XI.— MAKERS OF MOTETS AND MADRIGALS—RISE OF SCHOOLS, 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 146 XII.— MUSIC GETS A REPRIMAND—REFORMATION AND REBIRTH OF LEARNING—HOW THE REFORMS CAME TO BE 162 XIII.— BIRTH OF ORATORIO AND OPERA—MONTEVERDE AND HEART MUSIC 171 XIV.— MUSICKE IN MERRIE ENGLAND 187 MUSIC COMES OF AGE XV.— DANCE TUNES GROW UP—SUITES—VIOLIN MAKERS OF CREMONA 208 XVI.— OPERA IN FRANCE—LULLY AND RAMEAU—CLAVECIN AND HARPSICHORD COMPOSERS 222 XVII.— GERMANY ENTERS—ORGANS, ORGANISTS AND ORGAN WORKS 235 MUSIC HAS GROWN UP XVIII.— BACH—THE GIANT 244 XIX.— HANDEL AND GLUCK—PATHMAKERS 255 XX.— “PAPA” HAYDN AND MOZART—THE GENIUS 275 XXI.— BEETHOVEN THE COLOSSUS 293 XXII.— THE PIANOFORTE GROWS UP—THE ANCESTRY OF THE PIANOFORTE 307 XXIII.— OPERA MAKERS OF FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY—1741 TO WAGNER 326 XXIV.— THE POET MUSIC WRITERS—ROMANTIC SCHOOL 343 XXV.— WAGNER—THE WIZARD 359 XXVI.— MORE OPERA MAKERS—VERDI AND MEYERBEER TO OUR DAY 377 XXVII.— SOME TONE POETS 397 XXVIII.— LATE 19TH CENTURY COMPOSERS WRITE NEW MUSIC ON OLD MODELS 418 XXIX.— MUSIC APPEARS IN NATIONAL COSTUMES 441 XXX.— AMERICA ENTERS 456 XXXI.— AMERICA COMES OF AGE 475 XXXII.— TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC 515 SOME OF THE BOOKS WE CONSULTED 547 SOME MUSIC WRITERS ACCORDING TO FORMS OF COMPOSITION 551 INDEX 587 ILLUSTRATIONS