LESSON I. MUSIC OF THE CHINESE, JAPANESE AND HINDOOS 24 LESSON II. MUSIC OF THE BABYLONIANS, EGYPTIANS AND HEBREWS 35 LESSON III. MUSIC OF THE GREEKS: SCALES 46 LESSON IV. MUSIC OF THE GREEKS (CONCLUDED) 54 LESSON V. ECCLESIASTICAL SYSTEM 61 LESSON VI. NOTATION 70 LESSON VII. MUSIC OUTSIDE THE CHURCH 77 LESSON VIII. THE CAUSES OF POLYPHONIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POLYPHONIC ERA 88 LESSON IX. THE PARIS SCHOOL 99 LESSON X. THE GALLO-BELGIC SCHOOL 107 LESSON XI. THE ENGLISH SCHOOL 115 LESSON XII. THE SCHOOL OF THE NETHERLANDS 123 LESSON XIII. THE ITALIAN SCHOOL 131 LESSON XIV. PALESTRINA AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE MUSIC OF THE ITALIAN SCHOOL. THE MADRIGAL 139 LESSON XV. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 147 LESSON XVI. THE ORGAN, ORGAN PLAYING AND ORGAN MUSIC 156 LESSON XVII. THE BEGINNING OF THE OPERA 171 LESSON XVIII. THE ORATORIO. DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPERA 179 LESSON XIX. ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI AND THE NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL 187 LESSON XX. SINGING AND SINGERS 195 LESSON XXI. OPERA IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND 203 LESSON XXII. THE OPERA IN GERMANY. HANDEL AND GLUCK 211 LESSON XXIII. MOZART TO ROSSINI 219 LESSON XXIV. THE ORATORIO 226 LESSON XXV. THE EVOLUTION OF THE PIANOFORTE 236 LESSON XXVI. THE EARLY ITALIAN CLAVIER COMPOSERS 246 LESSON XXVII. THE EARLY ENGLISH AND FRENCH CLAVIER SCHOOLS 255 LESSON XXVIII. THE GERMAN POLYPHONIC CLAVIER SCHOOLS 263 LESSON XXIX. THE GERMAN SONATA COMPOSERS TO HAYDN 274 LESSON XXX. FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN 283 LESSON XXXI. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 291 LESSON XXXII. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 299 LESSON XXXIII. BEETHOVEN AND THE SONATA 307 LESSON XXXIV. THE VIOLIN AND ITS MAKERS 315 LESSON XXXV. VIOLIN PLAYING AND VIOLIN MUSIC 322 LESSON XXXVI. THE ORCHESTRA AND ABSOLUTE MUSIC 334 LESSON XXXVII. THE ROMANTIC OPERA. WEBER, SPOHR, MARSCHNER 345 LESSON XXXVIII. THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF THE 19TH CENTURY 353 LESSON XXXIX. THE ITALIAN SCHOOL OF THE 19TH CENTURY 361 LESSON XL. RICHARD WAGNER’S MUSIC DRAMAS. OTHER SCHOOLS 369