An Illustrated History of Music for Young Musicians: The Middle Ages and Renaissance

By Giles Comeau & Rosemary Cover. Part of a 5-volume series, this book features beautiful art illustrations (black and white), and includes reproducible study guides with activities accompanying the book sections, as well as timeline posters, and composer summary charts.

For ages 11-13. 108 pages plus activity sheets.
Contents:
The Middle Ages:
- Life in the Middle Ages (Political Situation, Society and Culture, Science)
- The Arts in the Middle Ages ( Literature, Architecture, Painting and Decorative Arts,
   Sculpture)
- Musical Life in the Middle Ages (The Church, The Court)
Music in the Middle Ages:
- Characteristics of Music in the Middle Ages (General Features, Specific Features)
- Composers (Hildegard von Bingen, Guillaume de Poitiers, Richard the Lion-Heart, Adam 
   de la Halle, Philippe de Vitry, Guillaume de Machaut).

The Renaissance:
- Life in the Renaissance (Political Situation, Society and Culture, Science and Thought)
- The Arts in the Renaissance (Literature, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting)
- Musical Life in the Renaissance (Professional Musicians, Amateur Musicians)
Music in the Renaissance:
- Characteristics of Renaissance Music (General Features, Specific Features, Liturgical
   Forms, Secular Forms, Instrumental Music, Instrumental Forms)
- Composers (Early Renaissance - Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, John Dunstable,
   Johannes Ockeghem, Jacob Obrecht, Josquin Desprez, Clement Janequin)
   (High Renaissance - Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Andrea 
   Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Thomas Morley, John Dowland, Orlando 
   Gibbons).