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A Complete History of Music / for Schools, Clubs, and Private Reading — W. J. Baltzell

A Complete History of Music / for Schools, Clubs, and Private Reading

W. J. Baltzell

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 448 pages

This book is a history of music intended for schools, clubs, and private reading. It surveys the development of music as an art through biographical sketches, illustrations of instruments, and musical examples. It is worth listening to as a clear introduction to music history for students and general readers.

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Opening of the book

A COMPLETE
HISTORY of MUSIC
FOR SCHOOLS, CLUBS, AND PRIVATE READING
By W. J. BALTZELL
Contributions by
H. A. CLARKE, Mus. Doc.; ARTHUR ELSON,
CLARENCE G. HAMILTON, A.M., EDWARD BURLINGAME HILL,
A.B., ARTHUR L. JUDSON, FREDERIC S. LAW,
AND PRESTON WARE OREM, Mus. Bac.
With Portraits,
Reproductions of Instruments
and Musical Examples
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
THEODORE PRESSER
1908
Copyright, 1905, by THEO. PRESSER.
British Copyright Secured.
PREFACE.
The plan of arrangement used in this book has in view a
combination of the recitation and lecture systems, and
affords an opportunity for teachers to apply the best
principles of both. The paragraph headings should be
thoroughly fixed in mind and close attention should be
given to the words in heavy type and Italics that occur in
the body of a paragraph; together they form a convenient

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Contents

  1. A COMPLETE HISTORY of MUSIC
  2. PREFACE.
  3. INTRODUCTION.
  4. LESSON I. Music of the Chinese, Japanese and Hindoos.
  5. LESSON II. Music of the Babylonians, Egyptians and Hebrews.
  6. LESSON III. Music of the Greeks: Scales.
  7. LESSON IV. Music of the Greeks (Concluded).
  8. LESSON V. Ecclesiastical System.
  9. LESSON VI. Notation.
  10. LESSON VII. Music Outside the Church.
  11. LESSON VIII. The Causes of Polyphonic Development and the Importance of the Polyphonic Era.
  12. LESSON IX. The Paris School.
  13. LESSON X. The Gallo-Belgic School.
  14. LESSON XI. The English School.
  15. LESSON XII. The School of the Netherlands.
  16. LESSON XIII. The Italian School.
  17. LESSON XIV. Palestrina and His Influence on the Music of the Italian School. The Madrigal.
  18. LESSON XV. Musical Instruments.
  19. LESSON XVI. The Organ, Organ Playing and Organ Music.
  20. LESSON XVII. The Beginning of the Opera.
  21. LESSON XVIII. The Oratorio. Development of the Opera.
  22. LESSON XIX. Alessandro Scarlatti and the Neapolitan School.
  23. LESSON XX. Singing and Singers.
  24. LESSON XXI. Opera in France and England.
  25. LESSON XXII. The Opera in Germany. Handel and Gluck.
  26. LESSON XXIII. Mozart to Rossini.
  27. LESSON XXIV. The Oratorio.
  28. LESSON XXV. The Evolution of the Pianoforte.
  29. LESSON XXVI. The Early Italian Clavier Composers.
  30. LESSON XXVII. The Early English and French Clavier Schools.

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