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V. 1. Book I. Dedication -- Preface -- Definitions -- Dissertation on the music of the ancients. Of the notation or tablature of ancient music, including its scales, intervals, systems, and diagrams ; Of the three genera: diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic ; Of the modes ; Of mutations ; Of melopoeia ; Of rhythm ; Of the practice of melopoeia ; Whether the ancients had counterpoint or music in parts ; Of dramatic music ; Of the effects attributed to the music of the ancients -- The history of Egyptian music -- The history of Hebrew music -- The history of Greek music. Of music in Greece during the residence of pagan divinities, of the first order, upon earth ; Of the terrestrial, or demi-gods ; Concerning the music of heroes and heroic times ; Of the state of music in Greece, from the time of Homer, till it was subdued by the Romans, including the musical contests at the public games ; Of ancient musical sects, and theories of sound ; Of the scolia, or songs, of the ancient Greeks -- The history of the music of the Romans -- A list and description of the plates to book I -- Reflections on the construction and use of some particular musical instruments of antiquity -- Book II. A general history of music. Of the introduction of music into the church, and of its progress there previous to the time of Guido ; Of the invention of counterpoint, the state of music, from the time of Guido, to the formation of the time-table ; Of the formation of the time-table, and state of music from that discovery till about the middle of the fourteenth century ; Of the origin of modern languages, to which written melody and harmony were first applied, and general state of music till the invention of printing, about the year 1450 ; Of the state of music, from the invention of printing till the middle of the XVIth century: including its cultivation in the masses, motets and secular songs of that period. |
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V. 2. Book III. Essay on musical criticism ; The progress of music in England from the time of King Henry VIII to the death of Queen Elizabeth ; Of the state of music in Italy during the sixteenth century: including an account of theorists, with the progress of practical music in the church, as well as of madrigals, ricercari, or fantasias, and secular songs, of that period ; Of the progress of music in Germany during the sixteenth century ; Of the state of music in France during the sixteenth century ; Of the progress of music in Spain during the sixteenth century ; Concerning the music of the Netherlands during the sixteenth century ; Of the progress of music in England from the death of Queen Elizabeth, till the end of the seventeenth century ; Of the music in Italy in the church and chamber during the seventeenth century ; Progress of the violin in Italy, from the sixteenth century to the present time ; Of the progress of music in Germany during the seventeenth century ; Of the state of music in France during the seventeenth century ; Progress of church music in England after the death of Purcell -- Book IV. Essay on the euphony of sweetness of languages and their fitness for music ; Of the invention of recitative, and establishment of the musical drama, or opera, in Italy ; Rise and progress of the sacred music drama, or oratorio ; Of the opera buffa, or comic-opera, and intermezzi, or musical interludes, during the seventeenth century ; Of cantatas, or narrative chamber-music ; Attempts at dramatic music in England, previous to the establishment of the Italian opera ; Origin of the Italian opera in England, and its progress there during the present century ; Progress of the musical drama at Venice, during present century ; Progress of the musical drama in Naples, and account of the eminent composers and school of counterpoint of that city ; Opera composers employed at Rome, and tracts published in Italy on the theory and practice of music, during the present century ; Of the progress of music in Germany, during the present century ; Of the music of France during the present century ; General state of music in England during the present century -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. A selection of Charles Burney's letters ; Appendix II. Memoir of Charles Burney ; Appendix III. Some lesser-known gramophone records of music referred to in this history. |
