| Description |
vii, 282 pages : music ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The origin of music -- Origin of song vs. origin of instrumental music -- The music of the Hebrews and the Hindus -- The music of the Egyptians, Assyrians and Chinese -- The music of the Chiense -- The music of Greece -- The music of the Romans-the early church -- Formation of the scale-notation -- The systems of Hucbald and Guido D'Arezzo-the beginning of counterpoint -- Musical instruments-their history and development -- Folk-song and its relation to nationalism in music -- Early instrumental forms -- The merging of the suite into the Sonata -- The development of Pianoforte music -- The mystery and miracle play -- Opera -- Opera(continued) -- On the lives and art principles of some seventeenth and eighteenth century composers -- Declamation in music -- Suggestion in music. |
| Genre/Form |
Music.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James), 1864-1928.
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