- 1Dedication — Epigraph
- 2The Authors’ Greetings
- 3Acknowledgments
- 4Introduction
- 5Babyhood of Music
- 6Chapter II — The Savage Makes His Music
- 7Chapter III — The Ancient Nations Made Their Music — Egyptian, Assy…
- 8Chapter IV — The Greeks Lived Their Music — The Romans Used Greek P…
- 9Chapter V — The Orientals Make Their Music — Chinese, Japanese, Sia…
- 10Chapter VI — The Arab Spreads Culture — The Gods Give Music to the…
- 11Childhood of Music
- 12Chapter VIII — Troubadours and Minnesingers Brought Music to Kings…
- 13Chapter IX — The People Dance and Sing
- 14Chapter X — National Portraits in Folk Music
- 15Music Becomes a Youth
- 16Chapter XII — Music Gets a Reprimand — Reformation and Rebirth of L…
- 17Chapter XIII — Birth of Oratorio and Opera — Monteverde and Heart M…
- 18Chapter XIV — Musicke in Merrie England
- 19Music Comes of Age
- 20Chapter XVI — Opera in France — Lully and Rameau — Clavecin and Har…
- 21Chapter XVII — Germany Enters — Organs, Organists and Organ Works
- 22Music Has Grown Up
- 23Chapter XIX — Handel and Gluck — Pathmakers
- 24Chapter XX — “Papa” Haydn and Mozart — The Genius
- 25Chapter XXI — Beethoven the Colossus 1770–1827
- 26Chapter XXII — The Pianoforte Grows Up — The Ancestry of the Pianof…
- 27Chapter XXIII — Opera Makers of France, Germany and Italy — 1741 to…
- 28Chapter XXIV — The Poet Music Writers — Romantic School
- 29Chapter XXV — Wagner — The Wizard
- 30Chapter XXVI — More Opera Makers — Verdi and Meyerbeer to Our Day
- 31Chapter XXVII — Some Tone Poets
- 32Chapter XXVIII — Late 19th Century Composers Write New Music on Old…
- 33Chapter XXIX — Music Appears in National Costumes
- 34Chapter XXX — America Enters
- 35Chapter XXXI — America Comes of Age
- 36Chapter XXXII — Twentieth Century Music
- 37Some of the Books We Consulted
- 38Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition
How Music Grew
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