Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER I BASIC REFERENCE
General Music Reference
Chamber Music Reference
Periodicals
Bibliographies
CHAPTER II HISTORY OF CHAMBER MUSIC
General Studies
The String Quartet
Sonata
Woodwind Ensembles
Brass Ensembles
Mixed Ensembles of Woodwinds and Brass
Other Genres
Studies of the Chamber Music of Particular Regions
of the World
Africa, Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Moldavia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States of America, Uzbek, Yugoslavia
CHAPTER III ANALYTIC STUDIES
Aesthetics and Definitions
Analytic Methods
Analysis of Specific Works
CHAPTER IV PERFORMANCE PRACTICE OF CHAMBER MUSIC
General Advice on Performing Chamber Music
Bibliographies of Performance Practice for Chamber Music
Performance Advice for the Overall Chamber Music of Specific Periods and Composers
Advice on Performing String Quartets
Advice on Performing Sonatas
Advice on Performing Wind Ensembles
Advice on Performance of Other Types of Chamber Music
Advice on Performance of Individual Instruments in Chamber Music
Suggestions on the Use of Conductors for Contemporary Chamber Music
Advice on Ornamentation
Discussion of Tempo
Discussion of Dynamics
Discussion of Scoring
Discussion of Acoustics
CHAPTER V PERFORMERS OF CHAMBER MUSIC
General Lists and Discussions of Performance Groups
Discussions of Multiple Chamber Groups, Especially String Quartets
Studies of Individual Performing Groups
Studies of Individual Performers of Chamber Music
CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Patronage and Concert Series
Women's Studies
Early Recordings of Chamber Music
Music Therapy
Education
Iconography
Films
INDICES
Subject
Persons
Authors
