INDEX

A.

Accents, 92.

Adagio, 189.

Æolian mode, 83.

Æschylus, 70, 76.

Alberti bass, 197.

Allemande, 182, 189, 195.

Amati, 138.

Ambros, 205.

Ambrose, 98, 99, 102, 104.

Amiot, 50, 57, 61, 263.

Anapæst, 75.

Andaman Islanders, 3, 5, 6.

Animals, 13.

Arabian, 152, 158.

Architecture, 192, 225.

Arion, 76.

Aristides, 74, 84.

Aristophanes, 91, 92.

Aristotle, 49.

Aristoxenus, 73, 81.

Assyrian, 48.

Auber, 216, 217, 219.

B.

Bach, C.P.E., 191, 199, 200, 247, 248, 251.

Bach, J.S., 136, 185, 186, 187, 191, 231, 239, 241, 244, 247, 248, 265.

Bagpipe, 32, 93.

Ballet, 177.

Bamboo, 52.

Banjo, 29.

Basso continuo, 237.

Bassoon, 139.

Bazin, 217.

Beethoven, 14, 16, 17, 22, 185, 189, 190, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 234, 247, 250, 267.

Bell, 7, 8, 46.

Bellini, 210.

Berlioz, 14, 65, 219, 266.

Bizet, 144, 151, 197, 217, 219, 222.

Boieldieu, 216, 217.

Bolero, 182.

Borneo, 3, 5.

Bourrée, 179.

Brahma, 36, 37.

Brahminism, 36, 39.

Brahms, 203, 224.

Brevis, 118, 120.

Browning, 198, 272.

Buddha, 36.

Burmah, 23, 64, 65.

Burney, 194.

Byrd, 184.

C.

Caccini, 177, 209.

Cachucha, 182.

Canon, 205.

Cantata, 188.

Cantus firmus, 130, 205.

Ceylon, 5.

Chaconne, 181.

Chaldeans, 49.

Charlemagne, 105.

Che, 50, 66.

Cherubini, 213.

China, 16, 18, 23, 49.

Chinese folksong, 59.

Chinese music, 144, 147, 263.

Chinese orchestra, 55.

Chinese scale, 62.

Chinese theatre, 61.

Chopin, 27, 204.

Christianity, 34.

Christians (Early), 96.

Chrotta (Crwth), 137.

Church music, 206.

Clarinet, 13, 139.

Clavichord, 134.

Clavicitherium, 136.

Clef, 116.

Colour in music, 200, 263, 270.

Comedy, 76.

Confucius, 49, 56, 60, 263.

Conjunct tetrachord, 86.

Constantinople, 103.

Corelli, 138, 189.

Cornet, 177.

Corrente (Courante), 181, 185, 189.

Coucy, Raoul de, 118.

Council of Laodicæa, 99.

Council of Trent, 176.

Counterpoint, 129, 205, 208, 264.

Couperin, 136, 191, 200, 210.

Cristofori, 136.

Czardas, 183.

D.

Dactyl, 25, 26, 69, 75.

Dance, 24, 27, 28, 78, 97, 126, 149, 178.

Dance forms, modern, 182.

Dance forms, old, 179, 180.

Dante, 207.

Darwin, 1, 16.

Declamation, 26, 27, 254.

Delibes, 218.

Descant (discant), 129, 205.

Diaphony, 128, 129.

Diatonic, 45.

Didymus, 81.

Dionysian, 75.

Disjunct tetrachord, 86.

Dithyramb, 76.

Donizetti, 210.

Dorian, 75, 83.

Drum, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 25, 30, 33.

Drum organ, 65.

Dulcimer, 33, 49, 136.

E.

Egypt, 16, 34, 43, 152.

Emerson, 16.

Embellishments, 238.

Enharmonic (Greek), 88.

Epitrite, 75.

Equal temperament, 187, 241.

Euclid, 79.

F.

Fantaisie-mazurka, 184.

Faux bourdon, 130, 163.

Fear, 2.

Feast of asses, 125, 206.

Field, 204.

Figured bass, 237.

Flageolet, 177.

Flats, 16, 39, 112.

Flute, 6, 13, 30, 31, 43, 44, 45, 67, 82, 138, 177.

Flute players, 91.

Folk song, 16, 17, 141.

Folk song (Chinese), 59.

Folk song (German), 152.

Form, 24, 25, 263, 264.

Fourth (augmented), 128.

Franco of Cologne, 117, 123.

Frauenlob, Heinrich, 167, 168.

Froberger, 199.

Fugue, 187, 206.

Fusa, 120.

G.

Galop, 183.

Galuppi, 198.

Gamut, 109.

Gardiner, 19.

Gavotte, 180.

Gerbert, 16, 225.

Gesture, 17.

Gesualdo, 236.

Gigue, 182, 189, 197.

Gluck, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 231, 252.

Goethe, 1, 22.

Goldmark, 271.

Gong, 8, 53.

Gothic architecture, 21.

Gottfried von Strasburg, 165.

Gounod, 217, 219, 220.

Greek idea of music, 70.

Greek modes, 83.

Greeks, 27, 30, 42.

Gregorian chants, 104, 106, 208.

Gregorian modes, 100.

Gregory (Pope), 100, 102, 104.

Grétry, 213, 218.

Guarnerius, 138.

Guido d'Arezzo, 108, 115.

Guitar, 6, 29.

Gypsy music, 145.

H.

Habanera, 182.

Hale, Adam de la, 207.

Halévy, 217.

Hamlet, 197.

Händel, 22, 177, 231, 239, 241.

Harmonics, 20, 80.

Harmony, 23, 39, 44, 147, 190, 208, 270.

Harp, 6, 29, 33, 43, 44, 45, 48, 177.

Harpsichord, 134.

Hasse, 210, 227, 229, 230.

Haydn, 193, 197, 200, 247, 248, 252.

Hebrews, 32, 33, 34.

Helmholtz, 42.

Herodotus, 43, 46, 47.

Hérold, 216, 217.

Hexachord, 110.

Hexameter, 69.

Hindus, 35.

Homer, 27, 29, 69.

Horn, 6, 7, 140.

Hucbald, 107, 122, 127, 208.

Hungarian, 143, 145, 159.

Hurdy-gurdy, 137.

Hypodorian mode, 84.

Hypolydian mode, 83.

Hypophrygian mode, 83.

I.

Iambus, 25.

Impassioned speech, 19, 28.

India, 16.

Indians, 143, 152.

Ionic, 75.

Isis, 8.

J.

Jahn, 194.

Japanese, 53, 64.

Javanese, 13, 64, 65.

Jenghiz Khan, 30.

Jommelli, 195, 230.

Jongleurs, 131, 160, 162, 207.

Josquin des Prés, 176.

K.

Keren, 33.

Kin, 33, 50, 59.

King, 50.

Kinnor, 33.

Kithara, 43, 86.

Koto, 66.

Kuhnau, 195, 199, 245.

L.

Lasus, 73, 90.

Leitmotiv, 214.

Lepsius, 48.

Levites, 33.

Liszt, 145, 146, 151, 194, 204, 220, 233.

Locke, 230.

Loeilly, 191.

London Stock Exchange, 19.

Longa, 118, 120.

Longfellow, 69.

Loure, 180.

Lully, 196, 212, 240.

Lute, 28, 29, 30, 31, 43, 44, 131, 137, 177, 208.

Luther, 176.

Lydian mode, 83.

Lyre, 6, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 43, 69, 136.

M.

Maanim, 32.

Macaulay, 211.

Macbeth, 64.

Macfarren, 213.

Machol, 32.

Magrepha, 33.

Mandolin, 137.

Maneros, 46.

March, 181, 183.

Marine trumpet, 137.

Marpurg, 225.

Masque, 177.

Massé, 217.

Massenet, 218, 223, 224.

Mastersingers, 131, 165.

Matheson, 210, 225.

Maxima, 119, 120.

Mazurka, 182.

Méhul, 197, 212, 213, 214.

Melody, 14, 15, 18, 26, 28, 148, 190.

Mencius, 54, 263.

Mendelssohn, 202, 203, 233, 234, 259, 268, 271.

Metre, 26, 74.

Mexico, 66, 67.

Meyerbeer, 210, 213, 217, 218, 224, 233.

Millet, 192.

Minima, 119, 120.

Minnesingers, 118, 131, 164, 166, 170, 173.

Minuet, 181, 189.

Miracle plays, 207.

Mixolydian mode, 83.

Mixtures (organ), 133.

Mode, 39, 83.

Mona Lisa, 13.

Monochord, 80, 134.

Monteverde, 236.

Moors, 152.

Moralities, 207.

Morley, 185.

Morris dance, 160.

Motive, 179, 190.

Mozart, 193, 200, 232, 239, 247, 251.

Musette, 180.

Mysteries, 125, 206, 207, 208.

N.

Nationalism, 151, 153.

Nebel, 33.

Nero, 94.

Neumes, 115.

Notation, 114, 208.

Notation (Greek system), 88.

Nithart, 167, 171.

O.

Oboe, 13, 44, 139, 177.

Ockeghem, 177.

Octave (Greek system), 86.

Opera, 178, 206, 208, 210.

Organ, 33, 94, 132.

Organ pedals, 134.

Organs (portable), 134.

Organum, 128.

Orientalism, 151, 173, 204.

Osiris, 8, 47.

Overture, 189, 216.

P.

Pæan, 75.

Palestrina, 176, 186, 205, 210, 246.

Pan's Pipe, 9, 10, 11, 12, 62.

Pantomime, 93, 177.

Passecaille, 181.

Passepied, 182.

Passion plays, 125, 206.

Pavane, 182.

Pentatonic, 149, 151.

Pergolesi, 210.

Peri, 209, 231.

Period, 179.

Periodicity, 24, 28, 265.

Peru, 66, 67.

Pescetti, 195.

Phrase, 179, 190.

Phrygian mode, 76, 83.

Piano, 29, 230.

Piccini, 213.

Pindar, 27, 72, 90.

Pipe, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 28, 30, 37, 44.

Pitch, 269.

Plato, 11, 49.

Plutarch, 195.

Poe, 266.

Poetry, 24.

Polacca, 182.

Polka, 183.

Polonaise, 182.

Porpora, 210.

Portuguese, 152.

Prelude, 189.

Prescott, 66.

Procrustes, 27.

Programme music, 190, 199, 203, 255.

Psalms, 34.

Psaltery, 33, 131.

Ptolemy, 85.

Purcell, 176.

Pythagoras, 49, 72, 79, 82, 97.

Q.

Quarter-tones, 38, 39.

R.

Raff, 269, 271.

Raga, 39, 40.

Rameau, 136, 178, 186, 191, 196, 199, 210, 239, 240.

Ravanastron, 137.

Rebec, 138.

Reed, 45.

Reichardt, 194.

Repetition, 266.

Rhythm, 14, 15, 25, 26, 27, 74, 117, 142, 190.

Rigaudon, 180.

Rig-Veda, 35.

Rimsky-Korsakoff, 224.

Robin et Marian, 207, 208.

Rockstro, 194.

Rolle, 196.

Romans, 46.

Romanticism, 212.

Rosseau, 212.

Rossini, 210, 215, 217.

Rowbotham, 23, 68.

Rubinstein, 224.

Ruskin, 21.

Russia, 152.

S.

Sachs, Hans, 166.

Saint-Mark's Cathedral, 205.

St. Pierre, Bernardin de, 211.

Saint-Saëns, 219, 222, 224.

Saltarello, 183.

Samisen, 66.

Sappho, 72, 83.

Sarabande, 160, 180, 189, 197.

Sarti, 213.

Scale, 39, 107.

Scale (Chinese), 62.

Scarlatti, A., 238.

Scarlatti, D., 184, 185, 195, 210, 238.

Schauspiel, 232.

Scherzo, 189.

Schofar, 33.

Schubart, 194.

Schubert, 20, 23, 196, 197, 201, 203.

Schumann, 101, 199, 203, 204, 233.

Scotch, 41, 147, 152, 265.

Scotland, 23.

Scribe, 218.

Section, 179.

Selah, 34.

Semangs, 3, 5.

Semibrevis, 118, 120.

Semifusa, 120.

Sentences, decayed, 17.

Sequences, 111.

Set, 8, 47.

Shakespeare, 28, 272.

Sharps, 16, 39, 112.

Shedlock, 195.

Siamese, 64, 65.

Singspiel, 213, 217.

Sistrum, 8, 32, 43, 46, 47.

Sittard, 194.

Solmisation, 108, 111.

Sonata, 27, 178, 189, 190.

Sonata form, 27, 188.

Sophocles, 70, 76.

Spanish, 152, 159.

Spencer, Herbert, 22, 269.

Sperling, 195.

Spinet, 135.

Spondee, 23, 69, 75.

Spontini, 210, 212, 213, 214.

Stesichorus, 7.

Stradivarius, 138.

Strauss, J., 27.

Strauss, R., 200, 203, 272.

Suggestion, 255, 260, 261.

Suite, 188, 190.

Sylvester (Pope), 99.

Symphonic poem, 178.

Symphony, 27, 178, 248.

T.

Talmud, 33.

Tambourin (dance), 180.

Tambourine, 7, 33.

Tannhäuser, 167, 168.

Tarantella, 183.

Tartini, 138.

Tasmania, 3, 5.

Tchaïkovsky, 224, 271.

Tennyson, 71.

Terpander, 73.

Tetrachord, 83, 124.

Theophrastus, 1, 74.

Thibaut of Navarre, 118.

Thibet, 12.

Thirds, 124.

Thomas, A., 221.

Tierra del Fuegians, 3, 4, 6.

Timbrel, 33.

Time signs, 119, 120.

Tone tint, 270.

Tourte, 138.

Tragedy, 76.

Treble, 163, 205.

Trochee, 25, 28, 75.

Trombone, 140, 177.

Troubadours, 118, 131, 160, 165, 166, 171, 173, 207.

Trumpet, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 32, 43, 140.

Typhon, 8.

V.

Vaudeville, 207.

Vedas, 36, 39.

Vega, Garcilaso de la, 13, 66.

Verdi, 210.

Viadana, 236, 237.

Vina, 38.

Vinci, Leonardo da, 13.

Viola, 32.

Viola da gamba, 177.

Violin, 29, 32, 138.

Violoncello, 177.

Viotti, 138.

Virginal, 135.

Vishnu, 38.

Vocal music, 23.

W.

Wagner, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 27, 147, 166, 168, 186, 201, 206, 214, 217, 218, 224, 233, 234, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 268, 269, 271.

Walpole, 211.

Wasielewski, 194.

Walter von der Vogelweide, 167.

Waltz, 27, 181, 183.

Weber, 14, 210, 213, 216, 218, 219, 271.

Weddahs, 5, 6.

Weelkes, 184, 268.

Wolfram von Eschenbach, 165.

Z.

Zarlino, 81.

Zither, 33.

Zoroaster, 12.

Transcriber's Note

Most of the musical examples have been typeset in lilypond. MIDI files of some of these are available from the links marked [MIDI]. A few of the original images contained typographical errors: these can be viewed by clicking on the corrected images (on pages 91, 143, 150 and 156).