Music : How It Came to Be What It Is (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction: musical acoustics; 1. Ancient music; 2. Mediaeval music; 3. The Belgian school; 4. Music in Italy; 5. Evolution of the modern scale; 6. The opera; 7. The oratorio; 8. Instrumental music; 9. Precursors of the piano-forte; 10. Development of piano-forte playing; 11. The orchestra; Index.