This program describes the development of music in Europe between the 2nd and 16th centuries, from the plainchant of the early Christians to the polyphony of the late Renaissance. The motet, chanson, madrigal, chorale, mass, canzone, and songs of the jongleurs, troubadours, and minnesingers are discussed. Instruments such as the psaltery, lute, tromba marina, shawm, buisine, trumpet, trombone, portable organ, harp, and fiedel are illustrated. And key figures including Guillaume de Machaut, Francesco Landini, John Dunstable, Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin des Prez, Claudio Monteverdi, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina are introduced. A Discovery Channel Production. (28 minutes)