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| The Authors’ Greetings | [vii] |
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| Acknowledgments | [ix] |
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| Introduction, by W. J. Henderson | [xi] |
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| BABYHOOD OF MUSIC |
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| I.— | Music is Born—How, When and Where | [3] |
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| II.— | The Savage Makes His Music | [8] |
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| III.— | The Ancient Nations Made Their Music—Egyptian, Assyrian, and Hebrew | [20] |
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| IV.— | The Greeks Lived Their Music—The Romans Used Greek Patterns | [31] |
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| V.— | The Orientals Make Their Music—Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Burmese, and Javanese | [46] |
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| VI.— | The Arab Spreads Culture—The Gods Give Music to the Hindus | [55] |
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| CHILDHOOD OF MUSIC |
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| VII.— | What Church Music Imported from Greece | [67] |
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| VIII.— | Troubadours and Minnesingers Brought Music to Kings and People | [87] |
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| IX.— | The People Dance and Sing—Folk Music | [107] |
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| X.— | National Portraits in Folk Music | [128] |
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| MUSIC BECOMES A YOUTH |
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| XI.— | Makers of Motets and Madrigals—Rise of Schools, 15th and 16th Centuries | [146] |
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| XII.— | Music Gets a Reprimand—Reformation and Rebirth of Learning—How the Reforms Came to Be | [162] |
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| XIII.— | Birth of Oratorio and Opera—Monteverde and Heart Music | [171] |
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| XIV.— | Musicke in Merrie England | [187] |
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| MUSIC COMES OF AGE |
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| XV.— | Dance Tunes Grow Up—Suites—Violin Makers of Cremona | [208] |
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| XVI.— | Opera in France—Lully and Rameau—Clavecin and Harpsichord Composers | [222] |
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| XVII.— | Germany Enters—Organs, Organists and Organ Works | [235] |
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| MUSIC HAS GROWN UP |
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| XVIII.— | Bach—The Giant | [244] |
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| XIX.— | Handel and Gluck—Pathmakers | [255] |
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| XX.— | “Papa” Haydn and Mozart—the Genius | [275] |
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| XXI.— | Beethoven the Colossus | [293] |
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| XXII.— | The Pianoforte Grows Up—The Ancestry of the Pianoforte | [307] |
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| XXIII.— | Opera Makers of France, Germany and Italy—1741 to Wagner | [326] |
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| XXIV.— | The Poet Music Writers—Romantic School | [343] |
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| XXV.— | Wagner—the Wizard | [359] |
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| XXVI.— | More Opera Makers—Verdi and Meyerbeer to Our Day | [377] |
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| XXVII.— | Some Tone Poets | [397] |
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| XXVIII.— | Late 19th Century Composers Write New Music on Old Models | [418] |
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| XXIX.— | Music Appears in National Costumes | [441] |
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| XXX.— | America Enters | [456] |
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| XXXI.— | America Comes of Age | [475] |
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| XXXII.— | Twentieth Century Music | [515] |
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| Some of the Books we Consulted | [547] |
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| Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition | [551] |
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| Index | [587] |