A General History of Music : From the Infancy of the Greek Drama to the Present Period (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Music in the Early Ages: 1. The music of the Greeks; 2. The music of the early Christians; Part II. Music in the Middle Ages: 3. The condition of music in the early middle ages; 4. Troubadours, minstrels and minnesingers; 5. The invention of counterpoint; 6. Concerning the polyphonic schools; 7. The productions of the polyphonic schools; 8. Polyphonic music in England; 9. Mediaeval hymnody; Part III. Music in the Seventeenth Century: 10. On the schools of the decadence; 11. Early history of the opera; 12. Early history of the oratorio; 13. Instrumental music; 14. The later composers; 15. The English school of the Restoration; Part IV. Music in the Eighteenth Century: 16. Music in Italy; 17. Music in France, England and Germany; 18. The modern system of part-writing; 19. The seven lamps; 20. George Frederick Handel; 21. Johann Sebastian Bach; 22. Christoph Willibald Gluck; 23. Franz Joseph Haydn; 24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; 25. Ludwig van Beethoven; 26. The development of the piano-forte; 27. Dramatic music in Italy; 28. Dramatic music in France; 29. The schools of Leipzig and Vienna; 30. Music in England; Part V. Music in the Nineteenth Century: 31. The seven lesser lights; 32. Music in Italy; 33. The German schools; 34. The French schools; 35. The English schools; Part VI. The Present Condition of Music, and its Probable Influence upon the Future: 36. The new world; 37. Wilhelm Richard Wagner; 38. L'envoi; Appendix; Index and chronological table.