Contents 3
Unit One Elements of Music 3
Lesson One Beat，Meter and Tempo 3
Lesson Two Scales and Modes 9
Lesson Three Tonality and Key Feeling 16
Lesson Four Rhythm 23
Unit Two Compositional Theories 31
Lesson Five Harmony 31
Lesson Six Counterpoint 38
Lesson Seven Sonata Form 44
Lesson Eight Orchestration 49
Unit Three Periods in the History of Western Music 59
Lesson Nine The Classic Period 59
Lesson Ten The Romantic Era 66
Lesson Eleven Nationalism 74
Lesson Twelve Impressionism 82
Unit Four of Music 93
Lesson Thirteen Opera 93
Lesson Fourteen Chamber Music 103
Lesson Fifteen Symphony and Concerto 110
Lesson Sixteen Larger Choral Musical Genres 118
Lesson Seventeen Piano 129
Unit Five Musical Instruments 129
Lesson Eighteen Organ 138
Lesson Nineteen Violin 149
Lesson Twenty Chinese Musical Instruments 156
Unit Six Composers 165
Lesson Twenty-one Jean Sibelius 165
Lesson Twenty-two Olivier Messiaen 171
Lesson Twenty-three Karlheinz Stockhausen 176
Lesson Twenty-four Pierre Boulez 182
Unit Seven World and Popular Music 191
Lesson Twenty-five African Music 191
Lesson Twenty-six Music of Indian Rasa 199
Lesson Twenty-seven Jazz 207
Lesson Twenty-eight Rock and Roll 213
Uint Eight Music as Science 223
Lesson Twenty-nine Musicology 223
Lesson Thirty Ethnomusicology 230
Lesson Thirty-one Music Conservatories 235
Lesson Thirty-two Musical Esthetics 243
Musical Terms 249
Names of Musical Compositions 259
Key to Exercises 261