A General History of Music: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (1789)

according ancient music antiquity Apollo appears Aristides Quintilianus Aristoxenus Athenæus Bacchus Bard Breve called Canto Fermo Cantus celebrated century chant characters church Cithara composed compositions concords cotemporary counterpoint cultivated dance Diatonic Diatonic genus Diodorus Siculus Discant ecclesiastical Egypt Egyptians enharmonic favour flourished Flute France French frequently furnished give given Greece Greek Guido harmony harp hexachords Homer honour hymns instruments intervals invention Italian Josquin kind king language Latin learned likewise Lydian mode lyre manner Marsyas melody mentioned Minstrels modern modes Motets musicians notation notes octave original Orpheus Padre Martini passage Pausanias perfect performed Pindar played Plutarch poem poetry poets prince Provençal Psalms Ptolemy reader Roman Rome says scale seems semitone singers singing song sounds speaking species strings Suidas sung supposed syllables tells Terpander tetrachord tones tract treatise tune verse voice words writers written