CHAPTER I.— MUSIC IS BORN—HOW, WHEN AND WHERE 3
II.— THE SAVAGE MAKES HIS MUSIC 8
III.— THE ANCIENT NATIONS MADE THEIR MUSIC—EGYPTIAN, ASSYRIAN, AND HEBREW 20
IV.— THE GREEKS LIVED THEIR MUSIC—THE ROMANS USED GREEK PATTERNS 31
V.— THE ORIENTALS MAKE THEIR MUSIC—CHINESE, JAPANESE, SIAMESE, BURMESE, AND JAVANESE 46
VI.— THE ARAB SPREADS CULTURE—THE GODS GIVE MUSIC TO THE HINDUS 55
CHILDHOOD OF MUSIC
VII.— WHAT CHURCH MUSIC IMPORTED FROM GREECE 67
VIII.— TROUBADOURS AND MINNESINGERS BROUGHT MUSIC TO KINGS AND PEOPLE 87
IX.— THE PEOPLE DANCE AND SING—FOLK MUSIC 107
X.— NATIONAL PORTRAITS IN FOLK MUSIC 128
MUSIC BECOMES A YOUTH
XI.— MAKERS OF MOTETS AND MADRIGALS—RISE OF SCHOOLS, 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 146
XII.— MUSIC GETS A REPRIMAND—REFORMATION AND REBIRTH OF LEARNING—HOW THE REFORMS CAME TO BE 162
XIII.— BIRTH OF ORATORIO AND OPERA—MONTEVERDE AND HEART MUSIC 171
XIV.— MUSICKE IN MERRIE ENGLAND 187
MUSIC COMES OF AGE
XV.— DANCE TUNES GROW UP—SUITES—VIOLIN MAKERS OF CREMONA 208
XVI.— OPERA IN FRANCE—LULLY AND RAMEAU—CLAVECIN AND HARPSICHORD COMPOSERS 222
XVII.— GERMANY ENTERS—ORGANS, ORGANISTS AND ORGAN WORKS 235
MUSIC HAS GROWN UP
XVIII.— BACH—THE GIANT 244
XIX.— HANDEL AND GLUCK—PATHMAKERS 255
XX.— “PAPA” HAYDN AND MOZART—THE GENIUS 275
XXI.— BEETHOVEN THE COLOSSUS 293
XXII.— THE PIANOFORTE GROWS UP—THE ANCESTRY OF THE PIANOFORTE 307
XXIII.— OPERA MAKERS OF FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY—1741 TO WAGNER 326
XXIV.— THE POET MUSIC WRITERS—ROMANTIC SCHOOL 343
XXV.— WAGNER—THE WIZARD 359
XXVI.— MORE OPERA MAKERS—VERDI AND MEYERBEER TO OUR DAY 377
XXVII.— SOME TONE POETS 397
XXVIII.— LATE 19TH CENTURY COMPOSERS WRITE NEW MUSIC ON OLD MODELS 418
XXIX.— MUSIC APPEARS IN NATIONAL COSTUMES 441
XXX.— AMERICA ENTERS 456
XXXI.— AMERICA COMES OF AGE 475
XXXII.— TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC 515
SOME OF THE BOOKS WE CONSULTED 547
SOME MUSIC WRITERS ACCORDING TO FORMS OF COMPOSITION 551
INDEX 587
ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE THE FIFER _Frontispiece_ SOME INSTRUMENTS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 20 HIEROGLYPHICS ON AN EGYPTIAN TABLET 21 GREEK GIRL PLAYING A DOUBLE FLUTE (AULOI) 30 GREEK BOY PLAYING THE LYRE 31 CHINESE INSTRUMENTS 44 FIDDLES FROM ARABIA, JAPAN, COREA AND SIAM 45 THE KOTO-PLAYER 46 THE WANDERING SAMISEN-PLAYER 47 INSTRUMENTS OF BURMAH AND SIAM 52 A BURMESE MUSICALE 53 LAURA WILLIAMS, AMERICAN SINGER OF ARAB SONGS 58 HINDU INSTRUMENTS 66, 67 ST. CECELIA, PATRON SAINT OF MUSIC 72 THE BOOK OF PEACE 73 BOYS WITH A LUTE 128 A PEASANT WEDDING 129 A LADY AT THE CLAVIER (CLAVICHORD) 186 A LADY PLAYING THE THEORBO (LUTH) 187 CHEVALIER CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON GLUCK 274 THE BOY MOZART 275 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 292 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 293 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 306 GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL 306 FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN 306 CARL MARIA VAN WEBER 306 THE PIANO AND ITS GRAND-PARENTS 307 FRANZ SCHUBERT 358 ROBERT SCHUMANN 358 FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY 358 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 358 RICHARD WAGNER, THE WIZARD 359 GEORGES BIZET 388 VINCENT D’INDY 389 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 389 JULES MASSENET 389 GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER 389 HECTOR BERLIOZ 402 FRANZ LISZT 403 JOHANNES BRAHMS AT HOME 418 CÉSAR FRANCK 419 EDWARD MACDOWELL 492 CHARLES GRIFFES 493 CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY 516 MAURICE RAVEL 516 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG 517 IGOR STRAVINSKY 517 ARTHUR HONEGGER 538 DARIUS MILHAUD 538 BÉLA BARTÓK 538 LOUIS GRUENBERG 538 G. FRANCESCO MALIPIERO 539 ALFREDO CASELLA 539 ARNOLD BAX 539 EUGENE GOOSSENS 539
How Music Grew
Babyhood of Music