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A Short History of English Music

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Albani, Madame238

Amateur Bands144

Antiphony94

"Army Quadrilles"140

B

Bach Society, established206

Balfe's "Bohemian Girl"182, 183, 196

Balfe's "Rose of Castille"184

Ballads23, 247

Ball, John43

"Basoche"192

Beecham, Mr. Thomas181

Benedict's "Lily of Killarney"184

Bennett, Mr. Joseph196

Bennett, Sir William Sterndale99, 110, 201

Beringer, Oscar112

Birmingham112

Birmingham Choir245

Bizet's "Carmen"195

"Blest Pair of Sirens"102

Blow, Dr. John64

Bodda-Pyne, Madame184

Boosey & Co., Messrs247

Boyce, William88

Bradford Choir246

Brass Band Contests260

Bridge, Sir Frederick246

Broadwood & Sons, Messrs248

Bunn, Alfred182

Burns, Georgina187

Buononcini83, 106

Butt, Madame Clara247

Byrd6, 39, 43, 53

C

Calvinism and Music69

Calvin, John76

Carl Rosa186

Carte, Mr. D'Oyly189

Casals, Señor118

Catch37

Cathedrals and Music118

Censor, The249

Certificates252

Chappell & Co., Messrs.247

Chappell, Mr. Arthur248

Charles II. and Opera177

Choirs, Provincial245

Chopin254, 255

Church and Drama4

Church and Music2, 68

Church Music264

Clive, Mr. Franklin192

Comic Operas193

Composers, Early English47

Composers, Status of18

Costa, Sir Michael110, 115, 259

Counterpoint95

Cowen, Sir Frederick260

Criticism, Anonymous256

Crotty, Leslie187

Crystal Palace Concerts132

D

Dance Music21, 27

Davies, Mr. Ben187, 192

Davidson, Mr. J. W254

De Reszke, The Brothers179

"Der Ring des Nibelungen"179

Diction, Importance of121

"Don Giovanni"178

Douland39

Drama and the Church4

Dvořák264

E

Education, Musical93

Edwardes, Mr. George194

Elgar, Sir Edward199, 262

Elgar's, Sir Edward, advice104

"Elijah"163

Elizabeth, Queen, and Music2, 29, 31

England, Opera in176

English Music, Sources of11

English Opera180

"Esmeralda"188

Examinations251

F

Faning, Dr. Eaton253

Festivals258

"Flying Dutchman"187

Ford, Thomas40

Foreign Influence29

Foreign Teachers in England103

French School of Opera179

G

Games and Music22

Gaylord, Julia187

Gerardy, M.118

German Music103

Gibbons, Orlando6, 9, 39, 43, 57

Glee37

Gounod's "Faust"195

Grove, Sir George100, 253

Guildhall School of Music100

Guiligni179

Gye178

H

Hallè, Lady211

Hallè, Sir Charles136, 218, 248

Hammerstein, Mr.196, 199

Handel83, 106, 153

Handel and Opera178

Handel Festival258

Harmony95

Harrison, Mr. William183

Harris, Sir Augustus179

Haydn and the Orchestra126

Henry VIII. and Music33

Hersee, Miss Rose186

Hill, Miss Lucille192

I

Instrumental Music43

Instruments, Early13

Instruments, Musical43

Italian Chorus and Mendelssohn123

Italian Opera176

Italian Singers120

Italian Training120

"Ivanhoe"190

J

Jackson, William90

Joachim248

Jullien140

K

Kent90

Kirkby-Lunn, Madame180

L

Lablache179

Leeds Choir245

London Symphony Orchestra245

Ludwig, William187

M

Maas, Joseph187

Macfarren, Mr. Walter253

Macfarren, Sir G. A.99, 185

Macintyre, Miss Margaret192

Mackenzie, Sir Alexander C.99, 185

Madrigal37

Malibran178

Manchester112, 139

Manns, Sir Augustus132, 260

Mapleson178

Mario179

Masque, the34

McGuckin, Mr. Barton187

Melba, Madame179, 121

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto195

"Merrie," When England was29

Messager, Andrè192

"Messiah," The158

Minstrels, Early18

Moss, Mr. Hugh191

Monks and Music6

Moody-Manners Company186

"Morning Hymn"42

"Morning Post," Quotation from196

Morris Dance21

Musical Comedies193

N

New Symphony Orchestra143, 245

Niccolini179

Nilsson, Christine178

Norman-Neruda, Madame211, 248

Notation12

Novello & Co., Messrs.90

O

Opera, English180

Opera, Essentials for Success197

Opera, History of176

Opera in England176

Opera, State Aid for193

Oratorio in England150

Orchestral Music125

Orchestral Music in London245

Organ, An, in Sixth Century44

Organ, Development of the45

Oudin, Eugène191

P

Palestrina6

Palliser, Miss Esther192

Parepa, Madame186

Parry, Sir Hubert100

"Parthenia"27, 28

Patti, Adelina178

Philharmonic Society, The125, 245

"Philip Vanderdecken"187

Piatti248

Pitch fixed by Costa115

Players, Strolling2

"Pops"248

Promenade Concerts139

Purcell9, 45, 60

Purcell and Opera176

Puritanism29, 69

Puritans, The, and Opera177

Pyne, George, and James Kendrick184

Pyne-Harrison Company, The184

Pyne, Minto184

Pyne, Miss Louisa183

R

Reeves, Sims179, 207

Reformation, Effect on Music2

Restoration, The, and Music80

Richter Concerts131

Richter, Dr.179, 180

Rivière140

"Robin Hood"185

Ronald, Mr. Landon101, 144

Round37

Royal Academy of Music98

Royal Amateur Orchestral Society145

Royal Choral Society246

Royal College of Music99

Royal Italian Opera179

Rumford, Mr. Kennerley247

S

Salmond, Mr. Norman192

"Salome"248, 249

"Samson et Dalila"249

Santley, Sir Charles179, 186

Schumann, Madame248

Secular Music of Thirteenth Century20

"Senta"187

Sheffield112

Sheffield Choir246

Smith178

Sontag178

Spohr109

Squire, W. H.118

Stanford, Sir Villiers185

Straus, Richard181, 248

State Aid for Opera193

Sullivan, Sir Arthur86, 190, 227

"Sumer is icumen in"40

Sunday Concerts144

Symphony Concerts139

Symphony Orchestra, The London142

T

Tallis6, 9, 48, 96

"The Creation"160

"The Dream of Gerontius"173, 246

"The Golden Legend"168

"The Last Judgment"166

"The Redemption"168

"The Silver Swan"39

"The Woman of Samaria"110

Thomas Arthur Goring188

Tietjens, Therese178

Turner, J. W.186, 187

V

Valleria, Alwina187

Variety Theatres261

Violin, The13

W

Wagner179, 254, 255

Wagner Festival, The131

Wallace's "Lurline"184

Wallace's "Maritana"183

Wesley, Samuel91

Wesley, Samuel Sebastian91, 184

Wilde, Oscar249

Wolff, Johannes112

Wood, Sir Henry116, 139, 245

Y

York, Josephine187

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Transcriber's Notes

Changes to the text have been limited to typographical errors only and are listed as follows:

Page 9: changed "Bryd" to "Byrd" (Of Byrd we have written.)

Page 45: changed "harpischord" to "harpsichord" (... harpsichord and organ music, ...)

Page 58: changed comma to sentence-final period (... the great, but not too amiable, Mr. William Byrd.)

Page 67: changed "Calvanistic" to "Calvinistic" (—Effect of Calvinistic teaching—)

Page 70: changed "Calvanistic" to "Calvinistic" (... in those early Calvinistic times ...)

Page 72: changed "Calvanist" to "Calvinist" (... the constant influx of Calvinist refugees ...)

Page 72: changed "Calvanist" to "Calvinist" (... the spread of Calvinism ...)

Page 87: changed "eminates" to "emanates" (... the country from which it emanates ...)

Page 105: changed "fanatacism" to "fanaticism" (... a period if of less fanaticism, a not less fatal indifference ...)

Page 106: changed "unforgetable" to "unforgettable" (... words at once typical of him, and unforgettable.)

Page 108: changed "continously" to "continuously" (... the influence of the Court continuously exercised ...)

Page 120: changed two instances of "Reszké" to "Reszke" (... Jean de Reszke, Charles Santley and Edouard de Reszke.)

Page 169: changed "Protestanism" to "Protestantism" (... the feelings and aspirations of German Protestantism.)

Page 176: changed "Ondin" to "Oudin" (—"Ivanhoe"—Eugène Oudin—)

Page 188: changed "chose" to "choose" (... and I will choose the one that was, ...)

Page 196: changed "bann" to "ban" (... others would ban such operas altogether, ...)

Page 216: changed "Halle's" to "Hallé's" (... Ludwig and Waldemar Neruda, Lady Hallé's sons, ...)

Page 222: suspected typographical error "sane" may have been intended to read "same" (... I should think that same conservatism, would fairly express his attitude ...)

Page 243: added missing opening quotation mark (He renamed it "Rudd-i-gore.")

Page 251: changed "gradua-ally", where hypenated across lines, to "gradually" (... how absolutely indifferent the public have gradually become ...)

Page 270: changed "Eugene" to "Eugène" (Oudin, Eugène 191)

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