Intimations of a proposed sequel to this work will be found in the last two pages of the volume, new and valuable materials having been brought to hand by recent discoveries.
Goethe in his “conversations with Eckermann” said that a book should be judged, first, by the aim the author proposed to himself—next, by the degree in which he had succeeded in accomplishing his aim. I may not have remembered the exact words, “’tis sixty years since” I read them, but the purport of the saying is there. My aim in writing has been to give the lover of music a companionable book, full of information of a kind likely as I think to be of interest to both amateur and professional. My own enthusiasm on the subject has, I hope, been tempered by ease in presentation, for I am wishful that the hours given to the reading of these pages may leave with all readers a pleasant memory.
HERMANN SMITH.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Page. | |
At the Gates of the Past | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
In the Land of Myth—The Pursuit of the Gods | [14] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
In the Land of Egypt—The Lady Maket andher Flutes | [25] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
In the Land of Egypt—More Egyptian Flutes—TheEvidences of the Scale—The Teachingsof Experiments | [42] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
In the Land of Etruria—The Greco-EtruscanDouble Flutes—The Bulbed or SubuloFlutes | [63] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
In the Land of Greece—From Etruria toAthens—The Sweet Monaulos | [82] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
In the Land of Greece—The Silkworm Flutes,or Bombyx Flutes | [93] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
In Oscan Land—Italia—Found at Pompeii—TheGreco-Roman Flutes | [107] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
Back to the Land of the Nile—Egypt Revealsthe Secret | [118] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
The Isles of Greece—Midas the Glorious | [126] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
Near the City of Charites—The Mystery ofthe “Slender Brass” | [137] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
At the Delphic Temple—The Music heard bythe Greeks | [143] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
In the Land of China—The Outspread Phœnix | [155] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
The Mongols New Home—The Mythical Findingof the Lüs | [165] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
In the Flowery Kingdom—The Bird’s Nest | [180] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
By the Yellow River—The Evolution of theSheng | [192] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
In the Land of Siam—The Siamese “Phan” | [208] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
In the Land of Japan—Japanese Pitch Pipes andthe Japanese Clarionet and the Sho | [212] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
In Ancient China—Ceremonial Instruments | [228] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
In Ancient China—The Flutes of the Chinese | [236] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
In Ancient China—The Favourite of Confucius | [250] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
In Ancient China—The Trumpets of theChinese | [264] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
The Music heard in Far Cathay—The OldestWritten Music | [274] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
Evolution of the Lyre, Harp, and Lute—TheBow with the Boat | [285] |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
The Choice of the Greeks—The Delphic Lyre | [306] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
How The Music Grew—In the Days of aThousand Years | [326] |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
At Alexandria—The Final Settlement of theScale | [342] |
Index | [343] |