Curiosities of Music
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- A Collection of Facts not generally known, regarding the Music of Ancient and Savage Nations
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1. Front matter2. Curiosities of Music3. PREFACE.4. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.5. CHAPTER II. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN.6. CHAPTER III. BIBLICAL AND HEBREW.7. CHAPTER IV. ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC.8. CHAPTER V. THE PUBLIC GAMES OF GREECE.9. CHAPTER VI. THE PHILOSOPHERS, AND GREEK SOCIAL MUSIC.10. CHAPTER VII. GREEK THEATRE AND CHORUS.11. CHAPTER VII. THE DANCES OF ANCIENT GREECE.12. CHAPTER VIII. ANCIENT ROMAN MUSIC.13. CHAPTER IX. MUSIC OF THE ROMAN THEATRE.14. CHAPTER X. MUSIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.15. CHAPTER XI. HISTORY OF CHINESE MUSIC.[87]16. CHAPTER XII. CHINESE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.17. CHAPTER XIII. CHINESE MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS AND CEREMONIES.18. CHAPTER XVI. THE CHINESE THEATRE AND DANCES.19. CHAPTER XVII. MUSIC OF JAPAN.20. CHAPTER XVIII. MUSIC OF SAVAGE NATIONS.21. CHAPTER XIX. AFRICAN MUSIC.22. CHAPTER XX MUSIC OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.23. CHAPTER XXI. THE AMBROSIAN AND GREGORIAN CHANT.24. CHAPTER XXII. MUSIC IN EUROPE FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY.25. CHAPTER XXIII. THE ANCIENT BARDS.26. CHAPTER XXIV. THE TROUBADOURS AND MINNE-SINGERS.27. CHAPTER XXV. CURIOSITIES OF THE OPERA. MODERN COMPOSERS, AND CONCLUSION.28. FOOTNOTES29. INDEX.30. Transcriber’s Notes