A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
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A POPULAR HISTORY
OF THE
OF THE
ART OF MUSIC
From the Earliest Times Until the Present.
With Accounts of the Chief Musical Instruments and Scales; the Principles and Artistic Value of Their Music; together with Biographical Notices of the Greater Composers, Chronological Charts, Specimens of Music, and Many Engravings.
Editor of "Music" Magazine,
CONTENTS
TO
TO
With Accounts of the Chief Musical Instruments and Scales; the Principles and Artistic Value of Their Music; together with Biographical Notices of the Greater Composers, Chronological Charts, Specimens of Music, and Many Engravings.
Editor of "Music" Magazine,
CONTENTS
TO
TO
DR. FLORENCE ZIEGFELD,
President of the Chicago Musical College
THIS WORK IS
THIS WORK IS
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
President of the Chicago Musical College
THIS WORK IS
THIS WORK IS
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CONTENTS.
BOOK FIRST — MUSIC OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
BOOK SECOND — APPRENTICE PERIOD OF MODERN MUSIC
BOOK THIRD — THE DAWN OF MODERN MUSIC.
BOOK FOURTH — FLOWERING TIME OF MODERN MUSIC.
BOOK FIFTH — EPOCH OF THE ROMANTIC.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS.
CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL ITALIAN COMPOSERS.
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THE MORE IMPORTANT GERMAN COMPOSERS.
CHRONOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF PIANISTS AND COMPOSERS FOR THE PIANOFORTE.
BOOK FIRST — MUSIC OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
BOOK SECOND — APPRENTICE PERIOD OF MODERN MUSIC
BOOK THIRD — THE DAWN OF MODERN MUSIC.
BOOK FOURTH — FLOWERING TIME OF MODERN MUSIC.
BOOK FIFTH — EPOCH OF THE ROMANTIC.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS.
CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL ITALIAN COMPOSERS.
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THE MORE IMPORTANT GERMAN COMPOSERS.
CHRONOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF PIANISTS AND COMPOSERS FOR THE PIANOFORTE.
INTRODUCTION.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
THE
I.
II.
III.
IV.
THE
Music of the Ancient World.
PRIMITIVE TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS, AND AN ARTISTIC MONODY, WITHOUT REAL TONALITY.
CHAPTER I.
MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
CHAPTER II.
MUSIC AMONG THE HEBREWS AND ASSYRIANS.
II.
MUSIC AMONG THE HEBREWS AND ASSYRIANS.
II.
CHAPTER III.
MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
CHAPTER IV.
MUSIC IN INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
I.
II.
THE
MUSIC IN INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
I.
II.
THE
Apprentice Period of Modern Music.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARMONY, TONALITY, CANONIC IMITATION AND POLYPHONY.
THE GENERAL POPULARIZATION OF THE ART OF MUSIC IN EVERY DIRECTION.
THE GENERAL POPULARIZATION OF THE ART OF MUSIC IN EVERY DIRECTION.
CHAPTER V.
THE NATURE OF THE TRANSFORMATION, AND THE AGENCIES EFFECTING IT.
THE NATURE OF THE TRANSFORMATION, AND THE AGENCIES EFFECTING IT.
CHAPTER VI.
THE MINSTRELS OF THE NORTH.
THE MINSTRELS OF THE NORTH.
CHAPTER VII.
THE ARABS OR SARACENS.
THE ARABS OR SARACENS.
CHAPTER VIII.
ORIGIN OF THE GREAT FRENCH EPICS.
ORIGIN OF THE GREAT FRENCH EPICS.
CHAPTER IX.
THE TROUBADOURS, TROUVÈRES AND MINNESINGERS.
THE TROUBADOURS, TROUVÈRES AND MINNESINGERS.
CHAPTER X.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
CHAPTER XI.
THE DIDACTIC OF MUSIC FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY TO THE FOURTEENTH.
I.
II.
III.
THE DIDACTIC OF MUSIC FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY TO THE FOURTEENTH.
I.
II.
III.
CHAPTER XII.
THE RISE OF POLYPHONY. OLD FRENCH AND GALLO-BELGIC SCHOOLS.
I.
II.
III.
THE RISE OF POLYPHONY. OLD FRENCH AND GALLO-BELGIC SCHOOLS.
I.
II.
III.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SCHOOLS OF THE NETHERLANDS.
THE SCHOOLS OF THE NETHERLANDS.
CHAPTER XIV.
POLYPHONIC SCHOOLS OF ITALY. PALESTRINA.
POLYPHONIC SCHOOLS OF ITALY. PALESTRINA.
CHAPTER XV.
THE CHANGES IN MUSICAL NOTATION.
THE CHANGES IN MUSICAL NOTATION.
CHAPTER XVI.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE VIOLIN, ORGAN, ETC.
I.
II.
THE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE VIOLIN, ORGAN, ETC.
I.
II.
THE
Dawn of Modern Music.
THE BEGINNING OF FREE EXPRESSION IN SONG, OPERA, ORATORIO AND FREE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
CHAPTER XVII.
CONDITION OF MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
CONDITION OF MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XVIII.
FIRST CENTURY OF ITALIAN OPERA AND DRAMATIC SONG.
FIRST CENTURY OF ITALIAN OPERA AND DRAMATIC SONG.
CHAPTER XIX.
BEGINNINGS OF OPERA IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.
I.
II.
BEGINNINGS OF OPERA IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.
I.
II.
CHAPTER XX.
THE PROGRESS OF ORATORIO.
I.
II.
THE PROGRESS OF ORATORIO.
I.
II.
CHAPTER XXI.
BEGINNINGS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
II.
III.
THE
BEGINNINGS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
II.
III.
THE
Flowering Time of Modern Music.
BACH, HÄNDEL, HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN.
THE FUGUE AND THE SONATA.
THE FUGUE AND THE SONATA.
CHAPTER XXII.
GENERAL VIEW OF MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
GENERAL VIEW OF MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XXIII.
JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH.
JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH.
CHAPTER XXIV.
GEO. FREDERICK HÄNDEL.
GEO. FREDERICK HÄNDEL.
CHAPTER XXV.
EMANUEL BACH; HAYDN; THE SONATA.
I.
II.
EMANUEL BACH; HAYDN; THE SONATA.
I.
II.
CHAPTER XXVI.
MOZART AND HIS GENIUS.
MOZART AND HIS GENIUS.
CHAPTER XXVII.
BEETHOVEN AND HIS WORKS.
BEETHOVEN AND HIS WORKS.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
HAYDN, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED.
HAYDN, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED.
CHAPTER XXIX.
OPERA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
OPERA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER XXX.
PIANO PLAYING AND VIRTUOSI; THE VIOLIN; TARTINI AND SPOHR.
I.
II.
THE
PIANO PLAYING AND VIRTUOSI; THE VIOLIN; TARTINI AND SPOHR.
I.
II.
THE
Period of the Romantic.
WEBER, PAGANINI, SCHUBERT, BERLIOZ, MEYERBEER, MENDELSSOHN, SCHUMANN, CHOPIN, LISZT, WAGNER; THE VIRTUOSI; MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE ROMANTIC; MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE ROMANTIC; MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER XXXII.
SCHUBERT AND THE ROMANTIC.
SCHUBERT AND THE ROMANTIC.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE STORY OF THE PIANOFORTE.
THE STORY OF THE PIANOFORTE.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
GERMAN OPERA; WEBER, MEYERBEER AND WAGNER.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
GERMAN OPERA; WEBER, MEYERBEER AND WAGNER.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
VIRTUOSITY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; PAGANINI; BERLIOZ; CHOPIN; LISZT.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VIRTUOSITY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; PAGANINI; BERLIOZ; CHOPIN; LISZT.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
MENDELSSOHN AND SCHUMANN.
I.
II.
MENDELSSOHN AND SCHUMANN.
I.
II.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
ITALIAN OPERA DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
ITALIAN OPERA DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
FRENCH OPERATIC COMPOSERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
FRENCH OPERATIC COMPOSERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
LATER COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS.
I. Music in Germany.
II. Music in Russia.
III. Music in Bohemia.
IV. Music in Scandinavia.
V. Music in England.
LATER COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS.
I. Music in Germany.
II. Music in Russia.
III. Music in Bohemia.
IV. Music in Scandinavia.
V. Music in England.
INDEX.
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