Popular History

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present

Name: A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Author: Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock), 1837-1912

作者：Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock), 1837-1912
体例：章　章数：45
字数：617,718　来源：Project Gutenberg

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共 45 章

CHAPTER I--MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS 27-39
CHAPTER II--MUSIC AMONG THE HEBREWS AND ASSYRIANS 40-47
CHAPTER III--MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS 48-69
CHAPTER IV--MUSIC IN INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN 70-77
CHAPTER V--THE TRANSFORMATION AND ITS CAUSES 81-86
CHAPTER VI--THE MINSTRELS OF THE NORTH 87-108
CHAPTER VII--THE ARABS, OR SARACENS 109-114
CHAPTER VIII--ORIGIN OF THE GREAT FRENCH EPICS 115-120
CHAPTER IX--TROUBADOURS, TROUVÈRES AND MINNESINGERS 121-127
CHAPTER X--INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 128-133
CHAPTER XI--MUSICAL DIDACTIC FROM THE FIFTH TO FOURTEENTH
CHAPTER XII--THE RISE OF POLYPHONY; OLD FRENCH AND GALLO-BELGIC
CHAPTER XIII--SCHOOLS OF THE NETHERLANDS 160-167
CHAPTER XIV--POLYPHONIC SCHOOLS OF ITALY--PALESTRINA 168-178
CHAPTER XV--CHANGES IN MUSICAL NOTATION 179-188
CHAPTER XVI--MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS--THE VIOLIN AND ORGAN 189-207
CHAPTER XVII--CONDITION OF MUSIC AT BEGINNING OF EIGHTEENTH
CHAPTER XVIII--FIRST CENTURY OF ITALIAN OPERA AND DRAMATIC
CHAPTER XIX--BEGINNINGS OF OPERA IN FRANCE AND GERMANY 235-243
CHAPTER XX--THE PROGRESS OF ORATORIO 244-248
CHAPTER XXI--BEGINNINGS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 249-260
CHAPTER XXII--MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 261-264
CHAPTER XXIII--JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH 265-272
CHAPTER XXIV--GEO. FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL 273-281
CHAPTER XXV--EMANUEL BACH, HAYDN--THE SONATA 282-291
CHAPTER XXVI--MOZART AND HIS GENIUS 292-304
CHAPTER XXVII--BEETHOVEN AND HIS WORKS 305-315
CHAPTER XXVIII--HAYDN, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED 316-326
CHAPTER XXIX--OPERA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 327-351
CHAPTER XXX--PIANO PLAYING VIRTUOSI--VIOLINISTS--TARTINI AND
CHAPTER XXXI--THE NINETEENTH CENTURY--THE ROMANTIC--MUSIC OF
CHAPTER XXXII--SCHUBERT AND THE ROMANTIC 381-391
CHAPTER XXXIII--STORY OF THE PIANOFORTE 392-403
CHAPTER XXXIV--GERMAN OPERA--WEBER, MEYERBEER, WAGNER 404-427
CHAPTER XXXV--VIRTUOSITY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY--PAGANINI,
CHAPTER XXXVI--MENDELSSOHN AND SCHUMANN 455-477
CHAPTER XXXVII--ITALIAN OPERA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 478-487
CHAPTER XXXVIII--FRENCH OPERA AND COMPOSERS IN THE NINETEENTH
CHAPTER XXXIX--LATER COMPOSERS AND PERFO
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