PART IV
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Chap. X. The Early Musical Drama.
74. General Survey.
75. The Mediæval Plays.
76. Musical Experiments.
77. Monteverdi.
78. The Intermezzi.
79. Cavalli, Carissimi and Cesti.
80. The Early Operas as Dramas.
81. The Earlier Venetian Opera-Writers.
82. The Early Oratorio.
Chap. XI. The Expansion of Dramatic Music.
83. In General.
84. The French Ballet.
85. Cambert and Lully.
86. The German Singspiel.
87. The Opera in Germany.
88. The English Masque.
89. Purcell.
90. Venetian Opera-Writers after 1670.
91. The Opera at Rome and Naples.
Chap. XII. Progress in Church Music.
92. In General.
93 The Roman School.
94. Venetian Church Composers.
95. In Germany.
96. Schütz and the Oratorio Style.
97. The Bach Family.
98. In France, Spain and Portugal.
99. In England.
Chap. XIII. The Organ Style.
100. The Rising Importance of Instruments.
101. The Keyboard.
102. The Organ.
103. The Rise of the Organ Style.
104. Italian Organists.
105. The South German School.
106. The North German School.
107. The Thuringian School.
108. In Western Europe.
Chap. XIV. The Violin. Musical Literature.
109. Stringed Instruments in General.
110. The Genesis of the Violin.
111. The Great Violin-Makers.
112. Early Violin Music and Violinists.
113. Literature about Music.
114. Summary of the Century.
