Outlines of Music History

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English · 1924 · 8h 17m · Music

The "Outlines of Music History" is intended to meet the demand for a concise survey of the entire field of musical development, presented in the light of recent research. It is only within comparatively few years that Science has cast its searching eye upon historical statements hitherto blindly accepted; and in so doing it has found the Art of Music, especially, through its imaginative and emotional character, encrusted all along the way with a prolific growth of fables and myths. Modern music scholars have for some time been working to strip off these irrelevant accumulations and to arrange the known facts in logical sequence; and as a result the links in the chain which extends from the regions of remote antiquity to our own time are now becoming plainly visible. - Summary by Preface

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Introduction 3:02 Read by ShrimpPhish
Alien Musical Systems Part 1 15:08 Read by Leander van Nieuwpoort
Alien Musical Systems Part 2 6:49 Read by Leander van Nieuwpoort
Alien Musical Systems Part 3 19:27 Read by Leander van Nieuwpoort
Mediaeval Music Part 1 24:21 Read by phineas2000
Mediaeval Music Part 2 14:32 Read by phineas2000
The Epoch of Vocal Counterpoint Part 1 16:53 Read by Beeswaxcandle
The Epoch of Vocal Counterpoint Part 2 11:00 Read by Beeswaxcandle
The Epoch of Vocal Counterpoint Part 3 9:40 Read by Beeswaxcandle
The Development of Monophony Part 1 27:24 Read by phineas2000
The Development of Monophony Part 2 16:44 Read by phineas2000
The Development of Monophony Part 3 4:25 Read by phineas2000
Bach, Handel, and Gluck Part 1 22:45 Read by E. Sharp
Bach, Handel, and Gluck Part 2 9:15 Read by E. Sharp
The Perfection of the Sonata Form Part 1 13:44 Read by E. Sharp
The Perfection of the Sonata Form Part 2 12:10 Read by E. Sharp
The Perfection of the Sonata Form Part 3 14:30 Read by E. Sharp
The Transition to the Romantic Style Part 1 15:39 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
The Transition to the Romantic Style Part 2 24:51 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
The Great Nineteenth Century Romanticists Part 1 11:29 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
The Great Nineteenth Century Romanticists Part 2 14:56 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
The Great Nineteenth Century Romanticists Part 3 18:37 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Opera in the Nineteenth Century Part 1 18:43 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Opera in the Nineteenth Century Part 2 16:52 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Opera in the Nineteenth Century Part 3 13:29 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Other Nineteenth Century Composers Part 1 15:14 Read by E. Sharp
Other Nineteenth Century Composers Part 2 16:16 Read by E. Sharp
Other Nineteenth Century Composers Part 3 12:16 Read by E. Sharp
Recent and Contemporary Composers Part 1 17:52 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Recent and Contemporary Composers Part 2 15:22 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Recent and Contemporary Composers Part 3 14:42 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Recent and Contemporary Composers Part 4 25:56 Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Conclusion 2:57 Read by Anthony St. Pierre