INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Abyssinian Music 270
Æschylus 74
African Music 251
Amanieus, troubadour 334
Amaryllis 356
Ambrosian Chant 299
Ancestors, feasts of 186
Aristotle 57
Armenian Church 292
B
Bamboo Instruments 153
Banquet Music, Egyptian 17, 24
Banquet Music, Grecian 53, 57
Banquet Music, Japanese 213
Barbarians, Music of 229
Bards, ancient 323
Bardesanes 291
Bells 148
Bertrand du Born 336
Bœthius 308
Bongo Songs 267
Brahma, legend of 8
C
Caligula 99
Canadian, curious song 234
Canute 328
Caste of musicians, Chinese 131
Caste of musicians, Egyptian 18
Chant, Ambrosian 299
Chant, Gregorian 303
Charlemagne 308
Cheng 155
Chinese ceremonies 162
Chinese compositions 162
Chinese music 114
Chinese a musical language 160
Chinese music resembles Scotch 166
Chinese songs, earliest 115
Chinese songs 158
Chinese theatre and plays 176
Chinese whistle 149
Chorus, a terrible 74
Chorus, Greek 74
Christian, early customs 287
Christian, early music 283
Christian churches of Africa 293
Chun, Song of 121
Clavichord in China 137
Confucius 124
Conservatories in ancient Egypt 25
Coptic Hymns 294
Crusaders’ songs 349
Cuzzoni 358, 360
D
Dances, Australian 234
Dances, Bushmen 256
Dances, Chinese 176
Dances, Egyptian 21
Dances, Fiji Islands 248
Dances, Grecian 79
Dances, Roman 97
Dances, Savage 234, 277
Dances, Tasmanian 238
Dances, War 241
Destruction of musical instruments 133
Dictionary of Impoliteness 363
Drums, African 265
Drums, Chinese 143
Drums, used to mark the hour 144
Drums, Javanese 243
Drums, water 256
E
Egyptian music 15
Egyptian Muses 16
Egyptian banquets 17
English Bards 327
Essenhamens 334
European music in China 135
F
Female musicians, Chinese 129
Female musicians, Greek 51
Female musicians, Troubadours 341
Festivals, Chinese 170
Festivals, Theban 21
Fiddle, Chinese 156
Fiji Islanders, Music 248
Flute, Chinese 139
Flute, Egyptian 23
Flute, Grecian 41, 42, 43, 59
Flute, Kaffir 255
Flute, Roman 86
Flute, Prehistoric 232
Flute-playing at Grecian Games 41
Foang-hoang 116
Fo Hi, the Chinese Noah 116
Folk Songs 350
Funeral music, Chinese 173
Funeral music, Egyptian 19
Funeral music, Japanese 207
Funeral music, Roman 88
G
Games of Greece 35
Goura—African Instrument 257
Greek Church, music of 288
Greek music, ancient 35
Greek Hymns 35
Greek Scale 36, 55
Gregorian Chant 303
Gregorian Chant in France 310
Guido d’Arezzo 318
Guitar, African 263
Guitar, Hindoo 14
H
Handel 360
Harmony, Egyptian 19
Harps, African 255
Harps, Egyptian 23
Harps, Hebrew 26
Hebrew music 26
Hebrew music, resemblance to Negro 33
Hermes, Egyptian god 15
Hindoo music 8
Hissing, when first began 357
Hucbald 315
Hymns, Christian, ancient 281, 294
Hymn, Chinese 164
Hymn, Greek 35
I
Instruments, African 257, 259
Instruments, Chinese 142
Instruments, East Indian 13
Instruments, Egyptian 24
Instruments, Greek 59
Instruments, Hebrew 29
Instruments, Hindoo 13
Instruments, Japanese 202
Instruments, Kaffir 255
Instruments, Roman 89
Irish Bards 325
Irova, Japanese 204
J
Japanese music 201
Jews, music of modern 27
Jewsharps in Africa 258
Jongleurs 331
Julian, reforms of Emperor 100
K
Kaffir songs 251
Kin, Chinese 150
King, Chinese instrument 147
Kithara, Greek instrument 57
L
Laborers’ songs, Egyptian 18
Lamia 61
Laws relative to music, Egyptian 20
Legends of music, Chinese 116, 119
Legends of music, Egyptian 15
Legends of music, Hindoo 8
Legends of music, Japanese 215
Legends of music, Javanese 244
Louis Xiii. 355
Louis Xiv. 357
M
Malay music 243
Meistersingers 349
Melody, Hindoo 12
Melody, an old 348
Meyerbeer 361
Military music, African 262
Military music, Chinese 131, 169
Military music, Greek 47, 60
Military music, Japanese 219
Minnesingers 329, 341
Mode, Ambrosian 301
Mode, Gregorian 365
Musical Buildings 44
Musical course Roman 86
Music as a means of inspiring fear 276
Music boxes in Africa 269
Music boxes, Chinese 175
N
Nero, musical history of 101
Neumes 313
New Zealand, Harmony in 233
New Zealand songs 240
Nose-flutes 248
Notation 313, 316, 317, 321
Nyam-Nyams, Music of 258
O
Olympic Games 39
Opera 352
Orchestra, an old 354
Organ, ancient Rome 89
Organ, Chinese 155
Organ, Hebrew 28, 30
P
Pantomimes, Chinese 195
Pantomimes, Roman 97
Pantomimes, Javanese 243
Persecution of musicians 126
Philosophers and music 53
Pindar 65
Pianoforte in Japan 227
Poems of the Troubadours 338
Power of Music 9, 10
Power of Music in Africa 274
Processional music, Egyptian 22
Processional music, Japanese 218
Processional music, Roman 92
Processional music, Savage 263
Provençal songs 330
Psaltery 30
Ptolemy 62
Pythagoras 53
Pythian Games 41
Q
Quarrel between choirs 311
Quarrel between singers 358
R
Ragas, Hindoo 9
Religious music, Abyssinian 269
Religious music, Chinese 162
Religious music, Christian 280
Religious music, Greek 35
Religious music, Hebrew 26
Religious music, Japanese 205
Religious music, Roman 86
Rhythm, Egyptian 20
Rhythm of savage nations 229
Riquier, Guirant 332
“Robert,” accident at first performance 361
Roman, ancient music 85
Roman Empire, music of 99
Rossini 360
Royal dancers 193
Royal musicians 99, 100, 102, 115, 332, 355
S
Salaries, ancient Greece 61
Salaries, Chinese 187
Salaries, Nero 105
Sappho 61
Savage music 229
Scale, Chinese 167
Scale, East Indian 11
Scale, Grecian 36, 55
Scale, Hindoo 11
Scale, Japanese 201
Scale, modern 320
Scale, Religious, Greek 289
Schofer, Hebrew horn 27
Schools of music, Egypt 25
Schools of music, Rome 86, 100
“Selah!” meaning of 31
Signals, musical Chinese 123, 173
Simonides 63
Sistrum 22
Skolion 57
Societies, or Guilds of Musicians, Roman 87
Songs, Chinese 158
Stesi-chorus 49
Stones, musical 145
Stringed instruments 149
Syrian Church 290
T
Tales of the Minnesingers 346
Terpander 45
Theatre, Chinese 176
Theatre, Greek 67
Theatre, Japanese 219
Theatre, Javanese 245
Theatre, Roman 95
Timbrel 30
Time marked by bells 120
Time marked by drums 120
Tone-picture, Grecian 59
Treatises on music, Chinese 135
Triumphs, Roman 92
Triumphal Odes, Greece 62
Trumpeter, a great 40
Trumpets, African 261, 265
Trumpets, Chinese 120, 157
Trumpets, pre-historic 231
Trumpets, Russian 157
Troubadours 329
V
Vina, Indian instrument 13
Violin, Hindoo 13
Volkslied 350
W
Wagner 362
War Song 284
Watch Song 344
Welsh Bards 324
“William Tell,” an error in 361
Wood instruments of China 151
Y
Yu, Chinese musician 132

Transcriber’s Notes