Volume 1 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the "Pre-Classic periods", from early human primitive music, through to the music of the Ancient Greeks and other ancient cultures, plainsong, Middle Ages, Renaissance, and up until the music of J.S. Bach. Included are musical examples, which are performed in the audio as they appear in the text.
- Summary by Jake Malizia
Chapters
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The Art of Music - General Introduction Read by Jake Malizia 38:42
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Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 25:24
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Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 20:11
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Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 3) Read by Jake Malizia 27:24
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Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 4) Read by Jake Malizia 20:05
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Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 29:30
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Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 20:16
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Chapter 3 - The Most Ancient Civilized Nations Read by Jake Malizia 47:05
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Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 34:34
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Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 49:18
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Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 32:28
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Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 34:33
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Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 33:23
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Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 22:26
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Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 40:38
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Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 49:27
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Chapter 8 - The Rise of the Netherlands Schools Read by Jake Malizia 1:05:03
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Chapter 9 - The Italian Renaissance Read by Jake Malizia 51:32
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Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 46:24
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Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 33:40
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Chapter 11 - The Beginnings of Opera and Oratorio Read by Jake Malizia 51:45
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Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 43:37
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Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 40:54
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Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 27:42
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Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 34:52
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Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 25:50
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Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 36:09
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Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 1) Read by Jake Malizia 52:13
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Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 2) Read by Jake Malizia 40:02
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens gutenberg.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
