Music and humanism: The Flemish and the Italians
The Franco-Flemish tradition goes on
The academies and musical life in Italy
The musician's livelihood
The Frottola and the Villanella
Sacred plays, intermedios, pastorals
Religious music: The mass and the motet
The Roman school and Spanish masters
Roland de Lassus in Munich
Music in Germany: The courts
The Reformation in Germany
A glance at English music
Venice and instrumental music.
