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Critical and Historical Essays / Lectures delivered at Columbia University — Edward MacDowell

Critical and Historical Essays / Lectures delivered at Columbia University

Edward MacDowell

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 204 pages

A collection of essays and lectures on music history and aesthetics by American composer Edward MacDowell, delivered during his time as Chair of Music at Columbia University. It reflects his work as a writer and teacher, offering perspectives on music as an element of liberal culture.

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Contents

  1. CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS
  2. Lectures delivered at Columbia University BY EDWARD MACDOWELL EDITED BY W.J. BALTZELL
  3. PREFACE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS I THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC
  6. II ORIGIN OF SONG vs. ORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  7. III THE MUSIC OF THE HEBREWS AND THE HINDUS
  8. IV THE MUSIC OF THE EGYPTIANS, ASSYRIANS, AND CHINESE
  9. V THE MUSIC OF THE CHINESE (Continued)
  10. VI THE MUSIC OF GREECE
  11. VII THE MUSIC OF THE ROMANS—THE EARLY CHURCH
  12. VIII FORMATION OF THE SCALE—NOTATION
  13. IX THE SYSTEMS OF HUCBALD AND GUIDO D'AREZZO—THE BEGINNING OF COUNTERPOINT
  14. X MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS—THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
  15. XI FOLK SONG AND ITS RELATION TO NATIONALISM IN MUSIC
  16. XII THE TROUBADOURS, MINNESINGERS AND MASTERSINGERS
  17. XIII EARLY INSTRUMENTAL FORMS
  18. XIV THE MERGING OF THE SUITE INTO THE SONATA
  19. XV THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIANOFORTE MUSIC
  20. XVI THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE PLAY
  21. XVII OPERA
  22. XVIII OPERA (Continued)
  23. XIX ON THE LIVES AND ART PRINCIPLES OF SOME SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COMPOSERS
  24. XX DECLAMATION IN MUSIC
  25. XXI SUGGESTION IN MUSIC
  26. INDEX
  27. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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