"The present book had its origin in two series of twelve public lectures on music ... given at Harvard University in 1934-35."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index.
The music of the Greeks -- Gregorian Chant and Romanesque art -- The Gothic period -- The Renaissance -- The Reformation -- Seventeenth-century Baroque -- Baroque and rationalistic traits in Bach and Handel -- Classical tendencies of the later eighteenth century -- The French Revolution and the Napoleonic age -- The romantic movement -- The "music of the future" -- The twentieth century.