Project Gutenberg 2007-01-05 Public domain in the USA. 151 Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) 1837 1912 A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Reading ease score: 55.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Popular History of the Art of Music" by W. S. B. Mathews is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of music from ancient times to the present-day context, covering musical instruments, scales, and notable composers. It aims to make the intricate history of music accessible to the general reader while highlighting significant milestones in musical development. The opening of the work presents the author’s intent to create an engaging narrative that encapsulates the history of music within a single volume, a task generally reserved for much larger texts. Mathews emphasizes the necessity of examining music's evolution alongside its cultural and social contexts, and he outlines the book's structure, dividing it into distinct historical periods. He sets the stage for a more detailed exploration of ancient musical practices, starting with the Egyptians, and describes how fundamental music has evolved in sophistication and emotional depth over the centuries, establishing the groundwork for the more elaborate discussions that will follow in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Music -- History and criticism ML Text Music Browsing: History - General Browsing: Music 930477 930544 2024-10-09T04:49:16.098017 2023-09-09T07:30:32.900929 text/html text/html 938221 2007-01-05T13:53:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3637831 2021-01-01T16:46:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3349213 2024-10-09T04:49:51.566862 application/epub+zip 3352311 2024-10-09T04:49:29.688928 application/epub+zip 410574 2024-10-09T04:49:20.273968 application/epub+zip 13010584 2024-10-09T04:50:02.231778 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12905489 2024-10-09T04:49:41.176913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 682382 2022-09-09T13:47:06.787022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 784104 784008 2024-10-09T04:49:12.811033 2023-09-09T07:30:30.547878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 783444 2021-01-01T16:46:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 291791 2021-01-01T16:46:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 783652 2021-01-01T16:46:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291475 2021-01-01T16:46:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21162 2024-10-09T04:50:02.402770 application/rdf+xml 16556 2024-10-09T04:49:20.959981 image/jpeg 4083 2024-10-09T04:49:20.634971 image/jpeg 3729780 2024-10-09T04:49:16.594016 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog