Composers, the French court, 292. Composers, the German, 196; chamber music of, 196, 338. Composers, the Italian, chamber music of, 196, 220; worthless oratorios of, 221, 275, 289. Composers, Italian church, 117. Composers, Italian opera, 317. Composers, Neapolitan, 302, 303. Composers, oratorio, 205. Composers, the scientific, 47. Composers, violin, early, 127. Composition, the art of, 36. Composition, Catholic, schools of, 77. Composition, modern, basis of, 115. Composition, monophonic, 243. Composition, orchestral, modern, 165, 166. Composition, polyphonic, 22. Compositions, organ, 101. Concertos, Bach's, 122, 130, 160; Scarlatti's, 160; Handel's, 160; their influence on the symphony, 161, 168. Concertos, early instrumental, 160. Concertos, piano, Liszt's, 179. Condé, 43. Condé, the Cathedral of, 44. Confrèrie de St. Julien des Ménestriers, the, of Paris, 56. Congregation of the Fathers of the Oratory at Rome, the, 202. "Consecration of Tones," Spohr's, 180. Constantine, Emperor, 3, 67. Constantinople, overthrown by the Turks, 67. "Conte Ugolino, Il," Galilei, 240. Contra-bassoons, 153. Contra-bass tuba, the, 155. Contraltos, 273. _Contrapunctus a mente_, 25. _Contrapunctus a penna_, 25. Contrapuntal technics, perfection of, 39. Contrapuntal writing, 34, 42. Contrapuntists, the great French school of, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34. Corelli, Arcangelo, work of, 127; sonatas of, 128, 139, 129; his chamber music, 188, 206. Cornelius, Peter, music of, 355, 356. Cornets, 148, 149. Corsi, Giacomo, 244, 245. Counterpoint, the art of, 22; described, 24; how it began, 24; completely conquered, 39; made subservient to religious feeling, 40, 46, 48; Lasso a complete master of 49, 123; perfection of, 166. Counterpoint, church, golden age of, 38-53, 55, 80, 104; old schools of, 141; devotion of composers to, 235. Counterpoint, free, 165. Counterpoint, vocal, 74. Couperin, François, 109. Crailsheim, 89. "Creation, The," Haydn's, 153, 167, 222, 223, 224, 225. Crema, 263. Crescembini, on Neri and oratorio, 202-203. "Cris de Paris," Jannequin's, 48. Crusades, the, 57. Cymbals, 155. D minor, Beethoven's piano sonata in, 145. Dances, significance of the word, 103; Corelli's, 127, 128, 129, 139, 263. Dante, the "Inferno" of, 240. "Daphne," Peri's setting of, 244-246, 290, 336. "David and Jonathan," Carissimi's, 204. Delattre, Roland. See _Lasso, Orlando_. Delphi, 200. Demeter, the wanderings of, 200. De Monte. See _Monte, De_. De Muris. See _Muris, Jean de_. Descant, the art of, 16, 17, 21, 22. Descanters, the, 24.