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Obvious punctuation and other printing errors have been corrected.
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The book cover has been modified by the Transcriber and is included in the public domain.
THE ART OF MUSIC
The Art of Music
A Comprehensive Library of Information
for Music Lovers and Musicians
Editor-in-Chief
DANIEL GREGORY MASON
Columbia University
Associate Editors
EDWARD B. HILL LELAND HALL
Harvard University Past Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin
Managing Editor
CÉSAR SAERCHINGER
Modern Music Society of New York
In Fourteen Volumes
Profusely Illustrated
NEW YORK
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MUSIC
1915
King René and his Musical Court.
From the Breviary of King René,
a 15th century manuscript in the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal.
THE ART OF MUSIC: VOLUME ONE
A Narrative History of Music
Department Editors:
LELAND HALL
AND
CÉSAR SAERCHINGER
Introduction by
C. HUBERT H. PARRY, Mus. Doc.
Director Royal College of Music, London.
Formerly Professor of Music, University of Oxford, etc.
BOOK I
THE PRE-CLASSIC PERIODS
NEW YORK
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MUSIC
Copyright, 1915, by
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MUSIC, Inc.
[All Rights Reserved]
CONTENTS OF THE SERIES
Volume I. Narrative History of Music—Book I: The Pre-Classic Periods.
Introduction by Sir C. Hubert H. Parry, Mus. Doc., Director of the Royal College of Music, London.
Volume II. Narrative History of Music—Book II: Classicism and Romanticism.
Introduction by Leland Hall, Past Professor of Musical History, University of Wisconsin.
Volume III. Narrative History of Music—Book III: Modern Music.
Introduction by Edward Burlingame Hill, Instructor in the History of Music, Harvard University.
Volume IV. Music in America.
Introduction by Arthur Farwell, Associate Editor, ‘Musical America.’
Volume V. The Voice and Vocal Music.
Introduction by David Bispham, LL.D.
Volume VI. Choral and Church Music.
Introduction by Sir Edward Elgar, O.M.
Volume VII. Pianoforte and Chamber Music.
Introduction by Claude Debussy.
Volume VIII. The Orchestra and Orchestral Music.
Introduction by Dr. Richard Strauss.
Volume IX. The Opera.
Introduction by Alfred Hertz, Conductor, Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
Volume X. The Dance.
Introduction by Anna Pavlowa, of the Imperial Russian Ballet.
Volume XI. Dictionary of Musicians and General Index.
Volume XII. Dictionary of Music and General Index.
Volume XIII. Musical Examples.
Volume XIV. Modern Musical Examples.
THE ART OF MUSIC