Set up and electrotyped. Published September 1908

Stanhope Press
F.H. GILSON COMPANY
BOSTON, U.S.A.

[CONTENTS]

[PART I.—PRELIMINARIES.]

Page
[Preface][v]
[Introductory Note][vii]
Chapter[I. THE CRADLE OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] (Historical Review.)[1]
”[II. THE DAWN OF INDEPENDENT INSTRUMENTATION][5]
”[III. EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS][8]
”[IV. BEGINNINGS OF ORCHESTRATION][16]
[Summary of Part I][26]

[PART II.—THE CLASSIC ERA.]

Chapter[V. BACH, HÄNDEL, AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES][28]
”[VI. GLUCK AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES][38]
”[VII. HAYDN, MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN][47]
”[VIII. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF BEETHOVEN][58]
[Summary of Part II][68]