Quartet writing, Gossec's, 190; Haydn's, 190, 191. "Queen of Sheba," Goldmark's, 356. "Quintet, American," Dvorak's, 198. Quintets, 186, 191. Quintets, piano, 187, 193, 196, 197. Quintets, string, 191, 193. Quintilianus, Aristides, 86. Racine, 310, 314. Rameau, Jean Philippe, the French opera composer, 98; his "Traité de l'Harmonie," 100, 308; his theoretical works, 308; his "Hippolyte et Aricie," 309; operas of, 309, 313; his improvements on Lulli's style, 309-311, 312, 319, 321, 328, 330, 332, 334, 352, 357. Rassoumoffsky, Count, 194. "Rassoumoffsky Quartets, The," Beethoven's, 194. Reading, 28. Recitative, dramatic, invention of, 203; its effect on oratorio, 203, 235, 239, 240; improvement in, 264. Recitative, the Florentine, 292. Recitative, French, 313. Recitative, the Greek, 243. _Recitative secco_, 266, 278, 279. _Recitativo stromentato_, 267, 278, 279. "Redemption," Gounod's, 233. Reformation, the, 60, 71, 104. Regal, the, 149. Regensburg, 10. "Reine de Saba, La," Gounod's, 329. Reinken, John Adam, the "Hortus Musicus" of, 189. Renaissance, the, dawn of, 67, 69, 70. "Reson and Sensualité," Lydgate's, 85. Reszke, Jean de, 329. "Rêve, Le," Bruneau's, 334. Reyer, Ernest, operas of, 334. "Rheingold, Das," Wagner's, 358, 368, 377. Rhine, the, 58. Rhythm, 10, 11; the appearance of, 16, 21; elementary attraction of pure, 70; Aristoxenus on, 238; Veron on, 384. Ricercari, Buus', 103; Frescobaldi's, 104. "Ricercari da cantare e sonare," Buus', 103. "Ride of the Valkyrs," 154, 260. "Rienzi," Wagner's, 281, 358. "Rigoletto," Verdi's, 281, 282. Rimbault, on "The Pianoforte," 93. "Rinaldo," Handel's opera, 206. "Ring des Nibelungen, Der," Wagner's, 358, 360. Rinuccini, Ottavio, intermezzi of, 236; his work on "Daphne," 244, 245; his "Eurydice," 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 285, 294, 315, 336. "Ripieno" instruments, 160. "Ritorno di Tobia, Il," Haydn's, 221. Ritter, Dr. F. L., 249. Ritter, Fanny Raymond, on the Troubadours, 57, 58. Ritual, the Roman, 9, 10. "Robert le Diable," Meyerbeer's, 324, 325. Rohran, Austria, 136. "Roi de Lahore, Le," Massenet's, 333. "Roland," Lulli's, 302. Roman Catholic Church, the, medieval priests of, 1; artistic music of, 1; psalms in, 3; the Sequence in, 8, 16; connection between France and, 24, 49; musicians of, 62; authorized language in, 68; its music contrasted with Luther's, 71, 72; prepares religious dramas, 200; Holy Week in, 208. Romans, the, 200, 246. Romanticism, 178, 380, 381; contest between classicism and, 382, 389.