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W. J. Henderson
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I. The Beginning of Modern Music 1
II. Harmony, Notation, and Measure 12
III. The Birth of Counterpoint 23
IV. The Golden Age of Church Counterpoint 38
V. Progress of Popular Music 54
VI. The Simplification of Music 66
VII. The Evolution of the Piano 83
VIII. The Evolution of Piano Playing 101
IX. Climax of the Polyphonic Piano Style 116
X. Monophonic Style and the Sonata 126
XI. Evolution of the Orchestra 147
XII. The Classic Orchestral Composers 158
XIII. The Romantic Orchestral Composers 171
XIV. The Development of Chamber Music 186
XV. The Birth of Oratorio 199
XVI. Work of Handel and Bach 208
XVII. Haydn and Mendelssohn 220
XVIII. The Birth of Opera 234
XIX. Italian Opera To Handel's Time 253
XX. Italian Opera To Verdi 276
XXI. Beginnings of French Opera 290
XXII. Reforms of Gluck 312
XXIII. Meyerbeer and His Influence 324
XXIV. German Opera To Mozart 336
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