How Music Grew

About this eBook

Author

Peyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose), 1887-1961

Title

How music grew, from prehistoric times to the present day

Original Publication

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell, 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 -- History and criticism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72171

Release Date

November 19, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HOW MUSIC GREW From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
2. 2.THE AUTHORS’ GREETINGS
3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.Babyhood of Music — CHAPTER I Music is Born—How, When and Where — CHAPTER II The Savage Makes His Music — American Indians — What Is Indian Music? — Indian Instruments — Indian Societies — The Medicine Man — The Negro and His Music — CHAPTER III The Ancient Nations Made Their Music—Egyptian, Assyrian, and Hebrew — The Egyptian Scale — Assyrian Music — Hebrew Music — CHAPTER IV The Greeks Lived Their Music—The Romans Used Greek Patterns — Myths and Legends — Pan’s Pipes — Apollo — Orpheus — Music in Their Daily Life — Harvest Songs — The Liturgies — Festivals — The Greek Scales — Pythagoras — Greek Instruments — Roman Music — CHAPTER V The Orientals Make Their Music—Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Burmese, and Javanese — Scales — Instruments — Japanese Music — Siamese, Burmese and Javanese — Incas and Aztecs — CHAPTER VI The Arab Spreads Culture—The Gods Give Music to the Hindus — The Arab Scales — Instruments — Hindu Rags — Orchestra — Notation — Instruments
8. 8.Childhood of Music — CHAPTER VII What Church Music Imported from Greece — Dark Ages — Answering Music — The Patron Saint of Music — Greek Modes as Models — A Long Journey — Venerable Bede — A Curious Music System — Hucbald and Organum — Guido d’Arezzo and His Additions to Music — Mensural Music or Timed Music — Organs — CHAPTER VIII Troubadours and Minnesingers Brought Music to Kings and People — The Why of the Minstrel — Druids and Bards — Skalds — Chanson de Roland — Great Cathedrals and Feudal Castles — What Troubadours Learned Through Crusades — Romance Languages — Troubadours, Trouvères, Jongleurs — The Troubadours — Trouvères — Minnesingers — Mastersingers — Vielle or Hurdy-Gurdy — CHAPTER IX The People Dance and Sing — Folk Music All the World Has Danced and Sung — (1) Songs of Childhood, Games and Cradle Songs — Games — (2) Songs for Religious Ceremonies, Holidays, and Christmas Carols, etc., May Songs and Spring Festivals — Religious Ceremonies — Christmas Carols — (3) Love Songs — (4) Patriotic Songs — (5) Songs of Work and Labor and Trades — (6) Drinking Songs — The Word Vaudeville — (7) Dancing Songs — Polish Dances — Spanish Dance-Songs — The Ballad and the Ballet — The Morris Dance — The Cushion Dance — (8) Funeral Songs and Songs for Mourning — (9) Narratives, Ballads and Legends — CHAPTER X National Portraits in Folk Music — Russian Folk Music — Finnish Songs — Poland’s Music — Gypsies — Bohemian Folk Song — Spanish and Portuguese Folk Music — French Folk Music — German Folk Music — Irish Folk Songs — Scotch and Welsh Tunes — Canadian Folk Songs — English Folk Songs — American Folk Music
9. 9.Music Becomes a Youth — CHAPTER XI Makers of Motets and Madrigals—Rise of Schools 15th and 16th Centuries — What a Motet is — Madrigals or Popular Motets — Songs in Dance Form — The Lute — Tablature — Rise of Schools — Franco-Flemish School — Willaert Founds the Venetian School — Sweelinck Founds 17th Century Organ School — The Great Lassus — Ronsard—French Poet — CHAPTER XII Music Gets a Reprimand—Reformation and Rebirth of Learning—How the Reforms Came to Be — Invention of Printing — Martin Luther, the Reformer — Palestrina—Prince of Music — CHAPTER XIII Birth of Oratorio and Opera—Monteverde and Heart Music — Birth of Oratorio and Opera — Bible Stories Acted — Masques — Italian Opera’s Beginnings — The Camerata — Baif’s Club in France — Monteverde and Heart Music — New Feelings Expressed — CHAPTER XIV Musicke in Merrie England — Bluff Prince Hal — Chained Libraries — Music for the New Church — Famous Old Music Collections — The Golden Age of Madrigals — “ The Triumphs of Oriana ” — Maister Byrd Gives Advice — Ladies of the Realm Play Virginals — More Famous Collections — The Chest of Viols — Shakespeare and Music — Cryes of London — Some Famous Composers — Captain Cooke’s Choir Boys — Maister Purcell
10. 10.Music Comes of Age — CHAPTER XV Dance Tunes Grow Up—Suites—Violin Makers of Cremona — Birth of Chamber Music — Dance Tunes Grow up Into Suites — “Serious” Scarlatti and Opera Writers — “ La Serva Padrona ” Points the Way — Metastasio—Maker of Opera Librettos — A Celebrated Singing Teacher and Composer — The Violin Makers of Cremona — Showing Off the New Instruments — Domenico Scarlatti — CHAPTER XVI Opera in France—Lully and Rameau—Clavecin and Harpsichord Composers — Lully the King’s Favorite — Rameau — French Composers for Clavecin and Harpsichord — CHAPTER XVII Germany Enters—Organs, Organists and Organ Works — Frescobaldi — German Organists — Absolute Music — The Inventor of the Sonata and of “Program Music” — Sonata-Form
11. 11.Music Has Grown Up — CHAPTER XVIII Bach—The Giant — Bach’s Works — Bach’s Sons — CHAPTER XIX Handel and Gluck—Pathmakers — George Frederick Handel—Master of Oratorio (1685–1759) — Handel in Italy — Handel in England — Handel and His Rivals — Handel Forsakes Opera — Christoph Willibald Gluck—Father of Modern Opera 1714–1787 — Gluck Starts Traveling — He Makes Success of Failure — “Orpheus and Euridice” is Born — Trouble Brews for Gluck — New Paths — A Very Cross Conductor! — Public Concerts — The Mannheim School — CHAPTER XX “Papa” Haydn and Mozart—the Genius — Franz Joseph Haydn 1732–1809 — Haydn and the Esterhazys — Haydn in England — A Gala Performance — Haydn’s Gift to Music — Mozart and Haydn — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791 — The Children Tour Europe — Appreciation Comes Late — Mozart Prince of Musicians — CHAPTER XXI Beethoven the Colossus 1770–1827 — Romanticism — An Unhappy Boyhood — He Meets Papa Haydn — Beethoven’s Friendships — Beethoven the Pianist — The Three Periods — Beethoven Makes Music Grow — A Composer of Instrumental Music — CHAPTER XXII The Pianoforte Grows Up—The Ancestry of the Pianoforte — The Ancestry of the Pianoforte — Where Stringed Instruments Came From — The Keyboard — The Clavichord — Harpsichord — The First Pianofortes — Piano Buying Created a Holiday in the 18th Century — “ The Piano and Pneumatics ” — Their Contribution to Art — Other “Canned” Music — Pianists Come to View — The New Romantic School — Dashing Playing — The Growth of Violin Music — More about Radio — CHAPTER XXIII Opera Makers of France, Germany and Italy—1741 to Wagner — Von Weber Writes Fairy Tale Opera — Grétry and Opéra Comique — Cherubini—Musical Czar of Paris — Followers of Gluck — Meyerbeer Composes Very Grand “Grand Opera” — Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann — An Italian Trio—Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti — Opera Singers of the Period — English Opera-Ballad 18th Century — Light Opera — CHAPTER XXIV The Poet Music Writers—Romantic School — Schubert—Mendelssohn—Schumann—Chopin — Schubert—Maker of Songs — The Well Favored Mendelssohn — Schumann—The Supreme Poet — Chopin—“Proudest Poet-Soul” — Heller—The Children’s Chopin — CHAPTER XXV Wagner—the Wizard — Wilhelm Richard Wagner 1813–1883 — A Killing Play — His Early Operas — The Nibelungen Ring — Tristan and Isolde and Meistersinger — Bayreuth — Parsifal — How the Wizard Changed Opera — CHAPTER XXVI More Opera Makers—Verdi and Meyerbeer to Our Day — Verdi—The Grand Old Man of Italy — Verdi and the Organ grinder — His Operas — Boito and His “ Mefistofele ” — “ Cavalleria Rusticana ” and “ I Pagliacci ” — Giordano — Puccini the Popular Idol — Wolf-Ferrari and “The Jewels of the Madonna” — Montemezzi Visits America — French Opera — Gounod’s “Faust” — Everybody Loves “Carmen” — Saint-Saëns—the Child Prodigy and Octogenarian — Massenet — Followers of César Franck — Charpentier’s “Louise” — Humperdinck—The Fairy Tale Man—Germany — CHAPTER XXVII Some Tone Poets — Berlioz, Innovator — Berlioz Versus Cherubini — With Intent to Murder! — Berlioz’s Contribution to Music — The Intimate Friend of Instruments — Franz Liszt — Advertising Liszt — Liszt Shows His Unselfishness — Liszt’s Professional Life — Liszt’s Accomplishments — Rubinstein and Von Bülow — Tchaikovsky — Sergei Rachmaninov — Richard Strauss, the Proteus of Music — Strauss’s Contribution to Music — Chabrier (1841–1894) — Debussy — Ravel — Paul Dukas (1865) — CHAPTER XXVIII Late 19th Century Composers Write New Music on Old Models — Brahms in Germany—Franck in France — Brahms meets Remenyi — Brahms and the Schumann’s — His Contribution to Music — Song Writers — Hugo Wolf—Song Genius — Bruckner — Mahler in America — Max Reger — Father Franck — Franck at the Paris Conservatory — Composer, Teacher, Organist — Franck’s Pupils — Vincent d’Indy — Gabriel Fauré — English Composers in Classical Forms — Women Writers in England — CHAPTER XXIX Music Appears in National Costumes — Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky — “ The Five ” — Bohemia—Czecho-Slovakia — Roumania — The Land of the Polonaise — The Land of the Fiords and Skalds—Norway and Sweden — Denmark — Sweden — Music in the Country of Lakes—Finland — Spain—The Land of the Fandango — Enrique Granados — CHAPTER XXX America Enters — Pilgrims and Puritans — William Billings — Music in Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia — Francis Hopkinson, “First American Poet-Composer” — Early Opera — Orchestras — The Damrosch Family — The Mason Family — Gottschalk—the Picturesque — Stephen Collins Foster — CHAPTER XXXI America Comes of Age — B. J. Lang — John Knowles Paine — Dudley Buck — George Chadwick — Arthur Foote — Horatio Parker — Frederick Converse — Two College Professors — Mrs. H. H. A. Beach Prepares the Path for American Women — One of Our Most Scholarly Musicians — Charles Martin Loeffler—First Impressionist in America — The Red Man Attracts Composers — Our Light Opera Genius — Sousa, the March King — Another Indian Opera — Ethelbert Nevin—Poet-Composer — Robin Hood and His Merrie Crew Come to Life in the 19th Century — “Pilgrim’s Progress”—An American Oratorio — MacDowell Greatest American Poet-Composer — Henry Holden Huss — Rubin Goldmark — Henry Hadley — Albert Mildenberg’s “Michael Angelo” — John Alden Carpenter—Modernist — An All-American Symphony — Ernest Schelling—Pianist-Composer — John Powell—Virginian — Negro Spirituals versus Jazz — Henry Thacker Burleigh, Most Noted Colored Composer — Louis Gruenberg Finds New Paths — Two Jazz Geniuses — Charles Tomlinson Griffes — Whithorne’s American Impressions — Albert Spalding—America’s Violinist-Composer — American Music Guild — American Academy in Rome — Leo Ornstein—The Independent — Experimentalists — Song Writers — Foreigners Writing in America — Some Patrons of Music in America — Symphony Orchestras — CHAPTER XXXII Twentieth Century Music — Polyform Music — Multi-and Poly-Rhythms — Another Renaissance — Claude Achille Debussy — Maurice Ravel — Erik Satie—Cartoonist — The Group of Six — Alexander Scriabin — L’Enfant Terrible of Modern Music—Stravinsky — Overtones — Harmonic Series — Heart Music Disappears — Poland — Arnold Schoenberg, Musical Anarchist — Erich Korngold — Modern German Music — Busoni the Great — Hindemith — Hungary—Bartók and Kodály — Ernest von Dohnányi — Czech School — The Quarter-Tone Man — Italy and the New Order — Manuel de Falla — The Netherlands — Switzerland — England — America — Our Good-Bye
12. 12.SOME OF THE BOOKS WE CONSULTED
13. 13.Some Music Writers According to Forms of Composition — Troubadours and Trouvères — Troubadours — Trouvères — Minnesingers — Meistersingers — Motets and Madrigals — Fugues — Modern Fugues — Suites — Modern Suites — Sonatas — Classic Concertos — Concertos — Symphonies — Orchestral Music Symphonic Tone Poems, Overtures, Suites, etc. — Chamber Music ( String Quartets, Trios, Quintets, etc., various combinations of Instruments. ) — Pianoforte Music ( Lyrical Pieces, Songs without Words, Nocturnes, Impromptus, Ballads, Intermezzi, Preludes, and Program Music. ) — Some Writers of Song — Oratorios — Some Opera Writers — Modern Ballets
14. 14.INDEX

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