A General History of Music

Contents

• Preface;
• Part I . Music in the Early Ages:
• 1. The music of the Greeks;
• 2. The music of the early Christians;
• Part II . Music in the Middle Ages:
• 3. The condition of music in the early middle ages;
• 4. Troubadours, minstrels and minnesingers;
• 5. The invention of counterpoint;
• 6. Concerning the polyphonic schools;
• 7. The productions of the polyphonic schools;
• 8. Polyphonic music in England;
• 9. Mediaeval hymnody;
• Part III . Music in the Seventeenth Century:
• 10. On the schools of the decadence;
• 11. Early history of the opera;
• 12. Early history of the oratorio;
• 13. Instrumental music;
• 14. The later composers;
• 15. The English school of the Restoration;
• Part IV . Music in the Eighteenth Century:
• 16. Music in Italy;
• 17. Music in France, England and Germany;
• 18. The modern system of part-writing;
• 19. The seven lamps;
• 20. George Frederick Handel;
• 21. Johann Sebastian Bach;
• 22. Christoph Willibald Gluck;
• 23. Franz Joseph Haydn;
• 24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart;
• 25. Ludwig van Beethoven;
• 26. The development of the piano-forte;
• 27. Dramatic music in Italy;
• 28. Dramatic music in France;
• 29. The schools of Leipzig and Vienna;
• 30. Music in England;
• Part V . Music in the Nineteenth Century:
• 31. The seven lesser lights;
• 32. Music in Italy;
• 33. The German schools;
• 34. The French schools;
• 35. The English schools;
• Part VI . The Present Condition of Music, and its Probable Influence upon the Future:
• 36. The new world;
• 37. Wilhelm Richard Wagner;
• 38. L'envoi; Appendix;
• Index and chronological table.