Critical and Historical Essays

Critical and Historical Essays
Edward MacDowell, american composer and pianist of the Romantic period (1860-1908)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE
-03- THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC
-04- ORIGIN OF SONG VS. ORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
-05- THE MUSIC OF THE HEBREWS AND THE HINDUS
-06- THE MUSIC OF THE EGYPTIANS, ASSYRIANS, AND CHINESE
-07- THE MUSIC OF THE CHINESE, CONTINUED
-08- THE MUSIC OF GREECE
-09- THE MUSIC OF THE ROMANS, THE EARLY CHURCH
-10- FORMATION OF THE SCALE, NOTATION
-11- THE SYSTEMS OF HUCBALD AND GUIDO D'AREZZO
-12- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
-13- FOLK SONG AND ITS RELATION TO NATIONALISM IN MUSIC
-14- THE TROUBADOURS, MINNESINGERS AND MASTERSINGERS
-15- EARLY INSTRUMENTAL FORMS
-16- THE MERGING OF THE SUITE INTO THE SONATA
-17- THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIANOFORTE MUSIC
-18- THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE PLAY
-19- OPERA
-20- OPERA, CONTINUED
-21- ON THE LIVES AND ART PRINCIPLES OF SOME SEVENTEENTH
-22- DECLAMATION IN MUSIC
-23- SUGGESTION IN MUSIC