Classical Music Without Fear: A Guide for General Audiences Book

	Acknowledgments
1	Getting Started	1
	Introduction	1
	What to Expect at a Classical Music Concert	9
	Additional Information	13
	Differences between Classical and Popular Music	14
2	The Time Zones	19
	The Extravagant Baroque, 1600-1750	20
	The Cool Classical, 1750-1825	34
	The Emotional Romantic, 1810-1900	44
	Suave Impressionism, 1890-1925	53
	The Fragmented Twentieth Century	58
3	Reading Music: Reading a Book	81
	Standard Notation	82
	Visualizing Music: The Musical Score across the Ages	93
4	Classical Music Sampler	107
	Sampler	109
	Glossary	185
	Index	189