The History of MusicThis history aims to strike a mean between the abstruse and the elementary, the scientific and the educational. The first topic is the Gregorian Chant followed by surveys of French, Italian, English, and Russian music. |
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GREGORIAN CHANT | 7 |
HARMONY AND POLYPHONY OF THE EARLY MIDDLE | 22 |
THE MUSIC OF THE MINSTRELS AND TROUBADOURS | 41 |
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