INDEX
- Abyssinian instruments, 20.
- Acocotl, 67.
- Adair, quoted, 81.
- Adufe, 25.
- Æolian harp, 4.
- African instruments in America, 82.
- Ajacaxtli, 72.
- Al-Farabi, lutist, 55-57.
- American Indian instruments, 58 seq.
- American Indians, metrical psalms of, 81.
- American Indians, musical performances of, 75.
- American Indians, North, musical talent of, 81.
- Anglo-Saxon instruments, 84, 86, 90, 94.
- Arab instruments, 3, 36, 48, 53 seq., 108.
- Arabs in Spain, 36, 56.
- Archlute, 101, 105.
- Ashantee, trumpet from, 2.
- Ash-shakandi, 55.
- Asor, 20.
- Assyrian instruments, 16 seq.
- Aulos, 31.
- Aztecs, instruments of the, 58, 59.
- Bach, 115.
- Bacon, quoted, 125.
- Bagpipe, Celtic, 130.
- ” Greek, 130.
- ” Hebrew, 23.
- ” Irish, 130.
- ” mediæval, 102.
- ” Persian, 53.
- ” Polish, 130.
- ” Roman, 35.
- Bainbridge, inventor, 126.
- Banduria, 110.
- Bansi, 47.
- Barbitos, 27, 30, 33.
- Baryton, 116.
- Bassoon, 127, 128.
- Bass-viol, 114, 119.
- Basszinken, 128.
- Bells, Assyrian, 18.
- ” Buddhist, 80.
- ” Chinese, 39, 40.
- ” Egyptian, 14, 15.
- ” English, 131.
- ” Etruscan, 132.
- ” Hebrew, 25.
- ” Japanese, 46.
- ” Mexican, 73.
- ” Peruvian, 73, 80.
- ” Roman, 36, 132.
- ” hanging of, 131.
- ” ringing of, 131, 132.
- Bene, 11.
- Beni Hassan, painting at, 21.
- Bernhard, inventor of the pedal, 96.
- Beverley Minster, sculpture at, 97.
- Bîn, 49.
- Bird Organ, 129.
- Biwa, 44.
- Blasius, St., manuscript at, 89, 90.
- Bombardino, 127.
- Bombardo, 127.
- Bombulom, 97.
- Bone instruments, 58.
- Boscherville, St. Georges de, sculpture from, 99.
- Botuto, 68.
- Bow, 50, 55, 88, 90, 113, 119.
- Bridges, movable, 44.
- Bruce, his discovery of harps on frescoes, 11.
- Buccina, 35.
- Bûche, 118, 119.
- Budbudika, 47.
- Buddhism, 39, 43, 52.
- Buddhist Temples, bas-reliefs on, 43, 44.
- Bunibulum, 97.
- Bunting, quoted, 88.
- Burmese instruments, 2, 3, 42.
- Burney, Dr., quoted, 128.
- Cachua, Peruvian dance, 79.
- Calamus, 34.
- Cambodia, temples in, 43.
- Capistrum, 34.
- Carians, pipes of the, 28.
- Carillon, 131, 133.
- Caroados, trumpet of the, 67.
- Castanets, Egyptian, 14.
- ” Greek, 32.
- ” Roman, 36.
- Cembalo, 122.
- Ceylon, instruments of, 51.
- Chalil, 23.
- Chalumeau, 127.
- Chang, 53.
- Chanrares, 73.
- Chatzozerah, 24.
- Chayna, 62, 79.
- Chelys, 28, 29, 33, 47.
- Chên, 40.
- Cheng, 6.
- Chhilchiles, 72.
- Ch’ih, 42.
- Chimes, 133.
- Ch’in, 43, 44.
- Chinese “Board of Music,” 78.
- ” instruments, 2, 3, 4, 6, 37 seq., 43.
- Ch’ing, 37, 38, 39.
- Chin-ku, 41.
- Chiriqui Indians, pipe of, 60, 79.
- Chiterna, 109.
- Chitarrone, 106.
- Ch’iu (wood), 41.
- Ch’un-tu, 40.
- Chorus, or choron, 93.
- Chu, 41.
- Chung, 39.
- Cionar cruit, 89.
- Cithara, 33, 84, 85, 94.
- ” Anglica, 89.
- ” Teutonica, 89.
- Cither, 109, 119.
- Cithern, or cittern, 102, 109.
- Citole, 86.
- Cittern, 102, 109.
- Clarin, 67.
- Clarinet, 127.
- Clarion, mediæval, 102.
- Clarseth, 110-112.
- Clavecin, 124.
- Clavicembalo, 6, 122, 124.
- Clavichords, 121.
- ” makers of, 122.
- ” prices of, 122.
- Clavicordo, 124.
- Claviorganum, 124.
- Conch trumpets, Hindu, 47.
- ” ” Mexican, 80.
- Confucius, 37, 39, 40, 43.
- Congo, instrument of the, 2.
- Constantinople, obelisk at, 95.
- Cor anglais, 127.
- Corno inglese, 127.
- Cornu, Etruscan, 32.
- ” Roman, 33, 35.
- Corthol, 128.
- Courtaut, 128.
- “Chronicon picturatum Brunswicense,” quoted, 91.
- Crotala, 36.
- Crowd, see Crwth.
- Crusaders, 36.
- Crusmata, 36.
- Crwth, 89, 90, 113.
- Cuddos nut, instrument made of, 52.
- ”Curtail,” A, 128.
- Cymbals, Assyrian, 18.
- ” Egyptian, 14, 15.
- ” Greek, 32.
- ” Hebrew, 25.
- ” mediæval, 103.
- ” Roman, 36.
- Cymbalum, 36, 97.
- Cythera (cithara), 109.
- Dalyell, Sir J. G., quoted, 116.
- Damaras, 6.
- Damaru, 47.
- Darabuka, 14, 24.
- Darius, 19.
- David, King, 19.
- Day, Major C. R., 49, 52.
- Diaulos, 31.
- Diff, 25.
- Doff, 25.
- Dōhachi, 45.
- Dolciano, 128.
- Dora, 45.
- Dordogne, 9.
- Double-bass, 117.
- ” flageolet, 126.
- ” pipe, in Anglo-Saxon MS., 84.
- Double-pipe, Egyptian, 13.
- ” ” Greek, 31.
- ” ” Phœnician, 36.
- ” ” Roman 34, 35.
- Dragonetti, Signor, 117, 118.
- Drums, American Indian, 82.
- ” Assyrian, 17, 18.
- ” Chinese, 41.
- ” Egyptian, 14.
- ” Fiji, 80.
- ” Greek, 32.
- ” Hebrew, 24.
- ” Hindu, 47.
- ” Japanese, 45.
- ” mediæval, 56, 97.
- ” Mexican, 70.
- ” New Guinea, 2.
- ” Persian, 53.
- ” Peruvian, 72.
- ” of Tonga, 80.
- ” of Torres Strait Islands, 80.
- Dublin Museum, harps in, 111.
- Dulcimer, 6.
- ” Anglo-Saxon, 86.
- ” Assyrian, 17.
- ” Greek, 30.
- ” Hebrew, 19.
- ” Persian, 54, 55.
- Egyptian instruments, 8, 10 seq., 27, 98.
- Elizabeth, Queen, 119, 120.
- El-ood, 54, 56.
- English instruments, 104.
- Etruscan ” , 32 seq.
- Europe, introduction of instruments in, 36.
- European instruments, 83 seq.
- Evelyn, quoted, 106, 116.
- Exeter Cathedral, minstrel gallery in, 102.
- Fagott, 127.
- Fagotto piccolo, 128.
- Fang-hsiang, 40.
- Fiddle, Anglo-Saxon, 90.
- ” Bengalese, 50.
- ” Chinese, 51.
- ” German, 90.
- ” Hindu and Indian, 50, 88.
- ” Moorish, 90.
- Fidis or Fides, 33.
- Fidla, 113.
- Finnish instrument, 47, 88.
- Fistula, 35.
- Fithele (fiddle), 114.
- Flageolet, English, 125, 126.
- ” Japanese, 45.
- Flauto dolce, 125.
- Flutes, American Indian, 82.
- ” Arab, 55.
- ” Aztec, 60.
- ” Chinese, 42.
- ” Egyptian, 12.
- Flutes, Etruscan, 32.
- ” German, 126.
- ” Greek, 31.
- ” of Guiana Indians, 62.
- ” Hebrew, 23, 26.
- ” Hindu, 47.
- ” Japanese, 45.
- ” Mexican, 58 seq.
- ” Peruvian, 58 seq.
- ” Phrygian, 28.
- ” Roman, 34.
- Flûte à bec, 125.
- ” d’Angleterre, 125, 126.
- ” traversière, 126.
- Forkel, quoted, 23.
- Fortunatus, quoted, 89, 90.
- Franz, Karl, 115.
- Free reed, 5.
- French instruments, 112, 125, 126, 128, 129.
- Frestele, Fretel or Fretiau, 94.
- Fuye, 45.
- Gage, John, quoted, 128.
- Gaspard di Salo, 118.
- Gerbert, Abbot, mentioned, 84, 89, 90.
- Gittern, 56, 102, 108.
- Gittith, 25, 26.
- Gizeh, 13.
- Gongs, Chinese, 45.
- ” Egyptian, 14.
- ” Japanese, 45.
- ” Mexican, 80.
- ” Tezcucan, 73.
- Greek instruments, 27 seq.
- Guatemala, instrument of, 82.
- Guitar, instruction books for, 108, 109.
- Guitar, Japanese, 44.
- ” mediæval, 102.
- ” post-mediæval, 108, 109.
- ” Spanish, 110.
- Gut-komm, 43.
- Gythorn, 108.
- Handel’s harpsichord, 135.
- Harmonica, 97.
- Harmonicon, Chinese, 2, 37, 40.
- Harmonicon, The, quoted, 126.
- Harps, Anglo-Saxon, 87.
- ” Arabian, 53.
- ” Assyrian, 16, 28.
- ” Burmese, 16.
- ” Celtic, 87.
- ” Egyptian, 11.
- ” Finnish, 88.
- ” French, 112.
- ” German, 87.
- ” Greek, 28, 29.
- ” Hebrew, 19.
- ” Hindu, 50.
- ” Irish, 88, 110-112.
- ” mediæval, 89, 100-102.
- ” Persian, 53.
- ” Scandinavian, 87.
- Harp-guitar, 110.
- ” lute, 110.
- Harpsichord, 116, 121, 123.
- ” Handel’s, authenticity of, 135 seq.
- Harpsichord-makers, 123, 136.
- Harp-theorbo, 110.
- Harpu, 88.
- Harp-ventura, 110.
- Hautboy, 126.
- Haydn, 116.
- Hebrew instruments, 19 seq.
- Hentzner, Paul, quoted, 131.
- Hichiriki, 45.
- Hindu instruments, 3, 46, 52, 88, 89, 93.
- Hindus, musical scale of, 50.
- Holmos or mouth-piece, 35.
- Horn, English, 127.
- ” Greek, 32.
- ” Hebrew, 24.
- Hsiao, 42.
- Hsüan, 42.
- Hsüan-chung, 39.
- Huanca, 72.
- Huayllaca, 62.
- Huayra-puhura, 63, 79.
- Huehuetl, 71, 80.
- Hydraulis, 32.
- Icelandic instrument, 114.
- Ikuta-goto, 44, 45.
- Instrument makers, 106, 111, 114-116, 118, 122-126, 128, 129, 136, 137.
- Instruments, decoration of, 2, 8, 11, 16, 39, 41, 42, 109, 112, 113, 115, 116, 123, 136.
- Intervals, diatonic, 112.
- ” in American Indian instruments, 79.
- Intervals in Chinese instruments, 39.
- Intervals in Persian instruments, 53.
- Irish bards, meetings of, 111.
- ” instruments, 89.
- Isis, worship of, 36.
- Italian instruments, 106-109, 113, 120, 123, 130.
- Japanese instruments, 3, 4, 44 seq.
- Jars, musical, 69.
- Javanese instruments, 2, 3.
- Jerusalem, Temple of, 19, 23.
- Jew’s harp, 102.
- Jinagovi, 52.
- Jobel, 25.
- Jones, Edward, quoted, 90.
- Junk, 53.
- Juruparis, 66.
- Kach’-hapi, 47.
- Kalmuks, trumpet of the, 80.
- Kane, 46.
- Kantele, 47, 88.
- Kei, 45.
- Kemángeh, 55.
- Ken, 42.
- Keras, 32.
- Keren, 24.
- Keyboards, instruments with, 120-125.
- Khorsabad, 16.
- Kinnor, 20.
- Kiōto, bell at, 46.
- Kithara, Asiatic, 27.
- ” Greek, 28, 29.
- K’iu (wood), 41.
- Ko-kiū, 44.
- Kosà, 130.
- Koto, 44.
- Kouyunjik, 16.
- Kratzenstein, 6.
- Krotala, 32.
- Ku, 41.
- Kuan-tzŭ, 42.
- K’uei, musician, 37.
- Kuitra, 56, 108.
- Kymbala, 32.
- Langspiel, 114.
- Laos, instruments of, 4, 42.
- Launedda, 36.
- Lay, T., quoted, 43.
- Lei-ku, 41.
- Leighton, Sir W., quoted, 130.
- Lidl, Anton, 115.
- Lionedda, 36.
- Lira di braccio, 101.
- Lituus, 35.
- Lombrive, 10.
- Lute, 104, 105, 116.
- ” Arab, 54.
- ” Hindu, 89.
- ” Japanese, 44.
- ” mediæval, 102.
- ” Moorish, 56.
- ” Tibetan, 43.
- Lute-makers, principal, 106, 116.
- Lutists, Arabian, 54, 55, 56.
- Lydians, Kithara of, 28.
- Lyra, German, 90.
- ” Greek, 28.
- ” Roman, 33.
- Lyre, 84.
- ” Assyrian, 18.
- ” Greek, 27 seq.
- ” Hebrew, 20.
- ” Roman, 33.
- Mace, Thomas, quoted, 104, 105, 119.
- Machalath, 22, 25, 26.
- Machol, 26.
- Magadis, 27, 30, 52.
- Magoudi, 52.
- Magrepha, 23, 24.
- Mam, 13.
- Mandoline, 107, 108.
- Mandora, 108.
- Mandorina, 108.
- Marimba, 82.
- Martin, instrument-maker, 118.
- Mattheson, quoted, 105.
- Melozzo da Forlì, painting by, 97.
- Melrose Abbey, sculpture at, 97.
- Melville, Sir James, quoted, 120.
- Menaaneim, 25.
- Metzilloth, 25.
- Metzilthaim, 25.
- Mexican instruments, 59, 80 seq.
- Miao-tsze, 43.
- Middle Ages, instruments of the, 83.
- Minnim, 22, 23.
- Miriam, 25.
- Mishrokitha, 23.
- Monaulos, 31.
- Monochord, 31, 92.
- Moorish instruments, 56, 108.
- Mosul, bas-relief from, 16.
- Mozart, 107.
- Munich Museum, vase in, 28.
- Music, ancient books on, 48, 84.
- ” supposed origin of, 47.
- Nabla, 30.
- Nablas, 27.
- Nablia, 34.
- Nablum, 86, 100.
- Naker, 56.
- Naḳḳárah, 56.
- Nakrys, 56.
- Nara, bell near, 46.
- Nebuchadnezzar, 18.
- Nechiloth, 25, 26.
- Nefer, 12.
- Nekeb, 23.
- Nevel, 19, 22, 30.
- New Guinea, instruments of, 2.
- New Zealand, instruments of, 2.
- “Nibelungenlied,” The, 90.
- Nimroud, 16, 18.
- Nineveh, 16.
- Nootka Sound, instrument of, 2.
- Norwegian instruments, 113.
- Nuy, 55.
- Oboe da caccia, 127.
- ” d’amore, 127.
- ” Hindu, 79.
- ” lungo, 127.
- ” Persian, 55.
- ” piccolo, 127.
- Ocarina, Chinese, 42.
- Octave, Arabian, 54.
- ” Chinese, 39.
- Octavina (Ottavino), 120.
- Oliphant, 94.
- Organ, Burmese, 42.
- ” Chinese, 42.
- ” English, 129.
- ” French, 129.
- ” Gamba stop in, 115.
- ” German, 129.
- ” Hebrew, 24.
- ” hydraulic, 32.
- ” pneumatic, 94.
- ” portative, 129, 130.
- ” positive, 129.
- ” Siamese, 42.
- Organ-builders, German, 129.
- Organ-harpsichord, 124.
- Organistrum, 92, 99, 101.
- Orchestras, mediæval, 99.
- Orpheus, Chinese, 37.
- Ottavino, or Octavina, 120.
- Ovalle, Alonso de, quoted, 62.
- P’ai-hsiao, 42.
- Palenque, instruments from, 62.
- Pandean pipes, 23, 31, 35, 42, 53, 80.
- Pandoura, 30.
- Pandurina, 108.
- Pasquali, Signor, 117.
- Passerini, Signor, 117.
- Pedal, invention of, 96.
- ” in harpsichord, 124.
- Pektis, 30.
- Pepys, quoted, 120, 126.
- Persian instruments, 3, 48, 52 seq.
- Peruvian instruments, 58, 59.
- Peruvians, songs of the, 80, 81.
- Phaamon, 25.
- Phœnicians, 36.
- Phorbeia, 34.
- Phorminx, 28, 29.
- Pianoforte, 123, 125, 134.
- Piao, 39.
- Pien-ch’ing, 38, 39.
- Pien-chung, 39.
- Piffero pastorale, 127.
- Pincullu, 62.
- P’i-p’a, 43, 44.
- Pipe of the Aztecs, 60.
- ” Berecynthian, 27.
- ” Carian, 28.
- ” of Chiriqui Indians, 60, 79.
- ” Egyptian, 12.
- ” Greek, 31.
- ” Hebrew, 23.
- ” Japanese, 45.
- ” Mexican, 58 seq.
- ” Peruvian, 58 seq.
- ” Phrygian, 27.
- Pitch of Chinese instruments, 39.
- ” the oboe, 127.
- ” the ottavino, 120.
- ” whistle sounds, 59.
- Pito, 60.
- Plectrum, 30, 40, 44, 45, 109, 110.
- Plektron, see Plectrum.
- Po-fu, 41.
- Poitiers, 10.
- Post-mediæval instruments, 104 seq.
- Pottery, instruments of, 58 seq.
- Prætorius, quoted, 111.
- Pre-historic relics, 9.
- Psalms, musical directions in, 26.
- Psalterion, 20.
- Psalterium, 33, 85, 86.
- Psaltery, 102, 116, 117.
- Psanterin, 20.
- Pungi, 52, 93.
- Quanūn, 54, 55.
- Quartfagott, 128.
- Quills for twanging strings, 107, 109, 119.
- Quills in virginal, 120.
- Quinterna, 109.
- Quintfagott, 128.
- Quyvi, 62.
- Rabôb, 55, 56.
- Ranking, J., quoted, 75.
- Rattles, 80.
- ” American Indian, 72, 82.
- ” Indian, 2.
- Ravanastra, 50.
- Rebec, 56, 102, 113.
- Rébek, 90.
- Recorder, 125.
- Regal, or regals, 96, 102, 129.
- Rigabello, 130.
- Rin, 46.
- Roman instruments, 32 seq.
- Rote, 88.
- Rotta, 88, 89.
- Sârangi, 50.
- Sackbut, 94, 102.
- Sainprae, Jaques, 115.
- Salpinx, 32.
- Salterio, 102.
- Sambuca, 34, 94.
- Sambyke, 27, 30.
- Samisen, 44.
- Sang, 43.
- San-hsien, 44.
- Sankha, 47.
- Santiago de Compostella, sculpture at, 101.
- Santir, 6, 20, 55.
- Sardinia, 36.
- Sârinda, 50.
- Scabellum, 35.
- Scale, Chinese, 37, 39.
- ” diatonic, 132.
- ” pentatonic, 42, 79.
- Scandinavian harp, 87.
- Schalmei, 127.
- Scheitholz, 118, 119.
- Schnitzer, instrument maker, 128.
- Sê, 43.
- Sebȧ, 12.
- Serinette, 129.
- Serpent, 128.
- Seshesh, 15.
- Shakespeare, quoted, 114.
- Shakuhachi, 45.
- Shalisbim, 25.
- Shalm, or shawm, 102, 103, 127.
- Shehna, 79.
- Shêng, 42, 43, 45.
- Shime-daiko, 45.
- Shō, 45.
- Shophar, 24.
- Shwan-che, 43.
- Siam, instruments used in, 3, 4, 42.
- Simikon, 30.
- Sistrum, Egyptian, 14, 98.
- ” Hebrew, 25.
- ” Roman, 36.
- Sitar, 110.
- Sitâra, 55.
- Solomon, 19.
- Sordino, 118.
- Spain, Arabs in, 36, 56.
- Spanish instruments, 36, 110.
- Spinet, 121.
- Stones, sonorous, 39, 73.
- Stops of the clavicembalo, 123.
- Stop in organ-harpsichord, 124.
- Strabo, quoted, 27.
- Stradivarius, 118.
- Strings, catgut, 1, 30, 108-110, 115.
- Strings, silk, 1, 43, 44, 54, 109.
- Strings, sympathetic, 115, 116.
- ” wire, 55, 108-110, 115-117, 120, 121.
- Sultana, 116.
- Sumphonia, 23.
- Sung-ch’ing, 39.
- Surnai, 55.
- Suroda, 88, 89.
- Syrinx, Greek, 31.
- ” Hebrew, 23.
- ” mediæval, 94, 99.
- ” Peruvian, 63.
- ” Roman, 35.
- Tabret, 24.
- Taiko, 45.
- Talmud, The, 23.
- Tamboura, Arabian, 54.
- ” Egyptian, 27.
- ” Hebrew, 22.
- Tambourine, Assyrian, 18.
- ” Egyptian, 14.
- ” Hebrew, 24.
- ” Peruvian, 72.
- ” Roman, 35.
- Tangents in the clavichord, 121.
- T’ê-ch’ing, 39.
- T’ê-chung, 39, 40.
- Tenor (violin), 113.
- Tenor-bassoon, 128.
- Tenor-viol, 119.
- Teponaztli, 70, 80.
- Testudo, 33.
- Tezcucans, instruments of the, 73.
- Thebes, 11, 12, 14.
- Theorbo, 101, 104, 105.
- Ti, 42.
- Tibetan instruments, 43, 80.
- Tibia, 34.
- ” curva, 34.
- ” dextra, 34.
- ” gingrina, 34.
- ” ligula, 34.
- ” longa, 34.
- ” obliqua, 34.
- ” sinistra, 34.
- ” utricularis, 34.
- ” vasca, 35.
- Tibiæ impares, 34.
- ” pares, 34.
- Timbrel, 24, 102.
- Timotheus, flutist, 57.
- Tintinnabula, 36.
- Tintinnabulum, 100.
- Tinya, 75.
- Titus, arch of, 24.
- Tone of instruments, 112, 113.
- Toph, 24, 25.
- Toumrie, 52.
- Treble-viol, 119.
- Triangle, Hebrew, 25.
- Triangle, Roman, 36.
- Triangulum, 36.
- Trigonon, 17, 28, 30, 53.
- Trigonum, 34.
- Triple Flageolet, 126.
- Trombone, 94.
- Trumpets of South American Indians, 65.
- Trumpets, Anglo-Saxon, 94.
- ” Ashantee, 2.
- ” Assyrian, 18.
- ” of the Caroados, 67.
- ” Egyptian, 14.
- ” Greek, 32.
- ” Hebrew, 24 seq.
- ” Hindu, 47, 79.
- ” of the Kalmuks, 80.
- ” Mexican, 80.
- ” New Zealand, 2.
- ” Persian, 53.
- ” Thibetan, 80.
- Tschenk (Chang), 53.
- Tsu-ku, 41.
- Tsudzumi, 45.
- Tsuri-gane, 46.
- Tuba, 35.
- Tuckey, Captain, 2.
- Turé, 67, 79.
- “Tuner of the Regals,” 130.
- Tuning of the spinet, 121.
- Tympanon, 32.
- Tympanum, 35.
- Tyrolean harp-makers, 112.
- Tzeltzelim, 25.
- Ventura, Signor, 110.
- Vielle, 101.
- Vihuela, 102, 110.
- Vina, 46, 47, 49.
- ” mahati, 49.
- ” rudra, 49.
- Vinavah, 51.
- Viol, mediæval, 99, 100.
- ” post-mediæval, 113, 119.
- ” Spanish, 102, 118.
- Viola da gamba, 114, 115.
- ” d’amore, 116.
- ” di bardone, 115.
- Violin, 91, 113, 114, 116.
- ” Japanese, 44.
- ” Persian, 55.
- Violoncello, 114, 115.
- Virginal, 119-121, 130.