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A Short History of English Music

By Ernest Ford

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A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH MUSIC
- PREFACE
  - CONTENTS
  - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SHORT HISTORY OF MUSIC IN ENGLAND
- CHAPTER I MUSIC BEFORE AND DURING THE REFORMATION
- CHAPTER II MUSIC BEFORE AND DURING THE REFORMATION—(continued)
  - "There were three ravens sat on a tree."
    - "How should I your true love know?"
    - "And will he not come again?"
    - "St. Valentine's Day."[9]
- CHAPTER III EARLY ENGLISH COMPOSERS
  - THOMAS TALLIS (OR TALLYS)
  - WILLIAM BYRD
  - ORLANDO GIBBONS
  - HENRY PURCELL
- CHAPTER IV THE DECLINE OF ENGLISH MUSIC
- CHAPTER V MUSICAL EDUCATION IN ENGLAND
  - PAST
  - PRESENT
  - CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER VI PROGRESS OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
- CHAPTER VII ORATORIO IN ENGLAND
  - THE "MESSIAH."
  - THE "CREATION."
  - "ELIJAH."
  - "THE LAST JUDGMENT."
  - "THE REDEMPTION" AND "THE GOLDEN LEGEND."
  - "THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS."
- CHAPTER VIII OPERA IN ENGLAND
- CHAPTER IX DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS IN ENGLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  - WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT
  - SIMS REEVES
  - MADAME NORMAN-NERUDA (LADY HALLÉ)
  - SIR CHARLES HALLÉ
  - SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
- CHAPTER X GENERAL SURVEY
- INDEX
  - Transcriber's Notes

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