INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Abyssinian Music 270

Æschylus 74

African Music 251

Amanieus, troubadour 334

Amaryllis 356

Ambrosian Chant 299

Ancestors, feasts of 186

Aristotle 57

Armenian Church 292

B

Bamboo Instruments 153

Banquet Music, Egyptian 17, 24

Banquet Music, Grecian 53, 57

Banquet Music, Japanese 213

Barbarians, Music of 229

Bards, ancient 323

Bardesanes 291

Bells 148

Bertrand du Born 336

Bœthius 308

Bongo Songs 267

Brahma, legend of 8

C

Caligula 99

Canadian, curious song 234

Canute 328

Caste of musicians, Chinese 131

Caste of musicians, Egyptian 18

Chant, Ambrosian 299

Chant, Gregorian 303

Charlemagne 308

Cheng 155

Chinese ceremonies 162

Chinese compositions 162

Chinese music 114

Chinese a musical language 160

Chinese music resembles Scotch 166

Chinese songs, earliest 115

Chinese songs 158

Chinese theatre and plays 176

Chinese whistle 149

Chorus, a terrible 74

Chorus, Greek 74

Christian, early customs 287

Christian, early music 283

Christian churches of Africa 293

Chun, Song of 121

Clavichord in China 137

Confucius 124

Conservatories in ancient Egypt 25

Coptic Hymns 294

Crusaders’ songs 349

Cuzzoni 358, 360

366

D

Dances, Australian 234

Dances, Bushmen 256

Dances, Chinese 176

Dances, Egyptian 21

Dances, Fiji Islands 248

Dances, Grecian 79

Dances, Roman 97

Dances, Savage 234, 277

Dances, Tasmanian 238

Dances, War 241

Destruction of musical instruments 133

Dictionary of Impoliteness 363

Drums, African 265

Drums, Chinese 143

Drums, used to mark the hour 144

Drums, Javanese 243

Drums, water 256

E

Egyptian music 15

Egyptian Muses 16

Egyptian banquets 17

English Bards 327

Essenhamens 334

European music in China 135

F

Female musicians, Chinese 129

Female musicians, Greek 51

Female musicians, Troubadours 341

Festivals, Chinese 170

Festivals, Theban 21

Fiddle, Chinese 156

Fiji Islanders, Music 248

Flute, Chinese 139

Flute, Egyptian 23

Flute, Grecian 41, 42, 43, 59

Flute, Kaffir 255

Flute, Roman 86

Flute, Prehistoric 232

Flute-playing at Grecian Games 41

Foang-hoang 116

Fo Hi, the Chinese Noah 116

Folk Songs 350

Funeral music, Chinese 173

Funeral music, Egyptian 19

Funeral music, Japanese 207

Funeral music, Roman 88

367

G

Games of Greece 35

Goura—African Instrument 257

Greek Church, music of 288

Greek music, ancient 35

Greek Hymns 35

Greek Scale 36, 55

Gregorian Chant 303

Gregorian Chant in France 310

Guido d’Arezzo 318

Guitar, African 263

Guitar, Hindoo 14

H

Handel 360

Harmony, Egyptian 19

Harps, African 255

Harps, Egyptian 23

Harps, Hebrew 26

Hebrew music 26

Hebrew music, resemblance to Negro 33

Hermes, Egyptian god 15

Hindoo music 8

Hissing, when first began 357

Hucbald 315

Hymns, Christian, ancient 281, 294

Hymn, Chinese 164

Hymn, Greek 35

I

Instruments, African 257, 259

Instruments, Chinese 142

Instruments, East Indian 13

Instruments, Egyptian 24

Instruments, Greek 59

Instruments, Hebrew 29

Instruments, Hindoo 13

Instruments, Japanese 202

Instruments, Kaffir 255

Instruments, Roman 89

Irish Bards 325

Irova, Japanese 204

J

Japanese music 201

Jews, music of modern 27

Jewsharps in Africa 258

Jongleurs 331

Julian, reforms of Emperor 100

368

K

Kaffir songs 251

Kin, Chinese 150

King, Chinese instrument 147

Kithara, Greek instrument 57

L

Laborers’ songs, Egyptian 18

Lamia 61

Laws relative to music, Egyptian 20

Legends of music, Chinese 116, 119

Legends of music, Egyptian 15

Legends of music, Hindoo 8

Legends of music, Japanese 215

Legends of music, Javanese 244

Louis Xiii. 355

Louis Xiv. 357

M

Malay music 243

Meistersingers 349

Melody, Hindoo 12

Melody, an old 348

Meyerbeer 361

Military music, African 262

Military music, Chinese 131, 169

Military music, Greek 47, 60

Military music, Japanese 219

Minnesingers 329, 341

Mode, Ambrosian 301

Mode, Gregorian 365

Musical Buildings 44

Musical course Roman 86

Music as a means of inspiring fear 276

Music boxes in Africa 269

Music boxes, Chinese 175

N

Nero, musical history of 101

Neumes 313

New Zealand, Harmony in 233

New Zealand songs 240

Nose-flutes 248

Notation 313, 316, 317, 321

Nyam-Nyams, Music of 258

O

Olympic Games 39

Opera 352

Orchestra, an old 354

Organ, ancient Rome 89

Organ, Chinese 155

Organ, Hebrew 28, 30

369

P

Pantomimes, Chinese 195

Pantomimes, Roman 97

Pantomimes, Javanese 243

Persecution of musicians 126

Philosophers and music 53

Pindar 65

Pianoforte in Japan 227

Poems of the Troubadours 338

Power of Music 9, 10

Power of Music in Africa 274

Processional music, Egyptian 22

Processional music, Japanese 218

Processional music, Roman 92

Processional music, Savage 263

Provençal songs 330

Psaltery 30

Ptolemy 62

Pythagoras 53

Pythian Games 41

Q

Quarrel between choirs 311

Quarrel between singers 358

R

Ragas, Hindoo 9

Religious music, Abyssinian 269

Religious music, Chinese 162

Religious music, Christian 280

Religious music, Greek 35

Religious music, Hebrew 26

Religious music, Japanese 205

Religious music, Roman 86

Rhythm, Egyptian 20

Rhythm of savage nations 229

Riquier, Guirant 332

“Robert,” accident at first performance 361

Roman, ancient music 85

Roman Empire, music of 99

Rossini 360

Royal dancers 193

Royal musicians 99, 100, 102, 115, 332, 355

370

S

Salaries, ancient Greece 61

Salaries, Chinese 187

Salaries, Nero 105

Sappho 61

Savage music 229

Scale, Chinese 167

Scale, East Indian 11

Scale, Grecian 36, 55

Scale, Hindoo 11

Scale, Japanese 201

Scale, modern 320

Scale, Religious, Greek 289

Schofer, Hebrew horn 27

Schools of music, Egypt 25

Schools of music, Rome 86, 100

“Selah!” meaning of 31

Signals, musical Chinese 123, 173

Simonides 63

Sistrum 22

Skolion 57

Societies, or Guilds of Musicians, Roman 87

Songs, Chinese 158

Stesi-chorus 49

Stones, musical 145

Stringed instruments 149

Syrian Church 290

T

Tales of the Minnesingers 346

Terpander 45

Theatre, Chinese 176

Theatre, Greek 67

Theatre, Japanese 219

Theatre, Javanese 245

Theatre, Roman 95

Timbrel 30

Time marked by bells 120

Time marked by drums 120

Tone-picture, Grecian 59

Treatises on music, Chinese 135

Triumphs, Roman 92

Triumphal Odes, Greece 62

Trumpeter, a great 40

Trumpets, African 261, 265

Trumpets, Chinese 120, 157

Trumpets, pre-historic 231

Trumpets, Russian 157

Troubadours 329

V

Vina, Indian instrument 13

Violin, Hindoo 13

Volkslied 350

W

Wagner 362

War Song 284

Watch Song 344

Welsh Bards 324

“William Tell,” an error in 361

Wood instruments of China 151

Y

Yu, Chinese musician 132