PART IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARMONY

XI. THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA AND ORATORIO 324

The forerunners of opera--The Florentine reform of 1600; the 'expressive’ style; Peri and Caccini; the first opera; Cavalieri and the origin of the oratorio--Claudio Monteverdi: his life and his works.

XII. NEW FORMS: VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL 348

Résumé of the sixteenth century--Rhythm and form; the development of harmony; figured bass--The organ style; _canzona da sonar_; _ricercar_; _toccata_; _sonata da chiesa_; great organists--The genesis of violin music; _canzona_ and _sonata_--The _sonata da camera_; the suite--Music for the harpsichord--The opera in the seventeenth century; Heinrich Schütz.

XIII. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 388

The musicians of the century--Henry Purcell and music in England--Italy: Alessandro Scarlatti; Arcangelo Corelli; Domenico Scarlatti--The beginnings of French opera: the _Ballet-comique de la reine_; Cambert and Perrin--Jean Baptiste de Lully--Couperin and Rameau--Music in Germany: Keiser, Mattheson, and the Hamburg opera; precursors of Bach.

XIV. HANDEL AND THE ORATORIO 418

The consequences of the seventeenth century: Bach and Handel--Handel’s early life; the opera at Hamburg; the German oratorio--The Italian period, _Rodrigo_, _Agrippina_, and _Resurrezione_--Music in England; Handel as opera composer and impresario--Origins of the Handelian oratorio; from 'Esther’ to 'The Messiah’--Handel’s instrumental music; conclusion.

XV. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 448

Introduction--The life of Bach--Bach’s polyphonic skill and the qualities of his genius--Bach’s contribution to the art of music and the forms he employed--The revision of keyboard technique and equal temperament--Bach’s relation to the history of music.

INDEX. See Volume III.

BIBLIOGRAPHY. See Volume III.

ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME ONE

King René and his Musical Court (in colors) _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Orchestra of Pan’s Pipes (Aboriginal) 22

Old Japanese Print: 'Girl of the Old Kingdom playing the Harp’ 58

Ancient Egyptian Fresco showing Instruments in Use 82

Greek Flute and Kithara Players (in colors) 96

The Contest between Apollo and Marysas 122

The Organ in the Middle Ages 156

Mediæval French Sculpture showing Trouvères and Jongleurs with Instruments 202

The Tournament of Song in the Wartburg 218

Josquin des Près (photogravure) 252

Altar of the Virgin by Bellini (photogravure) 268

Orlando di Lasso (photogravure) 308

Perluigi da Palestrina (photogravure) 316

'The Concert’; Painting by Giorgione (in colors) 328

Claudio Monteverdi (photogravure) 338

Henry Purcell (photogravure) 388

Arcangelo Corelli (photogravure) 396

Jean-Baptiste de Lully (photogravure) 408

Jean-Philippe Rameau (photogravure) 414

Georg Friedrich Handel (photogravure) 438

Johann Sebastian Bach (photogravure) 468