Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- DEFINITIONS
- SECT. I Of the NOTATION or Tablature of ancient Music, including its Scales, Intervals, Systems, and Diagrams
- SECT. II Of the three GENERA Diatonic, Chromatic, and Enharmonic
- SECT. III Of the MODES
- SECT. IV Of MUTATIONS
- SECT. V Of MELOPOEIA
- SECT. VI Of RHYTHM
- SECT. VII Of the PRACTICE of MELOPOEIA, with Examples
- SECT. VIII Whether the Ancients had COUNTERPOINT, or Music in Parts?
- SECT. IX Of DRAMATIC MUSIC
- SECT. X Of the EFFECTS attributed to the Music of the Ancients
- Of EGYPTIAN Music
- Of HEBREW Music
- Of GREEK Music
- CHAP. I Of Music in Greece during the Residence of Pagan Divinities of the first Order upon Earth
- CHAP. II Of the Terrestrial, or DEMI-GODS
- CHAP. III Concerning the Music of HEROES and Heroic Times
- CHAP. IV Of the Music of Greece from the Time of HOMER, till that Country was subdued by the Romans
- CHAP. V Of ancient MUSICAL SECTS, and Theories of Sounds
- CHAP. VI Of the SCOLIA, or SONGS of the ancient Greeks
- Of the Music of the ROMANS
- Reflections upon the Construction and Use of some particular Musical Instruments of Antiquity
- A Lift and Description of the Plates
- INDEX
- Plate section
SECT. VII - Of the PRACTICE of MELOPOEIA, with Examples
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- DEFINITIONS
- SECT. I Of the NOTATION or Tablature of ancient Music, including its Scales, Intervals, Systems, and Diagrams
- SECT. II Of the three GENERA Diatonic, Chromatic, and Enharmonic
- SECT. III Of the MODES
- SECT. IV Of MUTATIONS
- SECT. V Of MELOPOEIA
- SECT. VI Of RHYTHM
- SECT. VII Of the PRACTICE of MELOPOEIA, with Examples
- SECT. VIII Whether the Ancients had COUNTERPOINT, or Music in Parts?
- SECT. IX Of DRAMATIC MUSIC
- SECT. X Of the EFFECTS attributed to the Music of the Ancients
- Of EGYPTIAN Music
- Of HEBREW Music
- Of GREEK Music
- CHAP. I Of Music in Greece during the Residence of Pagan Divinities of the first Order upon Earth
- CHAP. II Of the Terrestrial, or DEMI-GODS
- CHAP. III Concerning the Music of HEROES and Heroic Times
- CHAP. IV Of the Music of Greece from the Time of HOMER, till that Country was subdued by the Romans
- CHAP. V Of ancient MUSICAL SECTS, and Theories of Sounds
- CHAP. VI Of the SCOLIA, or SONGS of the ancient Greeks
- Of the Music of the ROMANS
- Reflections upon the Construction and Use of some particular Musical Instruments of Antiquity
- A Lift and Description of the Plates
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- A General History of MusicFrom the Earliest Ages to the Present Period, pp. 83 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1789