Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I ORIGIN, and early Progress of Music
- CHAP. II The Ancient Melopœia
- CHAP. III Disputed Counterpoint of the Ancients
- CHAP. IV Reputed Effects of the Ancient Music
- CHAP. V Egyptian and Hebrew Music
- CHAP. VI Ancient Music, as connected with the Grecian Mythology
- CHAP. VII Musicians and Poets, subsequent to Hesiod and Homer
- CHAP. VIII The Grecian Games
- CHAP. IX The Ancient Musical Theorists, and their Works
- CHAP. X Practical View of the Ancient Music, Vocal, and Instrumental
- CHAP. XI Music of the Ancient Romans
- CHAP. XII Music of the early Christians to the Time of Guido, and the Introduction of the modern Organ
- CHAP. XIII State of Music from the Time of Guido to the Formation of the Time Table
- CHAP. XIV Invention of the Time Table, and the further Progress of Harmonical Composition
- CHAP. XV Minstrels, Troubadours, &c. &c.—General State of Music from the Introduction of the Time Table to the Fourteenth Century
- CHAP. XVI General State of Music, from the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century to the Time of Hambois, the first Doctor in Music
- CHAP. XVII State of Music, from the Time of Hambois, the first Doctor in Music, to the Invention of Printing
- CHAP. XVIII State of Music, from the Invention of Printing to the Time of Josquin del Prato
- CHAP. XIX Josquin del Prato; and the State of Music during the early part of the Sixteenth Century
- CHAP. XX State of Music from the early part of the Sixteenth Century, to the Reign of Elizabeth
CHAP. VII - Musicians and Poets, subsequent to Hesiod and Homer
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I ORIGIN, and early Progress of Music
- CHAP. II The Ancient Melopœia
- CHAP. III Disputed Counterpoint of the Ancients
- CHAP. IV Reputed Effects of the Ancient Music
- CHAP. V Egyptian and Hebrew Music
- CHAP. VI Ancient Music, as connected with the Grecian Mythology
- CHAP. VII Musicians and Poets, subsequent to Hesiod and Homer
- CHAP. VIII The Grecian Games
- CHAP. IX The Ancient Musical Theorists, and their Works
- CHAP. X Practical View of the Ancient Music, Vocal, and Instrumental
- CHAP. XI Music of the Ancient Romans
- CHAP. XII Music of the early Christians to the Time of Guido, and the Introduction of the modern Organ
- CHAP. XIII State of Music from the Time of Guido to the Formation of the Time Table
- CHAP. XIV Invention of the Time Table, and the further Progress of Harmonical Composition
- CHAP. XV Minstrels, Troubadours, &c. &c.—General State of Music from the Introduction of the Time Table to the Fourteenth Century
- CHAP. XVI General State of Music, from the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century to the Time of Hambois, the first Doctor in Music
- CHAP. XVII State of Music, from the Time of Hambois, the first Doctor in Music, to the Invention of Printing
- CHAP. XVIII State of Music, from the Invention of Printing to the Time of Josquin del Prato
- CHAP. XIX Josquin del Prato; and the State of Music during the early part of the Sixteenth Century
- CHAP. XX State of Music from the early part of the Sixteenth Century, to the Reign of Elizabeth
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- A General History of Music, from the Earliest Times to the PresentComprising the Lives of Eminent Composers and Musical Writers, pp. 132 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1819