2) (36:09)
Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 1) (52:13)
Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 2) (40:02)