A General History of Music 4 Volume Paperback Set

Volume 1: Dedication; Preface; Dissertation: 1. Of the notation or tablature of ancient music; 2. Of the three genera, Diatonic, Chromatic, and Enharmonic; 3. Of the modes; 4. Of mutations; 5. Of melopoeia; 6. Of rhythm; 7. Of the practice of melopoeia, with examples; 8. Whether the ancients had counterpoint, or music in parts?; 9. Of dramatic music; 10. Of the effects attributed to the music of the ancients; History: Of Egyptian music; Of Hebrew music; Of Greek music; 1. Of music in Greece during the residence of pagan divinities of the first order upon Earth; 2. Of the terrestrial, or demi-gods; 3. Concerning the music of heroes and heroic times; 4. Of the music of Greece from the time of Homer, till that country was subdued by the romans; 5. Of ancient musical sects, and theories of sound; 6. Of the scolia, or songs, of the ancient Greeks; Of the music of the Romans; Reflections upon the construction and use of some particular musical instruments of antiquity; A list and description of the plates; Index. Volume 2: 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. Volume 3: Essay on musical criticism; 1. The progress of music in England during the time of King Henry VIII continued, and concluded; 2. Of the state of music in Italy during the sixteenth century; 3. Of the progress of music in Germany during the sixteenth century; 4. Of the state of music in France during the sixteenth century; 5. Of the progress of music in Spain during the sixteenth century; 6. Concerning the music of the Netherlands, during the sixteenth century; 7. Of the progress of music in England from the death of Queen Elizabeth, till the end of the seventeenth century; 8. Of the music of Italy in the church and chamber during the seventeenth century; 9. Progress of the violin in Italy from the sixteenth century to the present time; 10. Of the progress of music in Germany during the seventeenth century; 11. The state of music in France during the seventeenth century; 12. Progress of church music in England from the death of Purcell to the present time; Index. Volume 4: Essay on the euphony, or sweetness of languages, and their fitness for music; 1. Of the invention of recitative, and establishment of the musical drama, or opera, in Italy; 2. Rise and progress of the sacred musical drama, or oratorio; 3. Of the opera buffa, or comic-opera, and intermezzi, or musical interludes, during the seventeenth century; 4. Of cantatas, or narrative chamber music; 5. Attempts at dramatic music in England, previous to the establishment of the Italian opera there; 6. Origin of the Italian opera in England, and its progress there during the present century; 7. Progress of the musical drama at Venice, during the present century; 8. Progress of the musical drama at Naples, and account of the eminent composers and school of counterpoint in that city; 9. Opera composers employed at Rome, and tracts published in Italy on the theory and practice of music, during the present century; 10. Of the progress of music in Germany, during the present century; 11. Of the music of France, during the present century; 12. General state of music in England at our national theatres, public gardens, and concerts, during the present cen