| Introduction | | [1] |
| Part I. | Beginnings before 1750 | [3] |
| Chapter I. | Hymn Music of Germans in Philadelphia | [5] |
| Chapter II. | Church Music and the Manner of its Performance | [11] |
| Chapter III. | Secular Music | [24] |
| Part II. | Period of Progress (1750-1783) | [35] |
| Chapter IV. | Music Teachers | [37] |
| Chapter V. | Music Dealers, etc. | [40] |
| Chapter VI. | Concert Music | [45] |
| Part III. | Period of Greatest Development (1783-1800) | [55] |
| Chapter VII. | Alexander Reinagle | [57] |
| Chapter VIII. | Philip Roth and Philip Phile | [76] |
| Conclusion | | [84] |
| Appendix. List of Reinagle’s Compositions | | [85] |