Curiosities of Music - music reference book

A Collection of rare facts about the music traditions of ancient & savage nations

Original book by LOUIS C. ELSON Circa 1880

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This book is a wealth of information about the musical traditions of various cultures in different ages and countries. Including such as the religious, ritual, political and entertainment uses of music, the type of instruments used and even what might have been the likely pay of professional musicians.

 

 

Curiosities of Music, Contents list & Page Numbers.
deduct 100 from numbers given to get the original book page number. .
Title Page
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1
Hindoo music, Brahma, legend of, Ragas - 0108
Ragas, Hindoo - 0109
Power of Music 9, - 0110
Scale, East Indian - 0111
Melody, Hindoo - 0112
Instruments, East Indian, Hindoo, Vina, Violin - 0113
Guitar, Hindoo* - 0114
Egyptian music, Hermes, Legends - 0115
Egyptian Muses - 0116
Egyptian banquets - 0117
Caste of musicians, Egyptian, Laborers' songs, - 0118
Funeral music, Egyptian, Harmony - 0119
Laws relative to music, Egyptian - 0120
Dances. Egyptian Dances, Fiji Islands, Festivals, Theban - 0121
Processional music, Egyptian, Sis t rum - 0122
Flute, Harps Egyptian - 0123
Banquet Music, Egyptian, Instruments - 0124
Conservatories in ancient Egypt, Schools of music - 0125
Harps, Hebrew music, Religious music - 0126
Jews, music of modern, Schofer Hebrew horn - 0127
Page - 0128
Instruments, Hebrew, Organ, - 0129
Psaltery, Timbrel - 0130
Selah I meaning of - 0131
Page - 0132
Hebrew music, resemblance to Negro - 0133
Page - 0134
Greek music, Games of Greece, Greek Hymns, Religious music - 0135
Page - 0136
Page - 0137
Page - 0138
Page - 0139
Stesi-chorus, Trumpeter, a great - 0140
Flute-playing at Grecian Games, Pythian Games - 0141
Page - 0142
Page - 0143
Musical Buildings. - 0144
Terpander, - 0145
Page - 0146
Page - 0147
Page - 0148
Page - 0149
Page - 0150
Female musicians, Greek - 0151
Page - 0152
Philosophers and music, Pythagbrus - 0153
Page - 0154
Greek Scale, Scale, Grecian - 0155
Page - 0156
Aristotle, Banquet Music, Grecian, Kithara, Skolion - 0157
Instruments,Flute, Grecian, Tone-picture - 0158
Page - 0159
Military music, Greek - 0160
Lamia, Salaries, ancient Greece, Sappho - 0161
Ptolemy, Triumphal Odes, Greece - 0162
Simonides - 0163
Page - 0164
Pindar - 0165
Page - 0166
Theatre, Greek - 0167
Page - 0168
Page - 0169
Page - 0170
Page - 0171
Page - 0172
Page - 0173
AEschylus, Chorus, Chorus, Dances, - 0174
Page - 0175
Page - 0176
Page - 0177
Page - 0178
Grecian - 0179
Page - 0180
Page - 0181
Page - 0182
Page - 0183
Page - 0184
Roman, ancient music - 0185
Flute, Roman, Musical course Roman, Religious music; Roman Rhythm. - 0186
Societies, or Guilds of Musicians, Roman - 0187
Funeral music, Roman - 0188
Instruments, Roman, Olympic Games, Organ, ancient - 0189
Page - 0190
Page - 0191
Processional music, Roman, Triumphs - 0192
Page - 0193
Page - 0194
Theatre, Roman.. - 0195
Page - 0196
Dunces, Roman, Pantomimes, - 0197
Page - 0198
Caligula, Roman Empire, music of - 0199
Julian, reforms of Emperor, Schools of music - 0200
Nero, musical history of - 0201
Page - 0202
Page - 0203
Page - 0204
Salaries, Nero - 0205
Page - 0206
Page - 0207
Page - 0208
Page - 0209
Legends of music, Chinese 116 - 0210
Page - 0211
Page - 0212
Page - 0213
Chinese music - 0214
Chinese songs, earliest. - 0215
Foang-hoang, Fo Hi, the Chinese Noah - 0216
Page - 0217
Page - 0218
Page - 0219
Female musicians, Chinese, Time marked by bells/ drums - 0220
Chun,Song of - 0221
Page - 0222
Page - 0223
Confucius - 0224
Page - 0225
Persecution of musicians - 0226
Page - 0227
Page - 0228
Page - 0229
Page - 0230
Caste of musicians, Chinese.. - 0231
Yu, Chinese musician - 0232
Destruction of musical instruments - 0233
Page - 0234
European music in China - 0235
Page - 0236
Clavichord in China - 0237
Page - 0238
Flute, Chinese - 0239
Page - 0240
Page - 0241
Instruments, Chinese, - 0242
Drums, Chinese - 0243
Drums, used to mark the hour - 0244
Stones, musical - 0245
Page - 0246
King, Chinese instrument - 0247
Bells - 0248
Chinese whistle,Stringed instruments - 0249
Kin, Chinese - 0250
Page - 0251
Page - 0252
Bamboo Instruments. - 0253
Page - 0254
Cheng, Organ, Chinese - 0255
Fiddle, Chinese - 0256
Trumpets, Chinese, Trumpets, Russian, - 0257
Chinese songs - 0258
Page - 0259
Chinese a musical language - 0260
Wood instruments of China - 0261
Chinese ceremonies, Chinese compositions, Religions music - 0262
Page - 0263
Hymn, Chinese - 0264
Page - 0265
Chinese music resembles Scotch - 0266
Scale, Chinese... - 0267
Page - 0268
Military music, Chinese, 131, - 0269
Festivals, Chinese - 0270
Page - 0271
Page - 0272
Chinese theatre and plays, Funeral music, Signals, musical - 0273
Page - 0274
Music boxes, Chinese - 0275
Dances, Chinese, Theatre, Chinese - 0276
Page - 0277
Page - 0278
Page - 0279
Page - 0280
Page - 0281
Page - 0282
Page - 0283
Page - 0284
Page - 0285
Ancestors, feasts of - 0286
Salaries, Chinese - 0287
Page - 0288
Page - 0289
Page - 0290
Page - 0291
Page - 0292
Roval dancers - 0293
Page - 0294
Pantomimes, Chinese - 0295
Page - 0296
Page - 0297
Page - 0298
Page - 0299
Page - 0300
Japanese music, Scale Japanese - 0301
Instruments, Japanese - 0302
Page - 0303
Hymns. Christian, ancient, Irooa, Japanese - 0304
Religious music, Japanese - 0305
Page - 0306
Funeral music, Japanese - 0307
Page - 0308
Page - 0309
Page - 0310
Page - 0311
Page - 0312
Banquet Music, Japanese - 0313
Page - 0314
Legends of music, Japanese - 0315
Page - 0316
Page - 0317
Processional music, Japanese - 0318
Military music, Japanese, Theatre Japanese - 0319
Page - 0320
Page - 0321
Page - 0322
Page - 0323
Page - 0324
Page - 0325
Page - 0326
Pianoforte in Japan. - 0327
Page - 0328
Barbarians, Music of, Rhythm of savage nations - 0329
Page - 0330
Trumpets, pre-historic - 0331
Flute, Prehistoric. - 0332
New Zealand, narmony in - 0333
Canadian, curious song, Dances, Australian, - 0334
Page - 0335
Page - 0336
Page - 0337
Dances, Tasmaniau - 0338
Page - 0339
New Zealand songs - 0340
Dances, War - 0341
Page - 0342
Drums, Javanese, Malay music, Pantomimes - 0343
Legends of music Javanese. - 0344
Theatre, Javanese - 0345
Page - 0346
Page - 0347
Fiji Islanders, Music, Nose-flutes - 0348
Page - 0349
Drums, water - 0350
African Music, Kaffir songs - 0351
Page - 0352
Page - 0353
Page - 0354
Flute, Kaffir, Harps, African - 0355
Dances, Bushmen - 0356
Goura African Instrument. - 0357
Jews harps in Africa, Nyam-Nyams, Music of - 0358
Instruments, African 257. - 0359
Page - 0360
Trumpets, African 265, - 0361
Military music, African - 0362
Guitar, African,Processional music, Savage - 0363
Page - 0364
Drums, African - 0365
Page - 0366
Bongo Songs - 0367
Page - 0368
Music boxes in Africa, Religious music, Abyssinian - 0369
Abyssinlan Music - 0370
Page - 0371
Page - 0372
Page - 0373
Power of Music in Africa - 0374
Page - 0375
Music as a means of inspiring fear - 0376
Dances Savage 234, - 0377
Page - 0378
Page - 0379
Religious music, Christian - 0380
Page - 0381
Page - 0382
Page - 0383
War Song - 0384
Page - 0385
Christian, early music - 0386
Christian, early customs. - 0387
Greek Church, music of - 0388
Scale Religious, Greek - 0389
Syrian Church - 0390
Bardesanes - 0391
Armenian Church - 0392
Christian churches of Africa - 0393
Coptic Hymns - 0394
Page - 0395
Page - 0396
Page - 0397
Page - 0398
Ambrosian Chant - 0399
Page - 0400
Mode, Ambrosian - 0401
Page - 0402
Chant, Gregorian. - 0403
Page - 0404
Page - 0405
Page - 0406
Page - 0407
Ecethius, Charlemagne - 0408
Page - 0409
Gregorian Chant in France - 0410
Quarrel between choirs - 0411
Page - 0412
Neumes - 0413
Page - 0414
Hucbald - 0415
Page - 0416
Page - 0417
Guidod'Arezzo - 0418
Page - 0419
Scale modern - 0420
Notation, 313,316,317, - 0421
Page - 0422
Bards, ancient - 0423
Welch Bards - 0424
Irish Bards - 0425
Page - 0426
English Bards - 0427
Canute - 0428
Troubadours - 0429
Provencal songs - 0430
Jongleurs - 0431
Riquier, Guirant - 0432
Page - 0433
Amanieus, troubadour, Esseuharuens - 0434
Page - 0435
Bertrand du Born - 0436
Page - 0437
Poems of the Troubadours - 0438
Page - 0439
Page - 0440
Female musicians, Troubadours,Minnesingers - 0441
Page - 0442
Page - 0443
Watch Song - 0444
Page - 0445
Tales of the Minnesingers - 0446
Page - 0447
Melody, an old Meyerbeer - 0448
Crusaders' songs, Meistersingers - 0449
Volkslied, Folk Songs - 0450
Page - 0451
Opera - 0452
Page - 0453
Orchestra, an old - 0454
Louis Xiii,Royal musicians - 0455
Amaryllis - 0456
Hissing, when first began, Louis Xiv - 0457
Quarrel between singers, - 0458
Page - 0459
Cuzzoni, Handel, Rossini - 0460
Robert, accident at first performance, William Tell - 0461
Wagner - 0462
Dictionary of Impoliteness - 0463
Mode, Gregorian - 0465
Index - 0466
Index - 0467
Index - 0468
Index - 0469
Index - 0470