| | Basses, 272, 273. | | "Basso ostinato," a, first example of, 33. | | Bassoon, the, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 162, 191. | | "Bastien et Bastienne," Mozart's, 340. | | "Bataille, Le," Jannequin's, 48. | | Bavaria, 313. | | Bayreuth theatre, the, 148. | | Beaujoyeux, Balthasar de, the "Ballet Comique de la Royne" of, 148, 291, 290, 294, 300, 303, 307. | | Beaulieu, 291. | | Beauty, pure, | | the advent of, 48, 141; | | the period in music of, 164. | | Bechstein, Frederick W., 93, 97. | | Beethoven, Ludwig van, | | masses of, 80, 95; | | works of, 111; | | develops tone-color, 112; | | his sonatas, 113, 138; | | his use of the pedals, 113, 137, 141, 142; | | life of, 143; | | his improvements in the sonata form, 143, 144; | | employs instrumental music for emotional expression, 144; | | his music divided into three styles, 145; | | summary of his work, 145, 146; | | his piano sonatas, 145, 146, 193; | | his full symphonic orchestra, 153, 163, 167, 168, 170; | | his symphonies, 170; | | the work laid out for, 171, 172; | | his nine symphonies, 172, 175, 176; | | his technical alterations, 175; | | significance of his work, 176; | | his romanticism, |
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