# Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods

An audiobook by The National Society of Music, read by LibriVox volunteers (19 h 3 min, English).

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

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## Chapters

0. The Art of Music - General Introduction (38:42): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_00_mason_64kb.mp3
1. A Narrative History of Music - Introduction (1:08:04): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_01_mason_64kb.mp3
2. Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 1) (25:24): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_02_mason_64kb.mp3
3. Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 2) (20:11): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_03_mason_64kb.mp3
4. Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 3) (27:24): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_04_mason_64kb.mp3
5. Chapter 1 - Primitive Music (Part 4) (20:05): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_05_mason_64kb.mp3
6. Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 1) (29:30): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_06_mason_64kb.mp3
7. Chapter 2 - Exotic Music (Part 2) (20:16): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_07_mason_64kb.mp3
8. Chapter 3 - The Most Ancient Civilized Nations (47:05): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_08_mason_64kb.mp3
9. Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 1) (34:34): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_09_mason_64kb.mp3
10. Chapter 4 - The Music of the Ancient Greeks (Part 2) (49:18): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_10_mason_64kb.mp3
11. Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 1) (32:28): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_11_mason_64kb.mp3
12. Chapter 5 - The Age of Plain-song (Part 2) (34:33): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_12_mason_64kb.mp3
13. Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 1) (33:23): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_13_mason_64kb.mp3
14. Chapter 6 - The Beginnings of Polyphony (Part 2) (22:26): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_14_mason_64kb.mp3
15. Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 1) (40:38): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_15_mason_64kb.mp3
16. Chapter 7 - Secular Music of the Middle Ages (Part 2) (49:27): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_16_mason_64kb.mp3
17. Chapter 8 - The Rise of the Netherlands Schools (1:05:03): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_17_mason_64kb.mp3
18. Chapter 9 - The Italian Renaissance (51:32): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_18_mason_64kb.mp3
19. Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 1) (46:24): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_19_mason_64kb.mp3
20. Chapter 10 - The Golden Age of Polyphony (Part 2) (33:40): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_20_mason_64kb.mp3
21. Chapter 11 - The Beginnings of Opera and Oratorio (51:45): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_21_mason_64kb.mp3
22. Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 1) (43:37): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_22_mason_64kb.mp3
23. Chapter 12 - New Forms: Vocal and Instrumental (Part 2) (40:54): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_23_mason_64kb.mp3
24. Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 1) (27:42): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_24_mason_64kb.mp3
25. Chapter 13 - The Seventeenth Century (Part 2) (34:52): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_25_mason_64kb.mp3
26. Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 1) (25:50): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_26_mason_64kb.mp3
27. Chapter 14 - Handel and the Oratorio (Part 2) (36:09): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_27_mason_64kb.mp3
28. Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 1) (52:13): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_28_mason_64kb.mp3
29. Chapter 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach (Part 2) (40:02): https://archive.org/download/artofmusicvol1_2109_librivox/artofmusicvol1_29_mason_64kb.mp3