Grout History of Western Music:

Outlines and Time LinesEd. note: This material was compiled and organized by David Papandrew, in the course of his preparation for qualifying exams in music history at Harvard (which he passed). It's been on GeoCities forever; GeoCities is going to be closing down (October 26, 2009), and I did not want this material to be lost. I have attempted to contact David, but have not heard back from him.

Grout/Burkholder:A History of Western Music, (Ninth Edition) J. Peter Burkholder,Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca. W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.New York. 2014.

Publication Date: April 15, 2014 | ISBN-10: 0393918297 | ISBN-13: 978-0393918298 | Edition: Ninth Edition

The definitive history of Western music, now with Total Access.Combining current scholarship with cutting-edge pedagogy, theNinth Edition of A History of Western Music is the text that studentsand professors have trusted for generations. Because listening iscentral to music history, the new Total Access program provides afull suite of media resources—including an ebook and premiumstreaming recordings of the entire Norton Anthology of WesternMusic repertoire—with every new text. Combining thoughtfulrevisions—particularly to chapters on the twentieth and twenty-firstcenturies—with exceptional media resources, A History of Western Music provides all the resourcesthat students need in a text that will last a lifetime.

Chapter OutlinesPlease visit http://beststudentviolins.com/GROUT.html#chapteroutlines

for links to David's OutlineChapter 01: Music in the Ancient WorldChapter 02: Chant in the Middle AgesChapter 03: 13th Century PolyphonyChapter 04: 14th Century French and Italian MusicChapter 05: Medieval to RenaissanceChapter 06: Ockeghem to JosquinChapter 07: 16th Century Music

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Chapter 08: Late Renaissance Church MusicChapter 09: Early Baroque MusicChapter 10: 17th Century Opera and Vocal MusicChapter 11: Late Baroque Instrumental MusicChapter 12: Early 18th Century Music (Baroque)Chapter 13: Early Classical StyleChapter 14: Late 18th Century Music (Classical)Chapter 15: BeethovenChapter 16: 19th Century Vocal MusicChapter 17: 19th Century Instrumental MusicChapter 18: 19th Century OperaChapter 19: Post-RomanticismChapter 20: 20th Century Music

Medieval Period c. 500-1400

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Renaissance c. 1400-1600

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Baroque c. 1600-1750

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Classical Period c. 1750-1825

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Romantic Period c. 1815-1900

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Modern Period c. 1900-1950

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MusicologyNote that human life does not lend itself well to restricted categories

and both the dates and the styles are subject to change and debate among scholars.

Historical EraApproximate

datesRepresentative Composers

(Small sample)

Medieval ca. 500-1450Hildegard von Bingen, Machaut, Landini, Léonin, Pérotin. See: Wikipedia List

Renaissance 1450-1600Josquin, Dufay, Palestrina. See: Wikipedia List

BaroqueAlso see: 1725-1770 Roccoco (and/or Galant)

1600-1750Bach, Vivaldi, Tartini, Geminiani, Handel. See: Wikipedia List

Classical 1750-1820Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven.** See: Wikipedia List

RomanticAlso see: Nationalism - Grieg, Sibelius

1820-1910Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Paganini,Brahms. See: Wikipedia List

Contemporary, also referred to as 20th Century or Modern. Includes subcategories such as:

Impressionism: Debussy, Ravel Expressionism: Schoenberg, Berg, WebernAmericana: Copland Neo Classicism: Stravinsky, CoplandNeo Romanticism: Piston, Barber, HansonExperimentalism: Brown, CageMinimalism: Glass, Reich

Also see: Further Discussion: Contemporary Musicology

1910-present

Bartók, Bernstein, Cage, Babbit, Gershwin, Varese, Messiean, Stockhausen, Takemitsu. See: Wikipedia List

** From A History of Western Music: "Through external circumstances and the force of his own geniushe transformed this heritage and became the source of much that was characteristic of the Romanticperiod. But he himself is neither Classic nor Romantic; he is Beethoven, and his figure towers like acolossus astride the two centuries." [Donald Jay Grout. (3rd Edition with Claude V. Palisca.) W. W.Norton & Co., Inc. New York. 1973. p. 521.]

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Musicology Texts: • Studying Music History, 2nd ed., David Poultney • A History of Western Music, Sixth Edition, Donald J. Grout, Claude V. Palisca. Newest ed. of

the Grout, 7th ed., Burkholder • Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music: Ancient to Baroque (6-CD set), Donald J. Grout.• Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music : Classic to Modern (6-CD set), Donald J. Grout. • Study and Listening Guide for Concise History of Western Music and Norton Anthology of

Western Music, J. Peter Burkholder.

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