# How Music Developed A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music

Author: Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43467

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=How+Music+Developed+A+Critical+and+Explanatory+Account+of+the+Growth+of+Modern+Music+Henderson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Descent of the Roman Chant from the kithara songs of the Romans and thence from those of the Greeks--First appearance of modern melody--Steps toward the formation of a musical system--Ambrosian and Gregorian chants--Their character--Nokter Balbulus and sequences--Spread of the Roman chant--Nature of music at this period.

## Chapters

- [Chapter XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter XI. The work then proceeds in recitative, varied by choruses,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-music-developed-a-critical-and-explanatory-account-of-the-g-2b6f60b7/chapters/19/index.md)