A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE ART OF MUSIC From the Earliest Times
BY W. S. B. MATHEWS, Editor of "Music" Magazine,
DR. FLORENCE ZIEGFELD, President of the Chicago Musical College THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CONTENTS. #NAME? PAGE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 4 CHRONOLOGICAL
INTRODUCTION. I.
CHAPTER I. MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
CHAPTER II. MUSIC AMONG THE HEBREWS AND ASSYRIANS.
CHAPTER III. MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
CHAPTER IV. MUSIC IN INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. I.
CHAPTER V. THE NATURE OF THE TRANSFORMATION, AND THE AGENCIES EFFECTING IT.
CHAPTER VI. THE MINSTRELS OF THE NORTH.
CHAPTER VII. THE ARABS OR SARACENS.
CHAPTER VIII. ORIGIN OF THE GREAT FRENCH EPICS.
CHAPTER IX. THE TROUBADOURS, TROUVERES AND MINNESINGERS.
CHAPTER X. THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
CHAPTER XI. THE DIDACTIC OF MUSIC FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY TO THE FOURTEENTH. I.
CHAPTER XII. THE RISE OF POLYPHONY. OLD FRENCH AND GALLO-BELGIC SCHOOLS. I.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SCHOOLS OF THE NETHERLANDS.
CHAPTER XIV. POLYPHONIC SCHOOLS OF ITALY. PALESTRINA.
CHAPTER XV. THE CHANGES IN MUSICAL NOTATION.
CHAPTER XVI. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE VIOLIN, ORGAN, ETC. I.
CHAPTER XVII. CONDITION OF MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XVIII. FIRST CENTURY OF ITALIAN OPERA AND DRAMATIC SONG.
CHAPTER XIX. BEGINNINGS OF OPERA IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. I.
CHAPTER XX. THE PROGRESS OF ORATORIO. I.
CHAPTER XXI. BEGINNINGS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
CHAPTER XXII. GENERAL VIEW OF MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XXIII. JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH.
CHAPTER XXIV. GEO. FREDERICK HANDEL.
CHAPTER XXV. EMANUEL BACH; HAYDN; THE SONATA. I.
CHAPTER XXVI. MOZART AND HIS GENIUS.
CHAPTER XXVII. BEETHOVEN AND HIS WORKS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. HAYDN, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED.
CHAPTER XXIX. OPERA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. I.
CHAPTER XXX. PIANO PLAYING AND VIRTUOSI; THE VIOLIN; TARTINI AND SPOHR. I.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE ROMANTIC; MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER XXXII. SCHUBERT AND THE ROMANTIC.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE STORY OF THE PIANOFORTE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. GERMAN OPERA; WEBER, MEYERBEER AND WAGNER. I.
CHAPTER XXXV. VIRTUOSITY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; PAGANINI; BERLIOZ; CHOPIN; LISZT. I.
CHAPTER XXXVI. MENDELSSOHN AND SCHUMANN. I.
CHAPTER XXXVII. ITALIAN OPERA DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. FRENCH OPERATIC COMPOSERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XXXIX. LATER COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS.
INDEX.
Title: A Popular History of the Art of Music
From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Author: W. S. B. Mathews
Language: English
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