book in Harleian Library — slow progress of music in those

times — analysis of Cuckoo Song as a typical song of Shakspere's day — this a** canon in the unison with a burden" — many varieties, such as motett, fugue, round, etc. — **prolation" and ** division " — ** extempore discant " and ** prick- song " — origin of term ** counterpoint " — ** plain song " and "plain chant" terms closely associated with this contrapuntal music — rage for part-songs in sixteenth century — story of Dr. John Bull which illustrates this — religious objections to these musical extravagances in the churches — the words a mere *' pre- tence for singing," according to Dr. Burney — an old poem upon the woes of a music pupil — impressment of children in order to keep up the cathedral choirs — Marbeck publishes the Book of Common Prater Notes — versification of Psalms by Sternhold and Hopkins — Dr. Christopher Tye's versification of the Acts — his retort to Queen Elizabeth — Clement Marot and Theodore Beza versify the Psalms in French — Calvin has the Psalms set to music — some forgotten composers who as- sisted in this work — some of the psalm-tunes of secular origin — Clown's remark in Winter^ s Tale about the Puritan who *« sings psalms to hornpipes" — mention of Green Sleeves and the Hundredth Psalm in The Merry Wives of Windsor — the latter noble melody arranged by Claude Lejeune — some othen coraposei^ of: sacred music — the most prominent forms :*.t)f sopo^lariotirc -^derivations of the name and nature of the i • inlrtlri^al-^lts gr^t popularity — a typical madrigal by Thomas W^keiCifirftf -English ones written by William Bird — The 'FiAAmfhf*t^*0^iana and its composers — Sir Hugh Evans VUi^;hj^^ Coinjnil ule of Marlowe's Come live with me — the wt/Tj ;tfld* ifc«* Ttnind — early forms of the Mother Goose rimes in Shakspere's Taming of the Shrew — Pammelia and Deuteromelia — nonsensical words to many of the catches — musical declamation — different kinds of instrumental music —
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part-songs played by instruments — music for virginals — Queen Elizabeth* s Virginal Book — Dowland's Lacbrimae — dances of the time: the pavan, galliard, etc. — illustrations from Twelfth Night — Sir John Davies's The Orchestra — Robert Dowland and his '*Frog Galliard" — mention of him in The Passionate Pilgrim — his lute-playing and music — lutes and viols of the period — Queen Elizabeth's musicians — the coranto, the paspy, and the morris-dance — musical perception in Shakspere's eighth sonnet — the music of Shakspere's life — music de- pends on opposition — in the moral as in the physical world the musical tone must be caused by two forces, the one acting athwart the other — the fearful antagonisms and wonderful har- monies we find in the life of this master poet.
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