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1Geschichte der Orgel und Orgelbaukunst, 1879-80; Dudley Buck's Lecture on The Influence of the Organ in History, 1882; M. Reiter's Die Orgel unserer Zeit, 1880, and An Explanation of the Organ Stops, by Carl Locher (translated by Agnes Schauenburg, 1888). A. G. Hill's Organ Cases and Organs of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, etc., 1883.
32. Pianoforte, etc.—J. Fischhof's Versuch einer Geschichte des Clavierbaues, 1853; H. W. von Gontershausen's Der Flügel, 1856; E. F. Rimbault's The Pianoforte, its Origin, Progress, and Construction, 1860; Chevalier Léon de Burbure's Recherches sur les Facteurs de Clavecins, etc., 1863; C. F. Weitzmann's Geschichte des Clavierspiels und der Clavierliteratur, 1863; E. Brinsmead's History of the Pianoforte, 1863-77; Oscar Paul's Geschichte des Claviers, 1868; Cesare Ponsicchi's Il Pianoforte, 1876; Ridley Prentice's History of Pianoforte Music, 1885; A. J. Hipkins's History of the Pianoforte, 1896; Dr. Oscar Bie's Das Klavier, English translation as A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players, by E. E. Kellett and E. W. Naylor, 1899; Luigi Alberto Villanis' L'Arte del Clavicembalo, 1901.
53. Glas-Harmonica.—C. F. Pohl's Geschichte der Glas-Harmonica, 1862.
7(c) INSTRUMENTS OF PERCUSSION.
81. Bells.—X. van Elewyck's Matthias van den Gheyn, etc., 1862; Angelo Rocca's De Campanis Commentarius, 1612; Alexis Vierstädt's *Dissertatio Historica de Campanis, etc.; J. B. Thiers's Traité des Cloches, 1702-21; Rev. A. Gatty's The Bell, 1848; T. Ellacombe's Church Bells of Devon, Somerset, etc., 1872-81; B. Lomax's Bells and Bell-ringers, 1879.
92. Cymbals.—F. A. Lampe's De Cymbalis Veterum, 1703-4.
103. Tambourine.—F. Vidal's Lou Tambourin (in Provençal), 1864.
12(d) STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.
131. Cithara.—J. G. Drechsler and C. Felmerius's De Cithara Davidica, 1670.
142. Lyre.—G. B. Doni's Lyra Barberina, with history of the Lyre, etc. (reprinted in 1762).
153. Guitar.—Egmont Schroen's Die Guitarre und ihre Geschichte, 1879.
164. Harp.—Aptommas's History of the Harp, 1859.
175. Lute.—E. G. Baron's Untersuchung des Instruments der Lauten, Nürnberg, 1727; A. Tolbecque's Quelques considérations sur la Lutherie, Paris, 1890.
186. Violins, etc.—The violin has been a favourite subject with musical writers of the 19th century, so that we can give the titles of a considerable number of writings on it and its congeners:—George Dubourg's The Violin … and its Composers, 1831-51; T. J. M. Forster's Epistolarium contain numerous historical notices of the violin (2 vols. 1845); F. J. Fétis's A. Stradivari, preceded by historical and critical researches into the history of stringed instruments, 1856; W. Sands and F. A. Forster's History of the Violin, 1864; H. Abele's Die Violine, 1864-74; J. W. von Wasielewski's Die Violine und ihre Meister, 1869-83, and Die Violine im XVII Jahrhundert, 1874; P. Davidson's The Violin, its Construction, etc. (Illustrated), 1871, 1881; E. Folegati's Storia del Violino e dell' Archetto, 1873; Edmund Schebek's Der Geigenbau in Italien, etc. 1874; and an English version, Violin Manufacture in Italy, and its German origin, 1877; G. Hart's The Violin, etc. 1815-85; Ant. Vidal's Les Instruments à Archet, 3 vols. 1876-78; H. Ritter's Die Geschichte der Viola Alta, 1877; E. Heron-Allen's The Ancestry of the Violin, 1882, and Opuscula Fidicularum, London, 1882; J. Rühlmann's Geschichte der Bogeninstrumente, 1882; Carl Engel's Researches into the Early History of the Violin Family, 1883; James M. Fleming's Old Violins and their Makers, 1883-84; G. de Piccolellis's Liutai antichi e moderni, 1885; E. Heron-Allen's excellent bibliography of works relating to the Violin, De Fidiculis Bibliographia, London, 1890-93; P. Stoeving's Story of the Violin, 1904.
20(e) WIND INSTRUMENTS.
211. Flute.—C. B. Thom and Caspar Bartholinus's De Tibiis Veterum, 1677-79; W. N. James's A Word or Two on the Flute, 1826; Cornelius Ward's The Flute explained, 1844; Chr. Welch's History of the Boehm Flute, 1883; Italo Piazza's Dissertazione storia-critica sul Flauto, 1890; R. S. Rockstro's The Flute, 1890.
222. Trumpet. H. Eichborn's Die Trompete, 1881.
233. Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 (1891).
25IV. SPECIAL SUBJECTS.
27(a) Church Music.—In the subjoined list it has not been thought necessary to include all the innumerable treatises on Plain-Song. The following works have been selected as throwing most light on the subject:—Michael Praetorius's Syntagma Musicum (on Psalmody, etc.) 1614-18; Cardinal Giov. Bona's De Divina Psalmodia, 1653-1747; G. G. Niver's Dissertation sur le Chant Grégorien, 1683; G. E. Scheibel's Geschichte der Kirchenmusik, 1738; Abbé J. Lebeuf's Traité historique et pratique sur le Chant Ecclésiastique, etc. 1741; Gius. Santarelli's *Della Musica del Santuario, Rome, 1764; M. Gerbert's De Cantu et Musica Sacra, 2 vols. 1774; J. A. Latrobe's Music of the Church, 1831; H. A. Hoffmann's Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes (1832, 1854); J. E. Häuser's Geschichte der Kirchenmusik, 1834; A. Mankell's Kyrkomusikens Historia, 1841; H. A. Daniel's Thesaurus Hymnologicus, 1841-46; Félix Clément's Histoire Générale de la Musique Religieuse, 1861-77; R. Schlecht's Geschichte der Kirchenmusik, 1871; J. Belcher's Lectures on the History of Ecclesiastical Music, 1872; A. Goovaerts's De kerkmusiek, with French version La Musique de l'Église, 1876; Y. von Arnold's Die alten Kirchenmodi, 1879; Dom Joseph Pothier's Les Mélodies Grégoriennes, 1880 (German edition, 1881); Rev. E. Hicks's Church Music, with Illustrations, 1881; J. Sittard's Kompendium der Geschichte der Kirchenmusik, 1881; Thiéry's Étude sur le chant grégorien, 1883; Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology (1892, 2nd ed. 1904); H. Caissier's Le Système musical de l'église Grecque, etc., 1901; Myles B. Foster's Anthems and Anthem Composers, 1901.
29(b) Dance Music.—John Playford's English Dancing Master, 1650, is not a regular History. J. Weaver wrote an Essay towards the History of Dancing, 1713. The best histories, however, of Dance Music are by Frenchmen. Of these we have L. de Cahusac's La Danse, 3 vols. 1754; C. Compan's Histoire de la Danse, 1787, 1802; C. Blasis' Manuel Complet de la Danse, or the Code of Terpsichore, 1830; J. A. Lenoir de la Fage's Histoire de la Musique et de la Danse, 2 vols. 1844; F. Fertiallout's Histoire de la Danse, 1854; A. Czerwinski's Geschichte der Tanzkunst, etc., 1862, and Brevier der Tanzkunst, 1879. Some of the latest works on this subject have been written by Germans, F. L. Schubert and O. Umgewitter having been the authors (in 1867 and 1868 respectively) of works bearing the title Die Tanzmusik; F. M. Böhme's Geschichte des Tanzen im Deutschland, etc., 1886.
31(c) Gipsy Music.—The only work of importance on this subject is Liszt's, alluded to above under Hungary; a French edition was published in 1859, and a Hungarian in 1861.
33(d) Military Music has been treated of by very few authors; we need only instance J. G. Kastner's Les Chants de l'Armée française, avec un Essai, historique sur les Chants Militaires des Français, 1855, Albert Perrin's Military Studies, Military Bands, etc. 1863; H. G. Farmer's Memoirs of the Royal Artillery Band, 1904, an excellent book of its kind.
35(e) National Music.—Works on this subject have been mentioned under the countries to which they specially relate; other general works are:—C. Engel's Introduction to the Study of National Music, 1866, and Literature of National Music, 1879; H. F. Chorley's National Music of the World, published in 1880-82 after the author's death.
37(f) Notation.—A. J. H. Vincent's De la Notation Musicale attribuée à Boëce, etc. 1855; Hucbald's Enchiridion Musicae (see Gerbert's Scriptores, vol. i.); G. Jacobsthal's Die Mensuralnotenschrift des XII. und XIII. Jahrhunderts, 1871; J. Bellermann's Die Mensuralnoten und Taktzeichen des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts, 1858; Père L. Lambillotte's L'Unité dans les Chants Liturgiques, 1851; Abbé F. Raillard's Explication des Neumes, 1855 (?); A. Baumgartner's Geschichte der musikalischen Notation, 1856; Hugo Reimann's Studien zur Geschichte der Notenschrift, 1878, and Die Entwicklung unserer Notenschrift, 1879, etc.; E. David and M. Lussy's Histoire de la Notation Musicale, 1882; Abbé Tardif's *Plain Chant, Angers, 1883; C. F. Abdy Williams's Story of Notation, 1903. The most important work in this department is Johannes Wolf's Geschichte der Mensural-Notation, 1250-1460 (1904).
39(g) Opera and Musical Drama.—Among the numerous writings on this branch of music we select the following:—G. B. Doni's Trattato della Musica Scenica (see the 1768 edition of his works); Claude F. Menestrier's Des Réprésentations en Musique anciennes et modernes, 1682; J. Mattheson's Die Neueste Untersuchung der Singspiele, 1744; Gabriel Gilbert's Histoire de l'Opéra, in two parts,

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