Oxford History of Western Music - The Complete 5 Volume Set

Part I: Ancient & Medieval music. 1. Music from antiquity to Gregorian chant; 2. Secular & cathedral music in the Middle Ages; 3. The Ars nova: musical developments in the 14th century Part II: The Renaissance. 4. Music in Europe: toward an international style, 1300-1500; 5. Church polyphony in the late 15th & 16th centuries: ca.1475-1600; 6. Religious & secular music of the 16th century Part III: The Baroque era. 7. Humanism & the emergence of opera: 1590-1640; 8. Music in Italy, Germany, France, & England: 1600-1740; 9. Italian opera seria & the concerto style; 10. Class of 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach & George Friederich Handel Part IV: The Classical era. 11. The mid-18th century: Bach's sons to the comic style; 12. Concert life lifts off, 1725-1800: Haydn; 13. The composer's voice: Mozart (1756-91) Part V: Romanticism. 14. Beethoven (1770-1827); 15. Opera in the age of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, & Weber: 1810-50; 16. Schubert's private art: 1797-1828; 17. Romantic spectacles: from virtuosos to grand opera: 1800-1850; 18. Music & literature: Berlioz, Mendelssohn, & Schumann, 1830-50; 19. Outsiders in the Romantic tradition: Chopin, Gottschalk, & Glinka, 1820-60; 20. Musical politics in the mid-19th century; 21. Wagner & Verdi: class of 1813; 22. Music in Eastern Europe & Russia: 1825-95; 23. The revival of the symphony: 1875-1900; 24. Opera of the later 19th century: 1850-1900 Part VI: The 20th century to today. 25. Early modernism in Vienna: Mahler, Strauss, & Schoenberg (1890-1918); 26. Modernism in France: 1870-1930; 27. Nationalism in music: 1890-1930; 28. Neoclassicism & twelve-tone music: 1915-50; 29. Music between the wars: 1920-40; 30. Music & totalitarianism in the Soviet Union, Italy, & Germany: 1920-45; 31. Music & politics in America & its allies: 1930-50; 32. Music in the aftermath of World War II: 1945-70 ; 33. Change in the '60s and '70s: rock, minimalism, & the mi