National Conservatory of Music (New York), [255]f.
National Opera Company, [141].
National songs, American, [321]ff.
Nationalism (in American music), [vi], [277]ff, [365], [407]ff.
Nationalists (school of American composers), [407]ff.
Negro folk-song, [10]f, [284]ff, [451];
in American composition, [xi]-ff, [365], [409]f, [413], [416], [430]ff, [442]ff, [450].
See also 'Coon song.'
Negro minstrelsy, rise of, [314]ff.
Neidlinger, W. H., [353]f.
Nelson, Dora, [193], [254].
Nevin, Arthur, [424]f.
Nevin, Ethelbert, [349]ff.
New England, influence of, on music in America, [1]-2;
early music of, [11]ff, [22]ff;
attitude of, toward music, [44]f;
early musical societies of, [97]ff;
choral societies in, [214];
early music in, [232]f, [236]ff, [332]f.
New England Conservatory (Boston), [247]ff.
New Haven (Conn.), early concerts in, [62]f.
New Jersey, early concerts in, [68].
New Orleans, early music in, [42];
early opera in, [114]ff;
opera in, [161]ff.
Newport (R. I.), early concerts in, [62]f;
St. Cæcilia Society of, [101].
New York City, public concerts, [xviii];
early music in, [36]ff;
early public concerts, [63]ff, [83];
early musical societies, [88]ff;
opera in (early) [104], [106]ff, [116], (recent) [117]ff;
orchestral organizations of, [181]ff;
chamber music in, [202]ff;
choral societies, [208]ff;
music festivals, [223];
music in public schools, [242], [271];
conservatories, [255]ff;
municipal music in, [273]ff;
N. Y. group of composers, [347]f.
New York Choral Society, [93]ff.
New York Sacred Music Society, [95]f.
Niblo, William, [126]f, [129]ff.
Nicolini, [138].
Niemann, Albert, [141].
Nikisch, Arthur, [190]f.
Nilsson, Christine, [133], [136].
Noble, T. Tertius, [357].
Nordica, Lillian, [138], [142]f, [147], [152].
Norris, Homer, [437]f.
Northwestern School of Music, [253]f.
Notation, [27]ff.
O
Ober, Margarete, [155].
Oberhoffer, Emil, [198].
Oberlin Conservatory, [247], [251]f.
'Occupational' songs (of negroes), [297].
Offenbach, Jacques, in America, [134].
Oldberg, Arne, [373]ff.
Opera, in England, [14];
beginnings of, in America, [104]ff;
in New York City, [117]ff;
popular-price, in N. Y., [155];
in the United States, [158]ff.
See also Opera, American; Opera in English.
Opera, American, (first) [112];
(early) [333]ff;
(first to be prod. in Met. Opera House, N. Y.) [154];
(A. Nevin) [424]f;
(Herbert) [447]f.
Opera, Comic. See Comic opera.
Opera, English. See English opera.
Opera in English (in New York), [141]ff, [145], [148], [155]ff;
(in Philadelphia) [168].
See also Musical comedy.
Oratorio, first heard in Boston, [61];
in early Philadelphia concerts, [73]f;
in early New York, [96];
in early Boston, [99];
in Chicago, [216]f.
Oratorio Society of New York, [210]ff.
Orchestral organizations in the United States, [181]ff.
Orchestras, early New York, [92], [120].
Organ (Brattle), first in New England, [19].
Organizations. See Musical organizations.
Ornstein, Leo, [442].
Orpheus Club (Philadelphia), [85]f.
Osgood, George L., [249].
P
Page, Nathaniel Clifford, [399].
Pageants, xix, [226]ff, [412].
Paine, John Howard, [114].
Paine, John Knowles, [xii], [262], 336f.
Palma, John, [68]f.
Palmo, Ferdinand, [125]f.
Park Theatre (early New York), [118], [123]ff.
Parker, Gilbert, [226].
Parker, Horatio W., [155], [265]ff, [340]ff, [357].
Parker, H. T., on Toronto Choir, [220].
Parker, James C. D., [343].
Parks, Edna R., [355].
'Parsifal' (Wagner), first American performance of, [149]f.
Patriotic songs (American), [321]ff, [452].
Patti, Adelina, [133], [137], [139], [141]ff, [160], [163], [166], [171].
Paur, Emil, [184], [191], [197].
Pavlova, Anna (dancer), [154].
Peabody Institute, [247].
Pelissier, Victor, [112]f.
Pelosi, Vincent M., [75].
People's Symphony Orchestra (New York), [187].
Perlet, Herman, [398]f.
Pfitzner, Hans, cited, [429].
Pflueger, Carl, [462].
Philadelphia, early music in, [36], [38]ff, [234]f;
early public concerts, [68]ff, [83];
early musical societies, [85], [87]f;
early opera, [108], [110]ff;
opera, [164]ff;
orchestra, [199]ff;
choral societies, [213];
pageant (of 1912), [228].
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, [199]f.
Philharmonic Society of New York, [181]ff.
Pianoforte, first in New England, [32].
Pianoforte music, American (treatment), [419].
Piccolomini, Maria, [133].
Pike, Thomas, [77].
Pilgrims, [19].
See also Puritans.
Pittsburg, orchestral organizations of, [195]ff.
Plançon, Pol, [144], [147].
Pleyel, works of, in early American concerts, [35], [41], [62]f, [66]f, [72]f, [79], [81].
Polyphony in early English music, [4].
Ponte, Lorenzo da, in America, [121]ff, [127].
'Popular' music in America, [2], [451]ff, [464].
See also Negro folk-song.
'Popular-price' opera. See Opera, popular.
Portland, Me., early concert in, [101];
music festivals in, [223].
Powell, John, works of, [431]f.
Pownall (Mrs.), [74]f, [80].
Pratt, John Harradan, [399].
Pratt, Silas G., [346].
Price (first professional musician in New England), [24].
Prouty, Elijah K., [244].
Providence (R. I.), early concerts in, [62]f, [101].
Prynne, quoted, [13].
Psalmody, early New England, [13]ff, [25]ff, [332]f.
Public Schools, American music in, [xii], [240]ff, [270]ff.
Pulitzer, Joseph, [184].
Purcell, Henry, composition by, in early New York concert, [64].
Puritans, [11]ff;
influence of, on American music, [1]f, [22]f, [333].
R
Racial influence (in music), [277]ff.
'Ragtime,' in 'popular' music, [454]ff;
in musical plays, [463].
'Railroad songs' (of negroes), [298].
Read, Samuel, [52]f.
Redding, Joseph D., [399].
Reinagle, Alexander, [66]f, [72], [74], [81];
and early Philadelphia opera, [111].
Religious songs, of negroes, [299]ff.
Renaud, Maurice, [152].
Reszke, Jean de, [143]f, [146]f.
Revere, Paul (as music engraver), [29].
Rhythm, in negro folk-song, [289]ff.
Rice, J. B., [169]ff.
Rice, W. D. ('negro' comedian), [314]f.
Riker, Franklin, [355].
Ritter, Frederic Louis, on early American music, [2], [22];
cited, [32]f, [37];
quoted, [50], [52], [89], [92]ff, [102], [112]f, [120]f;
on German choral societies, [216].
Rivafinoli, Chevalier, [122].
'Robin Hood' (de Koven), [176], [179], [458]f.
Rochester (N. Y.), 'community chorus' in, xix.
Rogers, James H., [355].
Romantic school, in American music, [xii], [xiv], [360]ff.
Rooke, William Michael, [124].
Root, George F., [222], [246];
patriotic songs of, [329].
Roper, Virginia, [406].
Rowe, John, quoted, [59], [110].
Rübner, Cornelius, [267].
Rummel, Walter Morse, [448]f.
Russell, Alexander, [439]f.
Russell, Henry, [172]f.
Russell, Lillian, [178].
Russian influence, on American music, xiv.
Russian Symphony Society of New York, [187]f.
S
Sabin, Wallace, [398].
Sacchini, works of, in early American concerts, [74], [79].
Sacred music, early American societies for cultivation of, (New York) [95]f, (Boston) [102].
See also Church music; also Oratorio.
Safonoff, Wassili, [184].
St. Paul (Minn.), orchestra, [198].
St. Louis (Mo.), orchestra in, [199];
choral societies, [216];
pageant (1914), [227].
St. Denis, Ruth, cited, [434].
St. Cæcilia Society, of Newport, [101].
St. Cecilia Society, of (early) New York, [88]f.
St. Cecilia Society, of Charleston, [41], [77]ff, [86].
Salem (Mass.), early concerts in, [62]f.
'Salome' (Strauss) perf. in New York, [150], [153].
Salter, Mary Turner, [405]f.
Sanders, W. D., [253].
San Francisco, opera, [158]ff, [173]f;
orchestras, [199];
choral societies, [217];
composers, [396]ff.
See also Bohemian Club of San Francisco.
Sankey, Ira D., [245].
Savage, Henry W., [137], [147]ff.
Savannah (Ga.), early music in, [42], [82].
Scales, in negro music, [289], [291]ff.
Scandinavian singing societies (of America), [218].
Scheff, Fritzi, [148].
Schelling, Ernest, [450].
Schindler, Kurt, [213], [449]f.
Schlesinger, Daniel, [97].
Schmidt, J. H., [68].
Schnecker, P. J., [358].
Schneider, Edward F., [397]f.
Schoenefeld, Henry, [311], [346], 433f.
Schola Cantorum (New York) [212]f.
Schools. See Public schools and Conservatories.
Schott, Anton, [138].
Schroeder-Hanfstängel, Marie, [138].
Schuch, Ernst von, in America, [147]f.
Schumann, Elisabeth, [155].
Schumann, Robert, influence of, in America, [361].
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, [147], [152].
Scotch influence, on American music, [22].
Scotti, Antonio, [148].
Seattle (Wash.) Symphony Orchestra, [199].
Secular music, beginnings of, in America, [33], [46]ff, [54].
Seidl, Anton, [140], [145]f, [183].
Seidl-Krauss, Auguste, [138], [140].
Seiffert, Max, cited, [5].
Selby, William, [59]ff.
Sembrich, Marcella, [137].
Severn, Edmund, [401]f.
Sewall, Samuel, quoted, [16]f.
Shapleigh, Bertram, [402].
Sharp, William, Edward MacDowell compared to, [364].
Shaw, David T., and 'Columbia,' [326].
Sheafe, William, [57].
Shelley, Harry Rowe, [357]f.
Shepherd, Arthur, [417]ff;
cited, [429].
'Shouting' (of negroes), [304].
Sight-reading (in 17th cent.), [5]f;
in early New England, [16].
Singing, congregational, in early New England, [15]ff.
Singing schools, formation of, in early New England, [25]ff;
early American, [232]ff.
See also Choral societies.
Singing societies. See Choral societies.
Slaves, music of. See Negro folk-song.
Sleeper, Henry Dike, on music in colleges, [261].
Slezak, Leo, [155].
Smith, David Stanley, [387]f.
Smith, Gertrude Norman, [404].
Smith, John Stafford, [325].
Smith, Samuel F. (author of 'America'), [324].
Smith, Wilson L., [352]f.
Social centres, [xviii]-f.
See also Municipal music.
Societies. See Choral societies; Musical organizations; Orchestral organizations.
Soldene, Emily, in America, [175]f.
Song-writers (American), [349]ff, [362]ff, [408]ff.
Sonneck, Oscar G., cited, [36], [39]f, [47]ff, [56], [64], [68], [76]f, [82], [89]f, [98], [101], [104];
quoted, [323]f.
'Sorrow songs' (of negroes), [297]f, [302]f.
Sousa, John Philip, [460]f.
South (the), early music in, [9]ff;
early concerts in, [40]ff, [76]ff;
attitude of, toward music, [44];
early professional musicians in, [45];
early opera in, [106], [108];
music festivals in, [223].
Southwest, music in the, [10].
Spaeth, Sigmund, cited, [12].
Spanish opera, in New York, [139].
Spanish-American folk-songs, [312]f.
Speaks, Oley, [355].
Spirituals (of negroes), [301]f, [304].
Spross, Charles Gilbert, [355].
Stamitz, Johann, works of, in early American concerts, [38], [63], [66]f, [69], [75], [79], [81].
Stanley, Albert A., [268].
Stanton, Edmund C., [140].
'Star Spangled Banner,' [325]ff.
Stearnes, Henry V., [400].
Stephens, Ward, [355].
Stewart, Humphrey J., [397].
Stillman-Kelley, Edgar, [368]ff, [462].
Stock, Frederick A., [192].
Stoeckel, Carl, [224].
Stokowski, Leopold, [200].
Stoughton Musical Society, [97]ff.
Stover, Charles B. (N. Y. Park commissioner), [274]f.
Strakosch, Maurice, [132]f, [171].
Strakosch, Max, [133]ff.
Stransky, Josef, [184].
Strauss, Richard, [150];
influence of, on American music, [375]f.
Stricklen, Edward G., [399].
Sullivan, [Sir] Arthur, comic operas of, in America, [175]f, [179], [457].
Sunday School music, [245].
Symmes, [Rev.] Thomas, [16], [18], [21];
on singing, [26]f;
on 'singing by note,' [232]f.
Symphony orchestras. See Orchestras; also Concerts.
Symphony Society of New York, [185]ff.
Syncopation. See Ragtime.
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