Critical and Historical Essays / Lectures delivered at Columbia University
by Edward MacDowell
Chapters (23)
- 1 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS: PREFACE 0:00
- 2 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS I THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC 4:40
- 3 II ORIGIN OF SONG vs. ORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 26:00
- 4 III THE MUSIC OF THE HEBREWS AND THE HINDUS 49:22
- 5 IV THE MUSIC OF THE EGYPTIANS, ASSYRIANS, AND CHINESE 1:03:52
- 6 V THE MUSIC OF THE CHINESE (Continued) 1:20:14
- 7 VI THE MUSIC OF GREECE 1:40:51
- 8 VII THE MUSIC OF THE ROMANS—THE EARLY CHURCH 2:09:32
- 9 VIII FORMATION OF THE SCALE—NOTATION 2:31:23
- 10 IX THE SYSTEMS OF HUCBALD AND GUIDO D'AREZZO—THE BEGINNING OF COUNTERPOINT 2:49:22
- 11 X MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS—THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT 3:03:01
- 12 XI FOLK SONG AND ITS RELATION TO NATIONALISM IN MUSIC 3:16:43
- 13 XII THE TROUBADOURS, MINNESINGERS AND MASTERSINGERS 3:34:33
- 14 XIII EARLY INSTRUMENTAL FORMS 3:53:57
- 15 XIV THE MERGING OF THE SUITE INTO THE SONATA 4:12:10
- 16 XV THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIANOFORTE MUSIC 4:27:51
- 17 XVI THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE PLAY 4:36:12
- 18 XVII OPERA 4:42:41
- 19 XVIII OPERA (Continued) 5:04:15
- 20 XIX ON THE LIVES AND ART PRINCIPLES OF SOME SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COMPOSERS 5:21:20
- 21 XX DECLAMATION IN MUSIC 5:47:55
- 22 XXI SUGGESTION IN MUSIC 5:57:49
- 23 INDEX 6:16:13
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- Narrator
- Walter — American Narrator (en-US)
- Length
- 6 hr 36 min
- Added
- October 1, 2026