I. THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC 1
II. ORIGIN OF SONG VS. ORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 16
III. THE MUSIC OF THE HEBREWS AND THE HINDUS 32
IV. THE MUSIC OF THE EGYPTIANS, ASSYRIANS AND CHINESE 42
V. THE MUSIC OF THE CHINESE (continued) 54
VI. THE MUSIC OF GREECE 69
VII. THE MUSIC OF THE ROMANS--THE EARLY CHURCH 90
VIII. FORMATION OF THE SCALE--NOTATION 106
IX. THE SYSTEMS OF HUCBALD AND GUIDO
D'AREZZO--THE BEGINNING OF COUNTERPOINT 122
X. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS--THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT 132
XI. FOLK-SONG AND ITS RELATION TO NATIONALISM IN MUSIC 141
XII. THE TROUBADOURS, MINNESINGERS AND MASTERSINGERS 158
XIII. EARLY INSTRUMENTAL FORMS 175
XIV. THE MERGING OF THE SUITE INTO THE SONATA 188
XV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIANOFORTE MUSIC 199
XVI. THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE PLAY 205
XVII. OPERA 210
XVIII. OPERA (continued) 224
XIX. ON THE LIVES AND ART PRINCIPLES OF SOME SEVENTEENTH
AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COMPOSERS 236
XX. DECLAMATION IN MUSIC 254
XXI. SUGGESTION IN MUSIC 261