A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
CHAPTER XXI--BEGINNINGS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 249-260
Beginnings of instrumental music in seventeenth century--tentative character of instrumental music of sixteenth century--Gabrieli and organ pieces--imitations of vocal works--melodies not fully carried out--Swelinck--Scheidt--Schein--Frescobaldi--Reinken--Pachelbel; Muffat--Corelli--orchestra of the period--its defects.
BOOK FOURTH--FLOWERING TIME OF MODERN MUSIC.