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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
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 ·
II
CHAPTER II.
Instruments Mentioned by Shakespeare - “Consorts ” — Fifes
– Viols — The Recorders — The Bagpipe .
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CHAPTER III.
Instraments, continued 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 . 37
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
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 ·
96
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
119
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 .
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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
toms
CHAPTER X.
Bacchanalian Music, continued - A Scottish Melody Used by
Shakespeare — Table-music in Elizabethan Days — Refrains
of Catches and Ballads — Hunt's-ups - Serenades — Morn.
ing Songs
199
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
298
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
.
316
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
330