A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the Present — John Shaqi
A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the PresentMathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
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A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
Music -- History and criticism
Lament for Charlemagne 184
Early Staff of Five Lines 185
Lute 191
Tuning of the Lute 192
Early Forms of Rebec 195
Angel Playing Rebec, 13th Century 196
Viol da Gamba 197
Barytone 198
Stradivarius Violin 200
Old Organ 202
Portable Organ 204
Bellows Bags at Halberstadt 206
Concert of 7th Century 208
Extract, Peri's "Eurydice" 225
Aria, Monteverde's "Arianna" 230
Aria, Cavalli's "Erismena" 231
Aria, Scarlatti's Cantata 232
Aria, Lulli's "Roland" 240
Heinrich Schuetz 246
Jean Pieters Swelinck 251
Samuel Scheidt 252
Johann Adam Reinken 254
John Sebastian Bach 266
Geo. Friedrich Haendel 274
Joseph Haydn 286
The Mozart Family 293
Mozart (Miss Stock) 300
Mozart 302
Beethoven 311
Beethoven as He Appeared on the Street 314
Beethoven Autograph 315
Facsimile Title Page Mss. Beethoven 318
Gluck 329
Gretry 340
Boieldieu 343
Purcell 350
J.L. Dussek 358
Hummel 362
Moscheles 363
Schubert 390
Spinet, 1590 393
Ornamentation of Same 394
Another View of the Same 395
Mozart's Grand Piano 396
Cristofori's Design of Action 397
His Action as Made in 1726 398
Erard Grand Action 399
Steinway Iron Frame and Over-stringing 400
Carl Maria von Weber 407
Meyerbeer 412
Richard Wagner 417
Mme. Schroeder-Devrient 420
Paganini 430
Paganini in Concert (Landseer) 431
Chopin 442
Liszt 452, 453
Hauptmann 460
Mendelssohn 462
Schumann 476
Rossini 480
Verdi 484
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