# Music and Its Masters

Author: Boise, O. B. (Otis Bardwell), 1844-1912

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54999

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Music+and+Its+Masters+Boise&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A glance backward over the course of music's evolution suffices to show that, until in very recent times, it furnishes no pregnant data for the historian. The first era of music's evolution began before the advent of historic man, for the earliest races of whom we know anything had a well-defined appreciation of its significance, but no noteworthy landmarks appear until after music came in touch with modern culture; indeed, no great advancement is traceable until after the invention of notation. The first record of melodies produced is supposed to have been made in the fourth century (A.D. ),--viz., that of three Greek hymns,--to Apollo, Nemesis, and Calliope,--which, however, possess mea...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/1/index.md)
- [ill. Printed criticism, because of this cogent quality, and because](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/7/index.md)
- [xxii. Its power, vivid imagery, and conception of omnipotence have](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/music-and-its-masters-54999/chapters/4/index.md)