The illustrated A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present was over 500 pages long and first published in 1891. The Project Gutenberg HTML (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20293/20293-h/20293-h.htm) includes MIDI files of 25 pieces referenced in the work and a modern transcription (in PDF) of one piece. You may also find it easier to view a few of the illustrations there that are pretty small in this ebook. PREFACE CHRONOLOGY OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL ITALIAN COMPOSERS CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THE MORE IMPORTANT GERMAN COMPOSERS CHRONOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF PIANISTS AND COMPOSERS FOR THE PIANOFORTE INTRODUCTION BOOK FIRST - MUSIC OF THE ANCIENT WORLD CHAPTER I - MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS CHAPTER II - MUSIC AMONG THE HEBREWS AND ASSYRIANS CHAPTER III - MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS CHAPTER IV - MUSIC IN INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN BOOK SECOND - THE APPRENTICE PERIOD OF MODERN MUSIC CHAPTER V - THE NATURE OF THE TRANSFORMATION, AND THE AGENCIES EFFECTING IT CHAPTER VI - THE MINSTRELS OF THE NORTH CHAPTER VII - THE ARABS OR SARACENS CHAPTER VIII - ORIGIN OF THE GREAT FRENCH EPICS CHAPTER IX - THE TROUBADOURS, TROUVÈRES AND MINNESINGERS CHAPTER X - THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CHAPTER XI - THE DIDACTIC OF MUSIC FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY TO THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER XII - THE RISE OF POLYPHONY. OLD FRENCH AND GALLO-BELGIC SCHOOLS CHAPTER XIII - THE SCHOOLS OF THE NETHERLANDS CH ...
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