Title: The heritage of musical style
Authors: Van Ess, Donald H.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Year: 1970
Subjects: Music appreciation; Style, Musical.
Contents: pt. 1. Meaning in music -- Preliminary considerations: the elements in music -- Meaning in tonal relationships -- The perception of musical styles in historical periods -- pt. 2. The Greco-Roman era -- A preliminary overview of music history -- Eastern musical culture and influence -- Greece: artisitic background -- Music in Greek life -- Philospophy of music -- The outlines of music theory -- Roman contributions -- pt. 3. The Romanesque period (250-1150) -- The cultural cornerstones of the medieval period -- The rise of music in the Christian ritual -- Musical theory and philosophy -- Organum -- Liturgical musical centers: St. Martial and Notre Dame -- Early medieval secular music -- Medieval instruments to 1200 -- pt. 4. The Gothic era (1150-1400) -- Gothic life and ideas -- Gothic artistic ideals -- Music of the Thirteenth century: ars antiqua -- Music of the Fourteenth century: ars nova -- Instrumental music of the late Middle Ages -- The renaissance (1400-1600) --^