A Short History of English Music
by Ernest Ford
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ford, Ernest, 1858-1919
- Credits
- Produced by Simon Gardner, Brian Foley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- ML: Music: Literature of music
- Subject
- Music -- England -- History and criticism
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 39925
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39925
- Release Date
- June 5, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber's Notes — A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH MUSIC
- 2.PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — SHORT HISTORY OF MUSIC IN ENGLAND
- 3.CHAPTER I MUSIC BEFORE AND DURING THE REFORMATION
- 4.CHAPTER II MUSIC BEFORE AND DURING THE REFORMATION—( continued ) — " There were three ravens sat on a tree. " — " How should I your true love know? " — " And will he not come again? " — " St. Valentine's Day. " [9]
- 5.CHAPTER III EARLY ENGLISH COMPOSERS — THOMAS TALLIS (OR TALLYS) — WILLIAM BYRD — ORLANDO GIBBONS — HENRY PURCELL
- 6.CHAPTER IV THE DECLINE OF ENGLISH MUSIC
- 7.CHAPTER V MUSICAL EDUCATION IN ENGLAND — PAST — PRESENT — CONCLUSION
- 8.CHAPTER VI PROGRESS OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
- 9.CHAPTER VII ORATORIO IN ENGLAND — THE "MESSIAH." — THE "CREATION." — "ELIJAH." — "THE LAST JUDGMENT." — "THE REDEMPTION" AND "THE GOLDEN LEGEND." — "THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS."
- 10.CHAPTER VIII OPERA IN ENGLAND
- 11.CHAPTER IX DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS IN ENGLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY — WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT — SIMS REEVES — MADAME NORMAN-NERUDA (LADY HALLÉ) — SIR CHARLES HALLÉ — SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
- 12.CHAPTER X GENERAL SURVEY
- 13.INDEX — Transcriber's Notes
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