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CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS Lectures delivered at Columbia University BY EDWARD MACDOWELL

EDITED BY W.J. BALTZELL

PREFACE CONTENTS CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS I THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC II ORIGIN OF SONG vs. ORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC III THE MUSIC OF THE HEBREWS AND THE HINDUS IV THE MUSIC OF THE EGYPTIANS, ASSYRIANS, AND CHINESE V THE MUSIC OF THE CHINESE (Continued) VI THE MUSIC OF GREECE

LIST OF NOTES IN THE GREEK SCALE

VII THE MUSIC OF THE ROMANS—THE EARLY CHURCH

SUMMARY

VIII FORMATION OF THE SCALE—NOTATION

The Gamut.

Present Scale. DIRGE FOR KING RICHARD'S DEATH

Three or four note (simple)

Emotional (simple) Emotional and Composite Howl and Emotion

XII THE TROUBADOURS, MINNESINGERS AND MASTERSINGERS

PASTORELLA BY THIBAUT II, KING OF NAVARRE, 1254.

XIII EARLY INSTRUMENTAL FORMS

OLD DANCE FORMS (1650–1750).

ANALYSIS OF OLD DANCES MODERN FORMS (1800).

XIV THE MERGING OF THE SUITE INTO THE SONATA XV THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIANOFORTE MUSIC XVI THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE PLAY

EURYDICE—PERI.

XVII OPERA XVIII OPERA (Continued) XIX ON THE LIVES AND ART PRINCIPLES OF SOME SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COMPOSERS XX DECLAMATION IN MUSIC XXI SUGGESTION IN MUSIC INDEX

B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. V. W. Z.

Transcriber's Note