A General History of Music, from the Earliest Times to the Present Volume 1

Contents

• Preface;
• 1. Origin, and early progress of music;
• 2. The ancient melopoeia;
• 3. Disputed counterpoint of the ancients;
• 4. Reputed effects of the ancient music;
• 5. Egyptian and Hebrew music;
• 6. Ancient music, as connected with the Grecian mythology;
• 7. Musicians and poets, subsequent to Hesiod and Homer;
• 8. The Grecian games;
• 9. The ancient musical theorists, and their works;
• 10. Practical view of the ancient music, vocal, and instrumental;
• 11. Music of the ancient Romans;
• 12. Music of the early Christians to the time of Guido;
• 13. State of music from the time of Guido to the formation of the time table;
• 14. Invention of the time table;
• 15. Minstrels, troubadours, etc.;
• 16. General state of music, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the time of Hambois;
• 17. State of music, from the time of Hambois to the invention of printing;
• 18. State of music, from the invention of printing to the time of Josquin del Prato;
• 19. Josquin del Prato;
• 20. State of music from the early part of the sixteenth century, to the reign of Elizabeth.