BROWNING, A Lovers' Quarrel.
Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and takes The winds of March with beauty; Violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes.
SHAKESPEARE, Winter's Tale.
For me this defies analysis, and so it is with some things in music, the charm of which cannot be ascribed to physical or mental suggestion, and certainly not to any device of counterpoint or form, in the musical acceptance of the word.
INDEX
Accents, 92. Adagio, 189. Aeolian mode, 83. Aeschylus, 70, 76. Alberti bass, 197. Allemande, 182, 189, 195. Amati, 138. Ambros, 205. Ambrose, 98, 99, 102, 104. Amiot, 50, 57, 61, 263. Anapaest, 75. Andaman Islanders, 3, 5, 6. Animals, 13. Arabian, 152, 158. Architecture, 192, 225. Arion, 76. Aristides, 74, 84. Aristophanes, 91, 92. Aristotle, 49. Aristoxenus, 73, 81. Assyrian, 48. Auber, 216, 217, 219.
Bach, C.P.E., 191, 199, 200, 247, 248, 251. Bach, J.S., 136, 185, 186, 187, 191, 231, 239, 241, 244, 247, 248, 265. Bagpipe, 32, 93. Ballet, 177. Bamboo, 52. Banjo, 29. Basso continuo, 237. Bassoon, 139. Bazin, 217. Beethoven, 14, 16, 17, 22, 185, 189, 190, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 234, 247, 250, 267. Bell, 7, 8, 46. Bellini, 210. Berlioz, 14, 65, 219, 266. Bizet, 144, 151, 197, 217, 219, 222. Boieldieu, 216, 217. Bolero, 182. Borneo, 3, 5. Bourree, 179. Brahma, 36, 37. Brahminism, 36, 39. Brahms, 203, 224. Brevis, 118, 120. Browning, 198, 272. Buddha, 36. Burmah, 23, 64, 65. Burney, 194. Byrd, 184.
Caccini, 177, 209. Cachucha, 182. Canon, 205. Cantata, 188. Cantus firmus, 130, 205. Ceylon, 5. Chaconne, 181. Chaldeans, 49. Charlemagne, 105. Che, 50, 66. Cherubini, 213. China, 16, 18, 23, 49. Chinese folksong, 59. Chinese music, 144, 147, 263. Chinese orchestra, 55. Chinese scale, 62. Chinese theatre, 61. Chopin, 27, 204. Christianity, 34. Christians (Early), 96. Chrotta (Crwth), 137. Church music, 206. Clarinet, 13, 139. Clavichord, 134. Clavicitherium, 136. Clef, 116. Colour in music, 200, 263, 270. Comedy, 76. Confucius, 49, 56, 60, 263. Conjunct tetrachord, 86. Constantinople, 103. Corelli, 138, 189. Cornet, 177. Corrente (Courante), 181, 185, 189. Coucy, Raoul de, 118. Council of Laodicaea, 99. Council of Trent, 176. Counterpoint, 129, 205, 208, 264. Couperin, 136, 191, 200, 210. Cristofori, 136. Czardas, 183.
Dactyl, 25, 26, 69, 75. Dance, 24, 27, 28, 78, 97, 126, 149, 178. Dance forms, modern, 182. Dance forms, old, 179, 180. Dante, 207. Darwin, 1, 16. Declamation, 26, 27, 254. Delibes, 218. Descant (discant), 129, 205. Diaphony, 128, 129. Diatonic, 45. Didymus, 81. Dionysian, 75. Disjunct tetrachord, 86. Dithyramb, 76. Donizetti, 210. Dorian, 75, 83. Drum, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 25, 30, 33. Drum organ, 65. Dulcimer, 33, 49, 136.
Egypt, 16, 34, 43, 152. Emerson, 16. Embellishments, 238. Enharmonic (Greek), 88. Epitrite, 75. Equal temperament, 187, 241. Euclid, 79.
Fantaisie-mazurka, 184. Faux bourdon, 130, 163. Fear, 2. Feast of asses, 125, 206. Field, 204. Figured bass, 237. Flageolet, 177. Flats, 16, 39, 112. Flute, 6, 13, 30, 31, 43, 44, 45, 67, 82, 138, 177. Flute players, 91. Folk song, 16, 17, 141. Folk song (Chinese), 59. Folk song (German), 152. Form, 24, 25, 263, 264. Fourth (augmented), 128. Franco of Cologne, 117, 123. Frauenlob, Heinrich, 167, 168. Froberger, 199. Fugue, 187, 206. Fusa, 120.
Galop, 183. Galuppi, 198. Gamut, 109. Gardiner, 19. Gavotte, 180. Gerbert, 16, 225. Gesture, 17. Gesualdo, 236. Gigue, 182, 189, 197. Gluck, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 231, 252. Goethe, 1, 22. Goldmark, 271. Gong, 8, 53. Gothic architecture, 21. Gottfried von Strasburg, 165. Gounod, 217, 219, 220. Greek idea of music, 70. Greek modes, 83. Greeks, 27, 30, 42. Gregorian chants, 104, 106, 208. Gregorian modes, 100. Gregory (Pope), 100, 102, 104. Gretry, 213, 218. Guarnerius, 138. Guido d'Arezzo, 108, 115. Guitar, 6, 29. Gypsy music, 145.
Habanera, 182. Hale, Adam de la, 207. Halevy, 217. Hamlet, 197. Haendel, 22, 177, 231, 239, 241. Harmonics, 20, 80. Harmony, 23, 39, 44, 147, 190, 208, 270. Harp, 6, 29, 33, 43, 44, 45, 48, 177. Harpsichord, 134. Hasse, 210, 227, 229, 230. Haydn, 193, 197, 200, 247, 248, 252. Hebrews, 32, 33, 34. Helmholtz, 42. Herodotus, 43, 46, 47. Herold, 216, 217. Hexachord, 110. Hexameter, 69. Hindus, 35. Homer, 27, 29, 69. Horn, 6, 7, 140. Hucbald, 107, 122, 127, 208. Hungarian, 143, 145, 159. Hurdy-gurdy, 137. Hypodorian mode, 84. Hypolydian mode, 83. Hypophrygian mode, 83.
Iambus, 25. Impassioned speech, 19, 28. India, 16. Indians, 143, 152. Ionic, 75. Isis, 8.
Jahn, 194. Japanese, 53, 64. Javanese, 13, 64, 65. Jenghiz Khan, 30. Jommelli, 195, 230. Jongleurs, 131, 160, 162, 207. Josquin des Pres, 176.
Keren, 33. Kin, 33, 50, 59. King, 50. Kinnor, 33. Kithara, 43, 86. Koto, 66. Kuhnau, 195, 199, 245.
Lasus, 73, 90. Leitmotiv, 214. Lepsius, 48. Levites, 33. Liszt, 145, 146, 151, 194, 204, 220, 233. Locke, 230. Loeilly, 191. London Stock Exchange, 19. Longa, 118, 120. Longfellow, 69. Loure, 180. Lully, 196, 212, 240. Lute, 28, 29, 30, 31, 43, 44, 131, 137, 177, 208. Luther, 176. Lydian mode, 83. Lyre, 6, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 43, 69, 136.
Maanim, 32. Macaulay, 211. Macbeth, 64. Macfarren, 213. Machol, 32. Magrepha, 33. Mandolin, 137. Maneros, 46. March, 181, 183. Marine trumpet, 137. Marpurg, 225. Masque, 177. Masse, 217. Massenet, 218, 223, 224. Mastersingers, 131, 165. Matheson, 210, 225. Maxima, 119, 120. Mazurka, 182. Mehul, 197, 212, 213, 214. Melody, 14, 15, 18, 26, 28, 148, 190. Mencius, 54, 263. Mendelssohn, 202, 203, 233, 234, 259, 268, 271. Metre, 26, 74. Mexico, 66, 67. Meyerbeer, 210, 213, 217, 218, 224, 233. Millet, 192. Minima, 119, 120. Minnesingers, 118, 131, 164, 166, 170, 173. Minuet, 181, 189. Miracle plays, 207. Mixolydian mode, 83. Mixtures (organ), 133. Mode, 39, 83. Mona Lisa, 13. Monochord, 80, 134. Monteverde, 236. Moors, 152. Moralities, 207. Morley, 185. Morris dance, 160. Motive, 179, 190. Mozart, 193, 200, 232, 239, 247, 251. Musette, 180. Mysteries, 125, 206, 207, 208.
Nationalism, 151, 153. Nebel, 33. Nero, 94. Neumes, 115. Notation, 114, 208. Notation (Greek system), 88. Nithart, 167, 171.
Oboe, 13, 44, 139, 177. Ockeghem, 177. Octave (Greek system), 86. Opera, 178, 206, 208, 210. Organ, 33, 94, 132. Organ pedals, 134. Organs (portable), 134. Organum, 128. Orientalism, 151, 173, 204. Osiris, 8, 47. Overture, 189, 216.
Paean, 75. Palestrina, 176, 186, 205, 210, 246. Pan's Pipe, 9, 10, 11, 12, 62. Pantomime, 93, 177. Passecaille, 181. Passepied, 182. Passion plays, 125, 206. Pavane, 182. Pentatonic, 149, 151. Pergolesi, 210. Peri, 209, 231. Period, 179. Periodicity, 24, 28, 265. Peru, 66, 67. Pescetti, 195. Phrase, 179, 190. Phrygian mode, 76, 83. Piano, 29, 230. Piccini, 213. Pindar, 27, 72, 90. Pipe, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 28, 30, 37, 44. Pitch, 269. Plato, 11, 49. Plutarch, 195. Poe, 266. Poetry, 24. Polacca, 182. Polka, 183. Polonaise, 182. Porpora, 210. Portuguese, 152. Prelude, 189. Prescott, 66. Procrustes, 27. Programme music, 190, 199, 203, 255. Psalms, 34. Psaltery, 33, 131. Ptolemy, 85. Purcell, 176. Pythagoras, 49, 72, 79, 82, 97.
Quarter-tones, 38, 39.
Raff, 269, 271. Raga, 39, 40. Rameau, 136, 178, 186, 191, 196, 199, 210, 239, 240. Ravanastron, 137. Rebec, 138. Reed, 45. Reichardt, 194. Repetition, 266. Rhythm, 14, 15, 25, 26, 27, 74, 117, 142, 190. Rigaudon, 180. Rig-Veda, 35. Rimsky-Korsakoff, 224. Robin et Marian, 207, 208. Rockstro, 194. Rolle, 196. Romans, 46. Romanticism, 212. Rosseau, 212. Rossini, 210, 215, 217. Rowbotham, 23, 68. Rubinstein, 224. Ruskin, 21. Russia, 152.
Sachs, Hans, 166. Saint-Mark's Cathedral, 205. St. Pierre, Bernardin de, 211. Saint-Saens, 219, 222, 224. Saltarello, 183. Samisen, 66. Sappho, 72, 83. Sarabande, 160, 180, 189, 197. Sarti, 213. Scale, 39, 107. Scale (Chinese), 62. Scarlatti, A., 238. Scarlatti, D., 184, 185, 195, 210, 238. Schauspiel, 232. Scherzo, 189. Schofar, 33. Schubart, 194. Schubert, 20, 23, 196, 197, 201, 203. Schumann, 101, 199, 203, 204, 233. Scotch, 41, 147, 152, 265. Scotland, 23. Scribe, 218. Section, 179. Selah, 34. Semangs, 3, 5. Semibrevis, 118, 120. Semifusa, 120. Sentences, decayed, 17. Sequences, 111. Set, 8, 47. Shakespeare, 28, 272. Sharps, 16, 39, 112. Shedlock, 195. Siamese, 64, 65. Singspiel, 213, 217. Sistrum, 8, 32, 43, 46, 47. Sittard, 194. Solmisation, 108, 111. Sonata, 27, 178, 189, 190. Sonata form, 27, 188. Sophocles, 70, 76. Spanish, 152, 159. Spencer, Herbert, 22, 269. Sperling, 195. Spinet, 135. Spondee, 23, 69, 75. Spontini, 210, 212, 213, 214. Stesichorus, 7. Stradivarius, 138. Strauss, J., 27. Strauss, R., 200, 203, 272. Suggestion, 255, 260, 261. Suite, 188, 190. Sylvester (Pope), 99. Symphonic poem, 178. Symphony, 27, 178, 248.
Talmud, 33. Tambourin (dance), 180. Tambourine, 7, 33. Tannhaeuser, 167, 168. Tarantella, 183. Tartini, 138. Tasmania, 3, 5. Tchaikovsky, 224, 271. Tennyson, 71. Terpander, 73. Tetrachord, 83, 124. Theophrastus, 1, 74. Thibaut of Navarre, 118. Thibet, 12. Thirds, 124. Thomas, A., 221. Tierra del Fuegians, 3, 4, 6. Timbrel, 33. Time signs, 119, 120. Tone tint, 270. Tourte, 138. Tragedy, 76. Treble, 163, 205. Trochee, 25, 28, 75. Trombone, 140, 177. Troubadours, 118, 131, 160, 165, 166, 171, 173, 207. Trumpet, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 32, 43, 140. Typhon, 8.
Vaudeville, 207. Vedas, 36, 39. Vega, Garcilaso de la, 13, 66. Verdi, 210. Viadana, 236, 237. Vina, 38. Vinci, Leonardo da, 13. Viola, 32. Viola da gamba, 177. Violin, 29, 32, 138. Violoncello, 177. Viotti, 138. Virginal, 135. Vishnu, 38. Vocal music, 23.
Wagner, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 27, 147, 166, 168, 186, 201, 206, 214, 217, 218, 224, 233, 234, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 268, 269, 271. Walpole, 211. Wasielewski, 194. Walter von der Vogelweide, 167. Waltz, 27, 181, 183. Weber, 14, 210, 213, 216, 218, 219, 271. Weddahs, 5, 6. Weelkes, 184, 268. Wolfram von Eschenbach, 165.
Zarlino, 81. Zither, 33. Zoroaster, 12.
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