How Music Developed: A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern MusicHenderson, W. J. (William James)
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How Music Developed: A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music
Henderson, W. J. (William James)
Music -- History and criticism
"From the New World," Dvorak's, 182.
Fugal forms, 386.
Fugue, the,
fundamental principle of, 25;
definition of, 118;
distinguishing part of, 119;
advance of, 120;
its combination of polyphony with development of a theme, 119,
120, 121.
Fugue, the German, 55.
Fugue, the North German, 118.
Fugues, Bach's, 121, 122, 123.
"Furiant," the, 181.
G, the key of, 13.
G, the major scale of, 70.
G, the scale of, 4, 6.
G major, the chord of, 13.
G minor, Mozart's symphony in, 164.
Gabrieli, Andrea, 78;
his festival play, 237.
Gabrieli, Giovanni, 78;
his work, 79;
his orchestra, 79;
his influence on instrumental music, 104, 106, 127, 209;
his church music, 264.
Galilei, Vincenzo, the "Ugolino" of, 240, 241, 244.
Galileo, the astronomer, 240.
Galliards, the, 128.
Gallo-Belgic school, the, 34, 35;
overshadowed by the Netherlands school, 38.
Galuppi, 275.
Gaston, Duke of Orléans 95.
Gavotte, a, 129.
George I., the Elector, 209.
German Protestantism, the music of, 391.
German Requiem, Brahms', 232.
Germans, the, 90, 129.
Germany,
the Roman ritual in, 9, 44, 58;
the meistersingers and the minnesingers of, 58, 59;
the folk-song in, 59, 60;
"imitation" in, 117, 185;
the home of chamber music, 189, 206;
influence of Italian opera music in, 211, 337, 227, 314;
introduction of the opera into, 336;
the Christian mythology of, 360.
"Giasone," Cavalli's, 151, 263.
Gibbons, Orlando, 80.
Gibson, Dr., Bishop of London, 207.
"Gieus de Robin et de Marion," La Halle's, 292.
Gizziello, the singer, 271.
Gluck, Christopher Willibald,
takes a stand against Italian opera, 221;
his operas, 222, 313, 314, 273, 274, 275, 311;
early life of, 313;
his conversion and his cold reception in Vienna, 314;
accepted in Paris as Rameau's successor, 314;
his conquest of Piccini, 314, 315;
his methods, 315-317;
his artistic creed, 317;
his use of the aria form, 318;
his immediate influence, 320, 321;
his successors, 321;
his imitators, 321, 322, 324, 328, 330, 334, 352, 357,
378-399.
Goat song, the, 200.
Goethe, 349.
Goldmark, Carl, the "Sakuntala" overture of, 179;
his operas, 356.
Gombert, 39, 45;
his "Bird Cantata," 48.
Gonzaga, Francesco, 254.
Gore-Ouseley, Sir Frederic A., 119.
Gossec, François Joseph, quartet writing of, 190.
"Götterdämmerung, Die," Wagner's, 155, 358, 360, 370.
Goudimel, Claude, 39, 45, 50, 74.
Gounod, Charles François,
the "Redemption" of, 233;
his "Romeo et Juliette," 284;
his early life, 328;
his operas, 329;
his dramatic power, 330;
influence of Meyerbeer on, 331, 333, 334.
"Gradus ad Parnassum," Clementi's, 111.
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