Synopses & Reviews
MUSIC HISTORY BY THOMAS TAPPER UECTURER AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND AT THE INSTITUTE QQT MUSICAL ART, OF THE CITY OF NEW YO K AND PERCY GOETSCHIUS INSTRUCTOR AT THE INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ART, OF TBCC CXTY OF NEW YORK NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS 1933 TO FRANZ KNEISEL CONTENTS CBAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION i II. Music OF THE CHINESE, HINDUS, AND EGYPTIANS 7 III. Music OF THE ISRAELITES AND ISLAMITES 16 IV. Music OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . . 23 V. Music OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH 33 VI. FIRST EXPERIMENTS IN THE ASSOCIATION OF PARTS 43 VII. GUIDOS SUCCESSORS MENSURAL NOTATION 52 VIIL Music OF THE PEOPLE. TROUBADOURS, MINSTRELS 61 IX. Music OF THE PEOPLE. MINNESINGERS AND MEISTERSINGERS 68 X. Music OF THE PEOPLE. STROLLING PLAYERS, FOLK SONGS, INSTRUMENTS 79 . XL RISE AND PROGRESS OF ARTISTIC Music. EARLIEST SCHOOLS OF COUNTERPOINT . 88 XII. THE DUTCH SCHOOL OF COUNTERPOINT, 98 XIII. THE INFLUENCE OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL, 106 XIV, ORLANDO DI LASSO 114 XV. PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA. ITALIAN SCHOOLS. ENGLAND 121 c CONTENTS CHAPTER AGE XVI. THE Music OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. THE GERMAN CHORALE 130 XVII. RISE OF THE DRAMATIC STYLE OF Music. ORATORIO AND OPERA IN ITALY ... 141 XVIII. EARLY ERA OF ORATORIO IN GERMANY . 152 XIX. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT IN STRUMENTAL STYLE. THE ORGAN . . . 160 XX. INSTRUMENTAL Music. THE CLAVICHORD, HARPSICHORD, AND OTHER KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS 170 XXI. CULTIVATION OF THE CLAVICHORD STYLE. OTHER INSTRUMENTS. THE PRIMARY ORCHESTRA 179 XXIL DRAMATIC Music IN ITALY. LATER ERA . 190 XXIII. THE OPERA IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CEN TURIES 198 XXIV. THE OPERA IN GERMANY 207 XXV. GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL 216 XXVI. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.COMPARISON OF BACH AND HANDEL 221 XXVII. OPERETTA AND OPERA IN GERMANY, GLUCK. MOZART AS. OPERA COMPOSER . . . . 230 XXVIII. PROGRESS AND PERFECTION OF THE INSTRU MENTAL STYLE. CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH AND JOSEPH HAYDN 239 XXIX. MOZART AS INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSER. His IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS 246 XXX. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 252 XXXI. FRANZ SCHUBERT 258 CONTENTS xi CHAPTER PAGE XXXII. ROMANTIC SCHOOL OF OPERA IN GERMANY. CARL MARIA VON WEBER. OPERA IN OTHER COUNTRIES 265 XXXIII. ROMANTIC SCHOOL OF INSTRUMENTS Music. FELIX MENDELSSOHN .... 274 XXXIV. ROBERT SCHUMANN 279 XXXV. FREDERIC CHOPIN 284 XXXVI. THE HYPER-ROMANTIC SCHOOL. HECTOR BERLIOZ. FRANZ LISZT 287 XXXVII. RICHARD WAGNER 294 XXXVIII. JOHANNES BRAHMS 299 XXXIX. REFERENCE LISTS OF MUSICAL CELEBRITIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY .... 303 XL. THE PRESENT ERA 315 XLI. Music IN AMERICA 321 XLII. THE ESSENTIALS OF A Music LIBRARY . 329 XLIII. EXAMINATION PAPERS IN Music HISTORY, SET BY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ... 353 INDEX 361