CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

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The Musical Side of the Poet His Versatility — The Orches-

tra in the Time of Shakespeare - Drayton's Description of

English Instruments - Bacon's Summary of Music in Eliza-

bethan Days - A Comparison of Bacon and Shakespeare in

Their Musical Allusions — A Contribution to the Baconian

Controversy - Concerted Music at the End of the Sixteenth

Century

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CHAPTER II.

Instruments Mentioned by Shakespeare “Consorts"

- Viols -- The Recorders - The Bagpipe

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CHAPTER III.

Instruments, continued — The Virginals

The Virginals - A Musical Error

The Sonnets -- Musical Mistakes of Great Authors -- Queen

Elizabeth and Her Virginal Playing - The Lute – Difficulty

of Tuning - Presents of Lute Strings -- The Organ

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CHAPTER IV.

The Musical Life of England in Shakespeare's Time - The

Great Contrapuntal Epoch -- Famous English Composers

Status of Musicians Shakespeare's Satirical Allusions to

Musicians — Brandt's “ Ship of Fooles ” - Musical Servants 56

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CHAPTER V.

Shakespeare's Technical Knowledge of Music “ Broken

Music – John Skelton's Diatribe - Time Keeping - Har-

mony Prized Above Mere Melody – The Eighth Sonnet

Similar Views of Browning - The Proper Wedding of Poetry

and Music - "The Passionate Pilgrim" Wagner and Her.

bert Spencer on the Union of the Two Arts .

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CHAPTER VI.

Musical Knowledge of Shakespeare, continued Surer in

Vocal than in Instrumental Work - Technical Vocal Terms

Setting” a Tune - Burdens — Division, Key, and Gamut

Plain-song

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CHAPTER VII.

The Dances of Shakespeare – Many Dances Sung - The

Dump- Other Dances -- England Fond of Lively Dances

The Morris-dance - Masques — These Preceded Operas

in England

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CHAPTER VIII.

Shakespeare's Æsthetic Appreciation of Music - Index to

Characters by Their Appreciation of Music - Famous Per-

sons Who Have Disliked Music — Shakespeare's Jests at

Music Balanced by His Tributes to the Art — Evening Music

The Music of the Sea ---- The Music of the Spheres. · ISI

CHAPTER IX.

The Bacchanalian Music of Shakespeare Early English

Drinking-songs - Skelton's Ale-song — Tavern Life and Cus-

Catches - Ancient Rounds “ Three-men's Songs ” 169

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CHAPTER X.

Bacchanalian Music, continued A Scottish Melody Used by

Shakespeare - Table-music in Elizabethan Days — Refrains

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Serenades - Morn-

of Catches and Ballads -- Hunt's-ups

ing Songs

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CHAPTER XI.

The Ballads of Shakespeare — Antiquity of English Ballads

Antique Examples — Ophelia's Ballads - The Pathology of

the Mad-scene-- Edgar's Music in “King Lear" Mad-

songs in This Epoch - Autolycus and His Ballads in

“ Winter's Tale" - Plots of Shakespearian Plays as Found

in Ballads -“Greensleeves," as Cited by Shakespeare 229

CHAPTER XII.

Shakespeare's Lyrics — The Lyric Poets of the Elizabethan

Epoch — Ben Jonson - Marlowe - Parodies of Other Poets

Doubtful Poems The Numerous Settings of Shake-

speare's Poems “ Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away”.

“Come Live with Me and Be My Love" - German Transla-

tions and German Musical Settings of Shakespeare Schu-

bert's “ Hark, Hark, the Lark' Purcell

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CHAPTER XIII.

Children as Singers --Shakespeare's Musical Stage-directions

The “Chorus" Musical Interludes - Music after Plays -

Final Jigs — Trumpet Signals -- Drums Bells Sennet

Pageants upon Stage - Historical Music

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CHAPTER XIV.

The Musical Influence of Shakespeare - Various kinds of

Music Inspired by Shakespeare's Plays — Influence on

Wagner Berlioz and his Shakespearian Subjects - Con-

clusion

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FRANCIS BACON
ARTIST PLAYING VIOL DA GAMBA

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STRADIVARIUS, KING OF VIOLIN - MAKERS
“ • LOCK UP MY DOORS : AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE

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DRUM'"

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GENTLEMAN PLAYING RECORDER
TITLE - PAGE OF “ PARTHENIA
GENTLEMAN PLAYING LUTE

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THE LUTE - PLAYER

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GUIDO OF AREZZO AND HIS PROTECTOR, BISHOP

THEODAL

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660, Now BE GONE: MORE LIGHT AND LIGHT IT

GROWS!" WILLIAM KEMPE.

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666 SOMETIMES A THOUSAND TWANGLING INSTRUMENTS

WILL HUM ABOUT MINE EARS' 666 SHALL I BID HIM GO AND SPARE Not?!" " Tell ME, WHERE IS FANCY BRED" «« FOR Bonny Sweet ROBIN IS ALL MY JOY ". A PICK-AXE AND A SPADE, A SPADE' HENRY PURCELL

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