Preparation for listening. Introducing the world of music ; Vocabulary for listening and understanding the nature of music ; Vocabulary for listening and understanding the elements of music -- Listening to vernacular music. Folk music and the blues ; American religious music ; Jazz in America ; American popular music -- World music. Music of the Americas ; Music beyond the Americas -- Listening to Western classical music. Music to 1600 ; Music of the Baroque, 1600-1750 ; Music of the Classic period, 1750-1820 ; Music of the Romantic period, nineteenth century ; Music of the twentieth century ; Music in today's society.