Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
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CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS
Lectures delivered at Columbia University BY EDWARD MACDOWELL
EDITED BY W.J. BALTZELL
London ELKIN & CO., Ltd., 8 & 10 Beak Street, Regent Street, W.
CONSTABLE & CO., Ltd., 10 Orange Street, Leicester Square, W.C.
Boston, U.S.A., ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT
Copyright, 1912, by ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT A.P.S. 9384
Stanhope Press F.H. GILSON COMPANY BOSTON, U.S.A.
London ELKIN & CO., Ltd., 8 & 10 Beak Street, Regent Street, W.
CONSTABLE & CO., Ltd., 10 Orange Street, Leicester Square, W.C.
Boston, U.S.A., ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT
Copyright, 1912, by ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT A.P.S. 9384
Stanhope Press F.H. GILSON COMPANY BOSTON, U.S.A.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS
I THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC
II ORIGIN OF SONG vs. ORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
III THE MUSIC OF THE HEBREWS AND THE HINDUS
IV THE MUSIC OF THE EGYPTIANS, ASSYRIANS, AND CHINESE
V THE MUSIC OF THE CHINESE (Continued)
VI THE MUSIC OF GREECE
LIST OF NOTES IN THE GREEK SCALE
VII THE MUSIC OF THE ROMANS—THE EARLY CHURCH
SUMMARY
VIII FORMATION OF THE SCALE—NOTATION
The Gamut.
Present Scale.
DIRGE FOR KING RICHARD'S DEATH
Present Scale.
DIRGE FOR KING RICHARD'S DEATH
IX THE SYSTEMS OF HUCBALD AND GUIDO D'AREZZO—THE BEGINNING OF COUNTERPOINT
X MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS—THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
XI FOLK SONG AND ITS RELATION TO NATIONALISM IN MUSIC
Three or four note (simple)
Emotional (simple)
Emotional and Composite
Howl and Emotion
Emotional (simple)
Emotional and Composite
Howl and Emotion
XII THE TROUBADOURS, MINNESINGERS AND MASTERSINGERS
PASTORELLA BY THIBAUT II, KING OF NAVARRE, 1254.
XIII EARLY INSTRUMENTAL FORMS
OLD DANCE FORMS (1650–1750).
ANALYSIS OF OLD DANCES
MODERN FORMS (1800).
ANALYSIS OF OLD DANCES
MODERN FORMS (1800).
XIV THE MERGING OF THE SUITE INTO THE SONATA
XV THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIANOFORTE MUSIC
XVI THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE PLAY
EURYDICE—PERI.
XVII OPERA
XVIII OPERA (Continued)
XIX ON THE LIVES AND ART PRINCIPLES OF SOME SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COMPOSERS
XX DECLAMATION IN MUSIC
XXI SUGGESTION IN MUSIC
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