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245 12 a| A general history of music :b| from the earliest ages to the present period (1789).n| Volume the first /c| by Charles Burney ; with critical and historical notes by Frank Mercer.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Dover Publications, Inc.,c| 1957.;

300 a| 817 pages :b| illustrations, portrait, music ;c| 22 cm;

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500 a| This Dover edition is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the modern edition prepared by Frank Mercer in 1935 and published by G.T. Foulis.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 00 g| Book I.g| Dedication --g| Preface --g| Definitions --t| Dissertation on the music of the ancients.t| Of the notation or tablature of ancient music, including its scales, intervals, systems, and diagrams ;t| Of the three genera: diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic ;t| Of the modes ;t| Of mutations ;t| Of melopoeia ;t| Of rhythm ;t| Of the practice of melopoeia ;t| Whether the ancients had counterpoint or music in parts ;t| Of dramatic music ;t| Of the effects attributed to the music of the ancients --t| The history of Egyptian music --t| The history of Hebrew music --t| The history of Greek music.t| Of music in Greece during the residence of pagan divinities, of the first order, upon earth ;t| Of the terrestrial, or demi-gods ;t| Concerning the music of heroes and heroic times ;t| Of the state of music in Greece, from the time of Homer, till it was subdued by the Romans, including the musical contests at the public games ;t| Of ancient musical sects, and theories of sound ;t| Of the scolia, or songs, of the ancient Greeks --t| The history of the music of the Romans --g| A list and description of the plates to book I --t| Reflections on the construction and use of some particular musical instruments of antiquity --g| Book II.g| A general history of music.t| Of the introduction of music into the church, and of its progress there previous to the time of Guido ;t| Of the invention of counterpoint, the state of music, from the time of Guido, to the formation of the time-table ;t| Of the formation of the time-table, and state of music from that discovery till about the middle of the fourteenth century ;t| Of the origin of modern languages, to which written melody and harmony were first applied, and general state of music till the invention of printing, about the year 1450 ;t| Of the state of music, from the invention of printing till the middle of the XVIth century: including its cultivation in the masses, motets and secular songs of that period.;

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A general history of music : from the earliest ages to the present period (1789). / by Charles Burney ; with critical and historical notes by Frank Mercer.

Author/creator	Burney, Charles
Other author	Mercer, Frank, editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York, NY : Dover Publications, Inc., 1957.
Description	817 pages : illustrations, portrait, music ; 22 cm
Subjects	Music--To 1500. --History and criticism. Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism. Music--Egypt. --History and criticism. Jews--Music. --History and criticism.

Contents	Book I. Dedication -- Preface -- Definitions -- Dissertation on the music of the ancients. Of the notation or tablature of ancient music, including its scales, intervals, systems, and diagrams ; Of the three genera: diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic ; Of the modes ; Of mutations ; Of melopoeia ; Of rhythm ; Of the practice of melopoeia ; Whether the ancients had counterpoint or music in parts ; Of dramatic music ; Of the effects attributed to the music of the ancients -- The history of Egyptian music -- The history of Hebrew music -- The history of Greek music. Of music in Greece during the residence of pagan divinities, of the first order, upon earth ; Of the terrestrial, or demi-gods ; Concerning the music of heroes and heroic times ; Of the state of music in Greece, from the time of Homer, till it was subdued by the Romans, including the musical contests at the public games ; Of ancient musical sects, and theories of sound ; Of the scolia, or songs, of the ancient Greeks -- The history of the music of the Romans -- A list and description of the plates to book I -- Reflections on the construction and use of some particular musical instruments of antiquity -- Book II. A general history of music. Of the introduction of music into the church, and of its progress there previous to the time of Guido ; Of the invention of counterpoint, the state of music, from the time of Guido, to the formation of the time-table ; Of the formation of the time-table, and state of music from that discovery till about the middle of the fourteenth century ; Of the origin of modern languages, to which written melody and harmony were first applied, and general state of music till the invention of printing, about the year 1450 ; Of the state of music, from the invention of printing till the middle of the XVIth century: including its cultivation in the masses, motets and secular songs of that period.
General note	This Dover edition is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the modern edition prepared by Frank Mercer in 1935 and published by G.T. Foulis.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.

A general history of music : from the earliest ages to the present period (1789). / by Charles Burney ; with critical and historical notes by Frank Mercer.

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