Figures in italics indicate major references

A

Abel, Carl Friedrich, II. 62;
influence on Mozart, II. 102.
Abert, Joseph, III. 212, 257.
Ábrányi, E., III. 199.
Abt, Franz, III. 19.
Academicism, I. lx.
Académie de Musique. See Paris Opéra.
Academies. See Verona and Bologna.
Accidentals (origin of), I. 156.
Accompagnato. See Recitative (accompanied).
Accompanied recitative. See Recitative.
Accompaniment, I. xx, lii;
(instrumental, in polyphonic period), I. 246;
(in early vocal solos), I. 262;
(in madrigals), I. 281;
(in early Italian recitative), I. 332;
(17th cent.), I. 353f;
(in early Italian opera), I. 332f, 342f, 380ff;
(in early oratorio), I. 386;
(in early German opera), I. 424;
(in Händel oratorio), I. 439;
(in sacred music, 18 cent.), I. 453;
(Bach), I. 466, 470;
(in passion music), I. 480f;
(in Wolf's songs), III. 261f;
(in Strauss' songs), III. 266.
Acoustics, I. 105ff.
Adam, Adolphe-Charles, II. 211f.
Adam de la Halle (or Hâle), I. 211, 213.
Adams, Stephen. See Maybrick, M.
Addison, Joseph, on Italian opera, I. 431.
Æolian mode, I. 137.
Æolian school (of Greek composition), I. 115.
Æschylus, I. 120, 329;
III. 149.
Africa, primitive music in, I. 27ff.
Agathon, and early church music, I. 147.
Agazzari, I. 379.
Agostini, Muzio, III. 394.
[d']Agoult, Countess, II. 250.
Agricola, II. 31.
Aimara Indians, I. 45.
Akerberg, Erik, III. 85.
Akimenko, Feodor, III. 160.
Albéniz, Isaac, III. 362f, 404, 405f.
[d']Albert, III. viii, 243, 244, 268.
Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, I. 307ff.
Alberti, Domenico, II. 55, 56.
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg, II. 63, 138.
Alfano, Franco, III. 389, 390.
Alfvén, III. 69, 75, 84.
Alkaios, I. 115.
Allan, Maud, III. 321.
Allegro (cantabile form of), II. 8.
Alleluia, the Hebrew, I. 149.
Allemande, I. 371f, 375.
Allitsen, Frances, III. 443.
Alpheraky, A., III. 136.
Amalarius, I. 137f.
Amani, A., III. 145.
Amati family, I. 362.
Ambros, A. W., quoted (on early Italian music), I. 263;
(on the frottola and madrigal), I. 271ff;
(on early church music), I. 315.
Ambrosian hymns, I. 135ff, 142f.
America (Tschaikowsky quoted on), III. 56;
(conditions in, for composers, compared to England), III. 435.
Amphion, I. 93f, 111.
Anakreon, I. 115f.
Ancient Civilized Nations, music of, I. 64ff.
Andamanese Islanders, I. 8, 41.
Anders, G. E., II. 405.
Andersen, Hans Christian, III. 71, 74.
Anerio, Felice and Giovanni, I. 321.
Anglican Church, III. 410.
Animal cries, I. 2, 6.
[d']Annunzio, Gabriele, III. 381, 389.
Anschütz, Carl, II. 134.
Anthem, English, I. 295, 390, 433.
Antiphonal psalmody, I. 142f.
Antiphonarium Romanum, I. 148.
Antiphons, I. 140.
Antiphony (in Greek music), I. 161.
Apel (author of 'Ghost Tales'), II. 374f.
Apollo, I. 122.
Appenzelder, Benedictus, I. 297.
Arabs (music of), I. 43, 52, 55, 63.
Arcadelt, Jacques, I. 273f, 305.
Arcadians, I. 95.
Archaism, intentional in modern music, III. 331, 334, 337.
Archangelsky, A. A., III. 143.
Archilei, Vittoria, I. 342.
Archilochos (Greek poet), I. 114f.
Architecture and music in 18th cent., II. 60.
Arensky, Anton Stephanovich, III. 28, 143, 146ff.
[d']Arezzo, Guido. See Guido d'Arezzo.
Aria, I. liv;
(in early Italian opera), I. 341, 381f, 385, 393f, 428;
II. 3, 16;
(in church music), I. 453;
(Bach), I. 476, 480, 491;
(Mozart), II. 179.
Aria form, I. 1;
(in the sonata), II. 54;
(Beethoven's use in song), II. 278.
See also Da capo.
Arion, I. 118.
Arioso, II. 26, 431.
See also Recitative.
Ariosti (Attilio) and Händel, I. 435.
Ariosto, I. 328;
II. 27.
Aristides Quintilianus, compiler of musical tables, I. 91.
Aristotle, I. 89, 97.
Aristoxenus, I. 99, 110.
Arius, I. 141.
[d']Arneiro, III. 408.
Arnaud, Abbé, on Italian opera, II. 179.
Arnold, Matthew, quoted, III. 238.
Arnould, Sophie, II. 33.
Ars nova, I. 228ff, 257, 262ff.
Arts (plastic) and music, I. 64, 66;
(in Ital. Renaissance), I. 267f.
'Art and Revolution,' essay by Wagner, II. 415.
Art-song, the (before Schubert), II. 30, 269ff, 278;
(Schubert), II. 279ff;
(Schumann), II. 280ff;
(other romanticists), II. 289ff;
(Brahms), II. 465;
III. 259;
(modern development), I. lviii;
III. xiv;
(minor Romantics), III. 18ff, 24;
(Russians), III. 47, 51, 106, 119, 153, 154;
(Scandinavians), III. 79, 87, 89, 95, 99;
(Bohemians), III. 178;
(modern Germans), III. 257ff;
(Wolf), III. 259ff;
(modern French), III. 292f, 309, 311, 328f;
(modern Italian), III. 298ff;
(English), III. 442.
'Art Work of the Future' (The), essay by Wagner, II. 415.
Arteaga, on Stamitz, II. 67.
Artificial sopranos, I. 426;
II. 10, 21, 26, 29.
Artusi, Giovanni Maria, on Monteverdi, I. 337f.
Ashantees, I. 29f.
Asia. See Oriental music.
Asor (Assyrian instrument), I. 65f, 78.
Assyria, I. 65ff;
II. 79, 83ff.
Attaignant, Pierre, I. 286.
Atmospheric school, III. 317ff.
Aubade, I. 207, 218.
Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit, II. 210;
III. 278;
influence on Meyerbeer, II. 20.
Aubert, Louis, III. 363.
Auer (violinist), III. 148.
Augustus the Strong, II. 6, 12, 78.
Aulin, Tor, III. 85.
Aulos (Greek wind-instrument), I. 121ff.
Aurelian, on early church music, I. 145.
Australian aborigines, I. 7, 12;
(dance of), I. 18.
Austrian National Hymn, II. 91.
[d']Auvergne, Peire, I. 211.
Aztecs, music of, I. 44f, 52, 53, 55f.

B

Babylonians (ancient), I. 64ff, 73, 83.
Bach, August Wilhelm, III. 16, 95.
Bach, Bernard, I. 461.
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, I. x, 471, 486;
II. 46, 56, 58ff, 139.
Bach, Johann Christian, II. 61f;
(influence on Mozart), II. 102.
Bach, Johann Christoph (uncle of J. S. Bach), I. 455.
Bach, Johann Christoph (brother of J. S. Bach), I. 456.
Bach, Johann Michael, I. 455.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, I. ix, 1, lii, 353, 416, 419, 449-491;
III. vii, 2;
(compared with Händel), I. 419f, 445;
(his use of the ternary form), II. 56;
(in rel. to the song), II. 273;
(modern influence), III. 231, 235, 281.
Bach Society, II. 60.
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, I. 461, 468, 471, 483f;
II. 60f;
III. vii.
Backer-Grondahl, Agathe, III. 99.
Baini (Abbate), quoted, I. 253.
Baker, Theodore (quoted), I. 37.
Balakireff, III. xii, xiv, xvi, 107f, 109ff, 128, 319;
(and Tchaikovsky), III. 111 (footnote);
(and Rimsky-Korsakoff), III. 124;
(influence), III. 138.
Ballad opera, English, II. 9.
See Beggar's Opera.
Ballard family, I. 287.
Ballata, I. 264.
Ballet (early Italian intermedii), I. 327;
(in early Italian opera), I. 336, 382;
(in French and Italian opera), I. 384f;
(source of French opera), I. 402ff;
(Noverre's reforms), II. 13;
(in 19th-century French opera), II. 389ff;
(in modern music), III. 162f, 321, 343, 360, 364.
Ballet-comique de la royne, II. 401ff.
Baltasarini, I. 401ff.
Bamboo drums, I. 16f.
Banchieri, Adriano, I. 279f, 281.
Bantock, Granville, III. x, xi, xiv, xix, 422, 424, 425.
Barbier (librettist), II. 205, 241.
Barbieri, Mario, III. 340.
Bardi, Giovanni, I. 329ff.
Barcelona, III. 404f.
Barezzi, Margarita, II. 482.
Barezzi, patron of Verdi, II. 48.
Bargiel, Woldemar, III. 14.
Barnett, J. F., III. 91.
Barrie, J. M., III. 432.
Barry, Mme. du, II. 33.
Bartók, Béla, III. xxi, 198.
Bass. See Figured bass; Ground-bass.
Bass clarinet, II. 341.
Bass drum, II. 342.
Bass voice, Russian, III. 144.
Bassano, I. 327f.
Basso continuo. See Figured bass.
Basso ostinato. See Ground-bass.
Bassoon, II. 340, 341, 343.
Bastille (capture of), II. 213.
Batteaux, on relation of arts, II. 24.
'Battle of the Huns,' II. 367.
'Battle of Vittoria,' II. 352.
Batten, Robert, III. 443.
Baudelaire, II. 418;
III. 293.
Bayreuth, II. 423.
Bax, A. E. T., III. 441.
Bazzini, II. 503 (footnote).
Beaujoyeulx, Baltasar de, I. 401ff.
Beaulieu (Sieur de), I. 401ff.
Beaumarchais, II. 182.
Beccari, I. 328.
Becker, Albert, III. 212.
Becker, Dietrich, I. 373.
Bedouins, I. 28.
Beecham, Godfrey Thomas, III. 422, 424, 443.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, I. xv, li, lix, lv, lvi, lviii, 471, 478, 487;
II. 54f, 115, 128ff, 227, 228f, 443, 444, 445;
III. xi, 2, 95, 201, 202, 230, 282;
(influence of), III. 230, 281;
(influence on Wagner and Brahms), III. 207.
'Beggar's Opera,' II. 8.
Behrens, Johann D., III. 88.
Belgian school, rise of, I. 234ff.
Bell, W. H., III. 441.
Bellini, Vincenzo, II. 195f.
Belloc, Teresa, II. 185.
Bells, Assyrian, I. 67.
Benda, Franz, II. 7, 58.
Benda, Georg, II. 58, 168;
III. 168.
Bendix, Victor, III. 76.
Bendl, Karl, III. 180.
Benelli (manager of King's Theatre, London), II. 184.
Bennett, W. Sterndale, II. 263 (footnote), 322, 348f;
III. 414.
Bentwa (primitive instrument), I. 31f.
Berger, Wilhelm, III. 209, 211.
Berlin (Frederick the Great and his composers), II. 58, 78;
(Spontini), II. 198;
(Meyerbeer), II. 203;
(Mendelssohn), II. 261.
Berlin circle (19th cent.), III. 15f.
Berlin Conservatory, III. 15.
Berlin Domchor, III. 15.
Berlin Hochschule für Musik, III. 15.
Berlin Neue Akademie für Tonkunst, III. 15.
Berlin school (18th cent.), II. 51, 57f.
Berlin Singakademie, III. 15.
Berlioz, Hector, I. xvii;
II. 253ff, 348, 352ff, 382ff;
III. vii, x, xii, 2, 69, 204, 278, 282, 323;
quoted (on Chinese music), I. 48;
on Gluck, II. 29;
on French Revolution, 241.
Berselli (opera singer), I. 434.
Berwald, Franz, III. 78.
Bezzi, Giuseppe, III. 383.
Bianchi, Renzo, III. 383.
Bianchini, Guido, III. 400.
Bible, cited (on Assyrian music), I. 68;
(on musical instruments), I. 70ff.
'Biblical Sonatas' (Kuhnau), I. 416.
Bie, Oskar, quoted, on opera at Stuttgart, II. 13;
on Gluck, II. 17;
on Kreisleriana, II. 308ff;
on Viennese dilettante music, II. 312f;
on effect of Paganini on Liszt, II. 324.
Bihari, III. 188.
Billroth, [Dr.] Theodor, II. 455.
Binary form, I. xxi-f;
II. 55f.
Binchois, Giles, I. 244.
Birds, song of, I. 2, 6, 8.
Bis, Hippolyte (librettist), II. 188.
Bizet, Georges, II. 53, 390ff;
III. 7, 278, 283.
Björnsen, III. 87, 89.
Blaramberg, Paul Ivanovich, III. 135f.
Blech, Leo, III. 249.
Bleichmann, J. I., III. 155.
Bloch, J., III. 196.
Blodek, Wilhelm, III. 180.
Blumenfeld, F., III. 145.
Boccherini, Luigi, II. 67, 68f, 97, 70;
III. 386;
influence on Mozart, II. 114.
Böcklin, Arnold, III. 152.
Boethius, I. 151.
Bohemia, III. 165;
(political aspects), III. 168.

Bohemian school (modern), III. xv, 166ff.
Bohemianism, III. 349.
Böhm, Georg, I. 451, 457.
Boieldieu, François-Adrien, II. 209;
III. 278.
Boïto, Arrigo, III. 93, 368f;
Wagner assisted in Italy by, II. 440;
friend of Verdi, II. 478;
librettist for Verdi, II. 493, 500ff;
Mefistofele prod. by, II. 503.
Bologna, Philharmonic Academy of, II. 103.
Bonaparte, Jérome, II. 132.
Bonaparte, Napoléon. See Napoléon.
Bononcini, Giovanni Battista, I. 421, 434ff.
Borchmann, A. von, III. 155.
Bordes, Charles, III. 313.
Bordoni, Faustina. See Hasse.
Born, Bertrand de, I. 211.
Borodine, Alexander, III. ix, xi, xiv, xvi, 38, 107, 109, 112ff, 319;
and Liszt, III. 112;
and Moussorgsky, III. 118;
(influence), III. 145.
Börreson, Hakon, III. 76.
Borsdorf, Oskar, III. 441.
Bortniansky, III. 107, 143.
Bossi, Marco Enrico, III. 397.
Boucheron, Raimondo, II. 503 (footnote).
Bouffes Parisiens, II. 393.
Bourgeois, Loys, I. 294.
Bourrée, I. 373.
Bowdich, T. A., quoted, I. 31, 32.
Bowen, York, III. 441.
Bowing, style of, in early violin music, I. 369.
Bradsky, Menzel, Theodore, III. 180.
Braganza, Duke of, II. 30.
Brahms, Johannes, I. lvii, 478;
II. 230, 437, 443-469;
III. x, xii, xiii, 4, 69, 148, 201f, 203, 206f, 222, 258, 413;
(influence), III. 183, 184, 196, 231, 234, 245;
(influence in Italy), III. 387, 395;
(and Bruckner), III. 220f;
(as song writer, compared to Wolf), III. 263f.
Brass instruments, perfection of, II. 117, 340.
Braun, Baron von, II. 161.
Breitkopf and Härtel (music publishers), II. 139, 146, 147;
III. 11.
Brentano, Bettina, II. 139f, 145.
Breton folk-songs, use of, by Ropartz, III. 314.
Breuning, Stephan von, II. 133, 139, 142, 144.
Briard, Étienne, and music printing, I. 286.
Bridge, Frederick, III. 421, 422.
British folk-song. See Folk-song.
Broadwood (pianoforte maker), II. 163.
Brockes, B. H., I. 425, 433, 480.
Brogi, Renato, III. 383.
Bronsart, Hans von, III. 237.
Bronsart, Ingeborg von, III. 237.
Bruch, Max, III. xii, 93, 207f.
Bruckner, Anton, II. 438;
III. viii, x, xiii, 201f, 219ff, 227;
influence of, III. 230.
Brüll, Ignaz, III. 256.
Bruneau, Alfred, III. viii, ix, 342ff.
Brunswick, Countess von, II. 145.
Bücher, Karl, cited, I. 6, 96, 195.
Buck, Percy C., III. 429.
Budapest, III. 191.
Bull, John, I. 306.
Bull, Ole, III. 87, 91.
Bülow, Cosima von. See Wagner, Cosima, II. 422.
Bülow, Hans von, III. 18, 23, 235;
and Wagner, II. 422;
and Brahms, II. 455;
on Verdi's 'Requiem,' II. 498.
Bulwer-Lytton (Wagner's adaptation of Rienzi), II. 406.
Bungert, August, III. viii, 240, 268.
Bürger, II. 223.
Burma, music in, I. 62.
Burney, Charles, quoted, I. 84f;
on 17th century opera, I. 377;
on madrigal by Festa, I. 276;
on relation of music to poetry, II. 27;
on Viennese musical supremacy, II. 50;
on Stamitz, II. 64, 67;
travels of, II. 76 (footnote);
description of Vienna, II. 80ff;
and Haydn, II. 89.
Burton, Frederick R., cited, I. 39.
Bushmen (Australian), dance of, I. 18.
Busnois, Antoine, I. 244, 245.
Busoni, Ferrucio, III. xxi, 275.
Busser, III. 363.
Bussine, Romain, III. 284.
Bustini, Alessandro, III. 383.
Buttykay, A., III. 199.
Buva (Japanese lute), I. 53.
Buxtehude, Dietrich, I. 361, 451, 458, 471, 476.
Buzzola, Antonio, II. 503 (footnote).
Byrd, William, I. 305ff.
Byron, II. 155, 316.
Byzantine influence, I. 143, 146.