A General History of Music : From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (Paperback)

1. Of the introduction of music into the Church, and of its progress there, previous to the time of Guido; 2. Of the invention of counterpoint, and state of music, from the time of Guido, to the formation of the timetable; 3. Of the formation of the timetable, and state of music, from that discovery, till about the middle of the fourteenth century; 4. Of the origin of modern languages, to which written melody and harmony were first applied; and general state of music, till the invention of printing, about the year 1450; 5. Of the state of music, from the invention of printing, till the middle of the sixteenth century; including its cultivation in the masses, motets, and secular songs, of that period.