A-R Online Music Anthology: Textbook
Overview of the Contents (by section)
The foundational articles for the A-R Online Music Anthology cover the main style periods of Western Art Music, with each period containing articles from each of the five sections: Surveys/Overview; Genres & Forms; Music Theory; Major Composers; and Significant Works. Other articles are planned for release in the future.
Click here for a view of the contents by style period (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic, Twentieth Century).
| Surveys/Overview | Author | Style Period |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval Music | James Maiello | Medieval |
| An Introduction to Renaissance Music | Stephanie P. Schlagel | Renaissance |
| Introduction to the Baroque Era | Jonathan Rhodes Lee | Baroque |
| Music in the Classical Era | Robert Pearson | Classical |
| A Topical Survey of Nineteenth-Century Music | Joseph E. Jones | Romantic |
| Music in the Twentieth Century | Nathan Shields | Twentieth Century |
| Women in Western Art Music | Kendra Preston Leonard | Multiple Styles/Eras |
| Black Music Traditions | Melanie Zeck | Multiple Styles/Eras |
| Genres & Forms | Author | Style Period |
|---|---|---|
| Genres & Forms in the Middle Ages | Fiona McAlpine | Medieval |
| Genres & Forms in the Renaissance | Allen Scott | Renaissance |
| Genres & Forms in the Baroque Era | Kimberly Hieb | Baroque |
| Genres & Forms in the Classical Era | Matthew Pilcher | Classical |
| Genres & Forms in the Nineteenth Century | Christopher Ruth | Romantic |
| Genres & Forms in the Twentieth Century | Matthew Heap | Twentieth Century |
| Music Theory | Author | Style Period |
|---|---|---|
| Music Theory in the Middle Ages | Fiona McAlpine | Medieval |
| Music Theory in the Renaissance | Seth Coluzzi | Renaissance |
| Analytical Approaches to Baroque Music | Christopher Brody | Baroque |
| Key Concepts for Theory and Analysis of Music from the Classical Period | Markus Neuwirth | Classical |
| Harmony and Key Relationships in Romantic Music | Richard Bass | Romantic |
| Introduction to the Analysis of 20th-Century Repertoire | Joshua Mailman | Twentieth Century |
| Major Composers | Author | Style Period |
|---|---|---|
| Comtesssa de Dia | Karen Cook | Medieval |
| Guillaume Machaut | Alice Clark | Medieval |
| Philippe de Vitry | [TBD] | Medieval |
| Hildegard von Bingen | Marianne Pfau | Medieval |
| Landini | Lucia Marchi | Medieval |
| Byrd | K. Dawn Grapes | Renaissance |
| Dunstaple | Karen Cook | Renaissance |
| Du Fay | [TBD] | Renaissance |
| Josquin | Stephanie P. Schlagel | Renaissance |
| Lasso | Allen Scott | Renaissance |
| Palestrina | Noel O'Regan | Renaissance |
| Marenzio | Emiliano Ricciardi | Renaissance |
| Claudio Monteverdi | Emily Hagen | Baroque |
| Giulio Caccini | Kimberly Hieb | Baroque |
| Lully | [TBD] | Baroque |
| Purcell | Alon Schab | Baroque |
| Rameau | Danielle Herrington | Baroque |
| George Frideric Handel | David Hurley | Baroque |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Matthew Hall | Baroque |
| Strozzi | [TBD] | Baroque |
| Beethoven | Nancy November | Classical |
| Haydn | Bryan Proksch | Classical |
| Mozart | Julian Rushton | Classical |
| Gluck | Salvatore Calomino | Classical |
| Berlioz | Julian Rushton | Romantic |
| Brahms | Jacquelyn Sholes | Romantic |
| Mendelssohn | Linda Shaver-Gleason and R. Larry Todd | Romantic |
| Schubert | [TBD] | Romantic |
| Schumann | [TBD] | Romantic |
| Sousa | Bryan Proksch | Romantic |
| Verdi | Matthew Franke | Romantic |
| Wagner | Anthony Barone | Romantic |
| Wetmore | Allan Atlas | Romantic |
| Debussy | Keith Clifton | Twentieth Century |
| Schoenberg | Steven Cahn | Twentieth Century |
| Bartok | TBD | Twentieth Century |
| Stravinsky | David Carson Berry | Twentieth Century |
| Shostakovich | [TBD] | Twentieth Century |
| Significant Works | Author | Style Period |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous: Cantigas de Santa Maria | Karen Cook | Medieval |
| Perotin (Perotinus): Viderunt Omnes | [TBD] | Medieval |
| Machaut: Notre Dame Mass | [TBD] | Medieval |
| Genre and Hildegard of Bingen's Ordo Virtutum | Jennifer Bain | Medieval |
| Du Fay: Se la face ay pale | [TBD] | Renaissance |
| Josquin des Prez: Ave Maria...virgo serena | Jennifer Thomas | Renaissance |
| Marenzio: Solo e pensoso | Dan Donnelly | Renaissance |
| Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass | Samantha Bassler | Renaissance |
| Monteverdi: Orfeo | Dan Donnelly | Baroque |
| Strozzi: [Work tBD] | Dan Donnelly | Baroque |
| Musical Migration: The European Impact of Corelli’s Op. 6 | Alison DeSimone | Baroque |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian: St. Matthew Passion | [TBD] | Baroque |
| Handel: Giulio Cesare | Salvatore Calomino | Baroque |
| C. P. E. Bach's Fantasia in C Minor | Kimary Fick | Classical |
| Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33 no. 2 "The Joke" | Bryan Proksch | Classical |
| Mozart's Don Giovanni | Jeremy Leong | Classical |
| Beethoven's Symphony no. 3 "Eroica" | Matteo Magarotto | Romantic |
| Schubert's Winterreise | Matthew Pilcher | Romantic |
| Liszt's Transcendental Etude, No. 1 | Matthew Pilcher | Romantic |
| Verdi's La traviata | Cindy L. Kim | Romantic |
| Wagner: Tristan und Isolde | Kira Thurman | Romantic |
| Stravinsky: Octet | [TBD] | Twentieth Century |
| Schoenberg's Piano Suite, Op. 25 | Morgan Rich | Twentieth Century |
| Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Allan Atlas | Twentieth Century |
| Reich: Come Out | [TBD] | Twentieth Century |
| Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing | Kim Teal | Twentieth Century |