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How music grew, from prehistoric times to the present day

Chapitres (59)
  1. HOW MUSIC GREW From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day 0:00
  2. HOW MUSIC GREW From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day: THE AUTHORS’ GREETINGS 0:12
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3:27
  4. INTRODUCTION 4:14
  5. ILLUSTRATIONS 7:12
  6. Babyhood of Music: CHAPTER I Music is Born—How, When and Where 7:16
  7. Babyhood of Music — CHAPTER II The Savage Makes His Music 15:55
  8. Babyhood of Music — CHAPTER III The Ancient Nations Made Their Music—Egyptian, Assyrian, and Hebrew 38:59
  9. Babyhood of Music — CHAPTER IV The Greeks Lived Their Music—The Romans Used Greek Patterns 1:00:43
  10. Babyhood of Music — CHAPTER V The Orientals Make Their Music—Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Burmese, and Javanese 1:29:34
  11. Babyhood of Music — CHAPTER VI The Arab Spreads Culture—The Gods Give Music to the Hindus 1:46:23
  12. Childhood of Music: CHAPTER VII What Church Music Imported from Greece 2:10:12
  13. Childhood of Music — CHAPTER VIII Troubadours and Minnesingers Brought Music to Kings and People 2:41:31
  14. Childhood of Music — CHAPTER IX The People Dance and Sing 3:21:21
  15. Childhood of Music — CHAPTER X National Portraits in Folk Music 4:00:18
  16. Music Becomes a Youth: CHAPTER XI Makers of Motets and Madrigals—Rise of Schools 15th and 16th Centuries 4:34:58
  17. Music Becomes a Youth — CHAPTER XII Music Gets a Reprimand—Reformation and Rebirth of Learning—How the Reforms Came to Be 5:05:43
  18. Music Becomes a Youth — CHAPTER XIII Birth of Oratorio and Opera—Monteverde and Heart Music 5:23:59
  19. Music Becomes a Youth — CHAPTER XIV Musicke in Merrie England 5:56:47
  20. Music Comes of Age: CHAPTER XV Dance Tunes Grow Up—Suites—Violin Makers of Cremona 6:38:29
  21. Music Comes of Age — CHAPTER XVI Opera in France—Lully and Rameau—Clavecin and Harpsichord Composers 7:08:32
  22. Music Comes of Age — CHAPTER XVII Germany Enters—Organs, Organists and Organ Works 7:34:23
  23. Music Has Grown Up: CHAPTER XVIII Bach—The Giant 7:53:10
  24. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XIX Handel and Gluck—Pathmakers 8:14:48
  25. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XX “Papa” Haydn and Mozart—the Genius 8:54:44
  26. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXI Beethoven the Colossus 1770–1827 9:31:54
  27. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXII The Pianoforte Grows Up—The Ancestry of the Pianoforte 9:58:21
  28. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXIII Opera Makers of France, Germany and Italy—1741 to Wagner 10:36:56
  29. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXIV The Poet Music Writers—Romantic School 11:11:00
  30. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXV Wagner—the Wizard 11:42:31
  31. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXVI More Opera Makers—Verdi and Meyerbeer to Our Day 12:18:06
  32. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXVII Some Tone Poets 12:59:22
  33. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXVIII Late 19th Century Composers Write New Music on Old Models 13:41:01
  34. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXIX Music Appears in National Costumes 14:27:40
  35. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXX America Enters 14:58:07
  36. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXXI America Comes of Age 15:37:35
  37. Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XXXII Twentieth Century Music 17:00:48
  38. SOME OF THE BOOKS WE CONSULTED 18:08:36
  39. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition: Troubadours and Trouvères Troubadours 18:20:28
  40. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Trouvères 18:21:29
  41. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Minnesingers 18:21:43
  42. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Meistersingers 18:22:03
  43. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Motets and Madrigals 18:22:17
  44. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Fugues 18:25:32
  45. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Modern Fugues 18:27:27
  46. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Suites 18:28:44
  47. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Modern Suites 18:30:43
  48. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Sonatas 18:32:00
  49. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Classic Concertos 18:41:56
  50. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Concertos 18:43:09
  51. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Symphonies 18:53:05
  52. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Orchestral Music Symphonic Tone Poems, Overtures, Suites, etc. 19:05:12
  53. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Chamber Music (String Quartets, Trios, Quintets, etc., various combinations of Instruments.) 19:19:19
  54. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Pianoforte Music (Lyrical Pieces, Songs without Words, Nocturnes, Impromptus, Ballads, Intermezzi, Preludes, and Program Music.) 19:44:46
  55. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Some Writers of Song 20:06:38
  56. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Oratorios 20:37:00
  57. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Some Opera Writers 20:46:29
  58. Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Modern Ballets 21:17:02
  59. INDEX 21:20:38
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24 septembre 2026
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