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
Haydn, Josef, 111;
life of, 136, 137;
his music, 137;
"the father of the symphony and the string quartet," 137, 161;
his sonatas, 137, 138;
his two principal themes, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 153;
his "Creation," 153, 167, 222;
clearness of his orchestral works, 161;
his symphonies, 161, 169;
conductor of the Esterhazy orchestra, 162;
his attempts in instrumentation, 162;
influence of Mozart on, 163;
his later work, 167;
"The Seasons," 167, 213, 225;
transforms the treatment of the orchestra, 168;
his quartet writing, 190, 191;
his quartets compared with Mozart's, 192;
his oratorios, 221, 222;
his choruses, 223;
his oratorio writing, 224, 387, 389, 392.
Hebrides overture, Mendelssohn's, 226.
Heine, 349.
Helicon, the, 86.
Henderson, W. J.,
the "Story of Music" of, 249;
his "What is Good Music?", 383.
"Henri VIII.," Saint Säens', 332, 333.
Henry IV., of France, 247.
Hereford Cathedral, 62.
Hermann, the Landgrave, 58.
"Herodiade," Massenet's, 333.
Hesse, Dr., 60.
"History of Music," Hawkins', 28, 221.
"History of Music," Naumann's, 37, 43.
Hobrecht, Jacob, 39, 40;
his masses, 40, 43.
"Hodie nobis coelorum Rex," Nanini's, 77.
Holy Trinity, the, 20.
Horn, the English, 154, 155, 156.
Horns, 153, 155, 162, 191, 278.
Horns, French, 155, 156, 157.
"Hortus Musicus," Reinken's, 189.
"How Excellent," the chorus, 153.
Hucbald,
the Organum of, 14;
the harmonies of, 15, 16, 18, 20, 35.
"Huguenots, Les," Meyerbeer's, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331.
Hungary, 44.
Hymn-book, the first Lutheran, 71.
Hymns, early, 2;
custom of singing, 2;
the old anonymous, 8.
Hymns, Latin, 201.
Hymns, Lutheran, 71.
"Idomeneo," Mozart's, 340.
"Imitation," defined, 25, 27, 33, 36, 117.
"Infernal Regions, The," 236.
"Inferno," Dante's, 240.
Instrumental forms, 263.
Instrumental music, modern, 101, 102;
a new element in, 106, 110;
development of, 116, 189, 194;
pure beauty in, 391.
Instrumentation, Haydn's attempts in, 162.
Intermezzi, 236, 250.
"Inventions," Bach's, 122.
Ionic mode, the, 70.
"Iphigénie en Aulide," Racine's, 314, 315.
Isaak, Heinrich, 60.
"Isbruck, ich muss dich lassen," 60.
"Israel in Egypt," Handel's, 207.
Issy, 295.
Italians, the, 129.
Italian school, the, 284;
characteristics of, 289.
Italy, 44, 45;
becomes the home of modern music, 50;
revival of Greek learning in, 67, 94, 234, 238;
vocal style in, 117;
the oratorio in, 207;
the ecclesiastical polyphonic style of, 214, 246, 291;
hostile to Wagner, 358.
"Ivanhoe," 355.
Jahn, Otto,
biographer of Mozart, 166, 192, 194;
on "Don Juan," 344.
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