Summary of the History and Development of Mediaeval and Modern European Music

The English composer C. Hubert H. Parry published a historic overview of European music for music students in 1893.

1. The music of the middle ages; 2. Music in England from the beginning of Tudor Times till the restoration of the Stuarts; 3. The beginnings of opera and oratorio; 4. The progress of opera in various countries, from the middle of the seventeenth century till the time of Gluck; 5. Oratorio in the time of Bach and Handel; 6. The progress of instrumental music up to the time of J. S. Bach; 7. The progress of instrumental music in the eighteenth century; 8. Opera in Gluck and Mozart's time and immediately after; 9. The progress of instrumental music to Beethoven and his immediate successors; 10. Modern instrumental music; 11. Modern opera; 12. Modern vocal music.