Music literature lessons. Second year of study. Music of foreign countries.

This textbook is intended for students of children's music schools and schools of arts studying the subject 'Musical Literature' in the 2nd year. The textbook fully corresponds to the course program. It includes information on the main directions of Western European music of the 18th-19th centuries - Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, leading musical genres and forms associated with these eras, as well as biographies of prominent composers such as J.S. Bach, J. Haydn, W. Mozart, L. Beethoven, F. Schubert, F. Chopin, and an analysis of their most famous works. Foundational theoretical concepts of the course of musical literature of foreign countries - 'Polyphony', 'Basic genres of Viennese classics', 'Sonata-symphonic cycle', 'Sonata form' - are highlighted in the book in separate paragraphs. The educational material of the textbook is presented in a concise and accessible form for children and is structured in a way that allows students to use it independently for homework.