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The Power of Music

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Author
Anonymous
Title
The Power of Music In which is shown, by a variety of pleasing and instructive anecdotes, the effects it has on man and animals.
Credits
Charlene Taylor, Les Galloway 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, Influence of
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 66519
Release Date
October 11, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes — THE POWER OF MUSIC.
  2. 2.CONVULSIONS RELIEVED BY MUSIC
  3. 3.RECOVERY OF THE VOICE BY MUSIC.
  4. 4.THE EFFECT OF MUSIC ON A HARE.
  5. 5.THE POWER OF MUSIC ON THE ELEPHANT.
  6. 6.THE EFFECT OF MUSIC ON A PERSON WHILE ASLEEP.
  7. 7.CONTRARY EFFECTS OF ITALIAN AND FRENCH MUSIC ON A GREEK LADY.
  8. 8.ANECDOTE OF ZAMPERINI.
  9. 9.EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON MICE AND SPIDERS.
  10. 10.ANECDOTE OF STRADELLA.
  11. 11.A MODERN TIMOTHEUS.
  12. 12.TIMOTHEUS THE MELISIAN.
  13. 13.THIRTY THOUSAND PERSONS SAVED BY THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF MUSIC.
  14. 14.PHILIP V. KING OF SPAIN.
  15. 15.THE MUSICAL PIGEON.
  16. 16.THE MUSICAL DOG.
  17. 17.THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON A BULL.
  18. 18.THE DYING MAN AND THE PIANO.
  19. 19.THE POWER OF MUSIC ON ANIMALS, IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND.
  20. 20.TWO INSTANCES OF THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF MUSIC, AS RELATED IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, AT PARIS.
  21. 21.INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF MONSIEUR MOZART.
  22. 22.G. F. HANDEL, ESQ.
  23. 23.TARTINI, AN ITALIAN MUSICIAN.
  24. 24.MR. HANDEL.
  25. 25.FARINELLI AND HIS TAYLOR.
  26. 26.MR. ABELL.
  27. 27.HANDEL.
  28. 28.DR. ARNE.
  29. 29.JEREMIAH CLARKE.
  30. 30.HANDEL.
  31. 31.MR. BROWN.
  32. 32.LULLI.
  33. 33.MADAME LE MAUPIN.
  34. 34.ARCHANGELO CORELLI.
  35. 35.HENRY PURCELL, ESQ.
  36. 36.THE QUEEN OF SWEDEN.
  37. 37.THE ORIGIN OF CHANTING IN CATHEDRALS.
  38. 38.ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRATED OX MINUET, BY SIGNOR HAYDN.
  39. 39.MUSICAL BATTLE.
  40. 40.THE MEDICINAL EFFECTS OF MUSIC.
  41. 41.ODE TO MUSIC, BY THE LATE DR. WHARTON.
  42. 42.THE MUSICAL PRODIGY.
  43. 43.MASTER WILLIAM CROTCH, THE MUSICAL PHENOMENON.
  44. 44.ACCOUNT OF MADEMOISELLE THERESA PARADIS, OF VIENNA, THE CELEBRATED BLIND PERFORMER ON THE PIANO-FORTE.
  45. 45.THE LEGEND OF ST. CECILIA.
  46. 46.CLINIAS, THE PYTHAGOREAN.
  47. 47.THE SPARTAN POET TYRTŒUS.
  48. 48.THE RAGE OF THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS SUBDUED BY MUSIC.
  49. 49.THE BISHOP OF ORLEANS RESTORED FROM PRISON BY MUSIC.
  50. 50.A WOMAN PREVENTED FROM STARVING HERSELF TO DEATH, BY MUSIC.
  51. 51.REMARKABLE EFFECTS OF A SWISS AIR.
  52. 52.THE DENMARK MUSICIAN.
  53. 53.WONDERFUL POWER OF MUSIC ON MADAME DE LA MARCH.
  54. 54.A RHODIAN MUSICIAN’S REPLY TO APOLLONIUS.
  55. 55.EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON SNAKES AND SERPENTS.
  56. 56.THE DANCING SNAKES.
  57. 57.CURIOUS CONTEST ABOUT THE ERECTION OF THE CELEBRATED ORGAN IN THE TEMPLE CHURCH, LONDON.
  58. 58.QUEEN MARY AND MR. PURCELL.
  59. 59.THE HIGHLAND CHARGING TUNE.
  60. 60.EFFECTS OF FOREIGN MUSIC ON DIFFERENT ANIMALS.
  61. 61.EFFECT OF MUSIC ON LIZARDS.
  62. 62.MUSICAL ANECDOTE FROM MARVILLE.
  63. 63.ACCOUNT OF THE RECITATION OF THE BOATMEN OF VENICE.
  64. 64.INDEX.

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