The Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods, credited to The National Society of Music, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods by The National Society of Music. Read in English by Jake Malizia Volume 1 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the "Pre-Classic periods", from early human primitive music, through to the music of the Ancient Greeks and other ancient cultures, plainsong, Middle Ages, Renaissance, and up until the music of J.S. Bach. Included are musical examples, which are performed in the audio as they appear in the text. - Summary by Jake Malizia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods
• Author credits: The National Society of Music
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 19:03:11

Catalogue topics

• music
• renaissance
• Bach
• Handel
• opera
• Ancient Greek
• prehistoric
• classical

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 00 - The Art of Music - General Introduction — 38:42
2. 01 - A Narrative History of Music - Introduction — 1:08:04
3. 02 - Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 1) — 25:24
4. 03 - Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 2) — 20:11
5. 04 - Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 3) — 27:24
6. 05 - Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 4) — 20:05
7. 06 - Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 1) — 29:30
8. 07 - Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 2) — 20:16
9. 08 - Chapter 3 - The Most Ancient Civilized Nations — 47:05
10. 09 - Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 1) — 34:34
11. 10 - Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 2) — 49:18
12. 11 - Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 1) — 32:28
13. 12 - Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 2) — 34:33
14. 13 - Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 1) — 33:23
15. 14 - Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 2) — 22:26
16. 15 - Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 1) — 40:38
17. 16 - Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 2) — 49:27
18. 17 - Chapter 8 - The Rise of the Netherlands Schools — 1:05:03
19. 18 - Chapter 9 - The Italian Renaissance — 51:32
20. 19 - Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 1) — 46:24
21. 20 - Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 2) — 33:40
22. 21 - Chapter 11 - The Beginnings of Opera and Oratorio — 51:45
23. 22 - Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 1) — 43:37
24. 23 - Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 2) — 40:54

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