Chapter I About Musie Unit 1 What ls Music Further Reading Section A Harmony Section B Variation Unit 2 Does Music Possess��Secret Power�� Further Reading Section A The Cultural Acoustics of Chinese Musical Instruments Section B Instruments of the Orchestra&Chamber Music Unit 3 Music of Ancient Greece Further Readin Section A A Brief Introduction to Traditional Chinese Classical Music Section B Music and Art of China Chapter II The Baroque Period Unit 1 A Brief History of Baroque Music Further Reading Section A Baroque Spirit and Baroque Music Performance Section B General Characteristics of the Baroque Music Unit 2 Johann Sebastian Bach Further Reading Section A Johann Sebastian Bach��F(xi��n)ather of Music Section B Antonio Vivaldi Unit 3 George Frideric Handel Further Reading Section A The Glorious History ofHandel'S Messiah Section B Henry Purcell Chapter IH The Classical Period Unit 1 Music of the ClassicaI Period Further Reading Section A Haydn and Mozart Section B John Field Unit 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Further Reading Section A Symphony with Final Chorus on Schiller's Ode to Joy�� Section B Carl Czemy,The Forefather of Pianoforte Technic Unit 3 Ludwig Van Beethoven Further Reading Section A Felix Mendelssohn��Singer ofthe Songs Without Words Section B Tchaikovsky,His Life and Music Chapter IV The Romantie Period Unit 1 Romanticism Further Reading Section A The Parallel Lives ofVerdi and Wagner Section B Johannes Brahms Unit 2 Happy Birthday��Fredetic Chopin! Further Reading Section A The Super Power of Franz Liszt Section B Robert Schumann Unit 3 Gustav Mahler��Tragic life��Lavish Music Further Reading Section A Claude Debuss Section B Antonin Dvorak Symphony No��9(��From the New Wodd��) Chapter V The20Century Unit 1 What Silence Taught John Cage��The Story of 4'33�� Further Reading Section A Listening to the Twentieth Century Section B Amold Schoenberg Unit 2 Bela Bartok Further Reading Section A Giacomo Puccini Section B George Gershwin Unit 3 How Stravinsky's Rite of Spring has shaped 100 years of music Further Reading Section A Tradition��the Avant-garde��and Individuality in the Music of Olivier Messiaen Section B John Williams---Composer Extraordinaire Chapter VI Conduetors Unit 1 Toscanini��The Titan Further Reading Section A Herbert Van Karajan��A God Among Conductors Section R A Personal Reminiscence Unit 2 Wilhelm Furtwangler Further Reading Section A Eugene Ormandy Section B Claudio Abbado Unit 3 Leonard Bernstein��a Born Teacher Further Reading Section A��The Passion and Pain of Bernard Haitink Section B Erich Kunzel����Prince of Pops�� Chapter VII Performers Unit 1 Yehudi Menuhin Further Reading Section A Glenn Gould��Weird and Wondrous Section B Arthur Rubinstein��the Artist Unit 2 Yo-Y0 Ma and the Silk Road Project Further Reading Section A Louis Armsong��A Cultural Legacy Section B Jascha Heifetz��The Violinist ofthe Century Unit 3 The Three Tenor Further Reading Section A Vladimir Horowitz��The Famous Supreme Pianist Section B Maria Callas��Voice of Perfect Imperfection