Musical Myths and Facts in Two Volumes—Volume II

About this eBook

Author

Engel, Carl, 1818-1882

Title

Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)

Credits

Produced by Veronika Redfern, Linda Cantoni, Bryan Ness 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.) Music transcribed by Veronika Redfern.

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Music -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40384

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40384

Release Date

September 27, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MUSICAL MYTHS AND FACTS
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
3. 3.MATTHESON ON HANDEL.
4. 4.DIABOLIC MUSIC. — THE AWFUL DECEPTION. — THE INDEFATIGABLE FIDDLER. — THE EFFECTUAL EXPEDIENT. — THE OLD CHORALE. — THE HAUNTED MANSION. — THE MODE ASBEIN. — WITCHES. — THE CHANGELING. — THE VENDISH SORCERER. — THE RAT-CATCHER OF HAMELN. — THE EXQUISITE ORGAN.
5. 5.ROYAL MUSICIANS.
6. 6.COMPOSERS AND PRACTICAL MEN.
7. 7.MUSIC AND MEDICINE.
8. 8.POPULAR STORIES WITH MUSICAL TRADITIONS. — THE ROYAL MUSIC-MASTER. — THE HANDSOME MINSTREL. — THE DAISY LADY. — THE INVISIBLE FLUTE-PLAYER. — THE BANISHED MUSICIAN. — THE WALRIDERSKE. — THE JEW IN THE THICKET. — THE POPE'S WIFE. — THE TWO HUNCHBACKS. — THE PARSON'S ADVICE. — RELICS OF THE GOBLINS. — THE GOLDEN HARVEST. — GIPSIES. — THE NAUTCH-PEOPLE. — THE MONK OF AFFLIGHEM. — THE PLAGUE IN GOLDBERG. — FICTIONS AND FACTS.
9. 9.DRAMATIC MUSIC OF UNCIVILIZED RACES.
10. 10.A SHORT SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
11. 11.CHRONOLOGY OF THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
12. 12.THE MUSICAL SCALES IN USE AT THE PRESENT DAY. — 1. THE MAJOR SCALE. — 2. THE HALF-MAJOR SCALE. — 3. THE MINOR SCALE — 4. THE HALF-MINOR SCALE. — 5. THE CHROMATIC SCALE. — 6. THE ENHARMONIC SCALE. — 7. THE MINOR SCALE WITH TWO SUPERFLUOUS SECONDS. — 8. THE PENTATONIC SCALE. — 9. THE DIATONIC SCALE WITH MINOR SEVENTH.
13. 13.Footnotes
14. 14.Transcriber's Note

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