| Contents |
Ancient sources of Western music -- Romanesque, Early Middle Ages -- Gothic, Late Middle Ages, Ars Antiqua, Ars Nova -- Renaissance -- Baroque -- Classic -- Romantic -- Twentieth century -- Popular music of the twentieth century. |
| General note | Each chapter has sections about the sociocultural influences on music of the time, the function of music during the time period, style characteristics, performance practice, information on vocal and instrumental works, major composers, writings on music, and manuscript sources. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies, discographies, and index. |
| LCCN | 84071829 |
| ISBN | 0697035344 (pbk.) |
