Musical Myths and Facts (Vol. 1&2)

Book excerpt: "Musical Myths and Facts" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by a German author Carl Engel. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents._x000D_ Volume 1:_x000D_ A Musical Library_x000D_ Elsass-Lothringen_x000D_ Music and Ethnology_x000D_ Collections of Musical Instruments_x000D_ Musical Myths and Folk-lore _x000D_ The Studies of our Great Composers_x000D_ Superstitions concerning Bells _x000D_ Curiosities in Musical Literature_x000D_ The English Instrumentalists_x000D_ Musical Fairies and their Kinsfolk _x000D_ Sacred Songs of Christian Sects…_x000D_ Volume 2:_x000D_ Mattheson on Handel_x000D_ Diabolic Music _x000D_ Royal Musicians_x000D_ Composers and Practical Men_x000D_ Music and Medicine_x000D_ Popular Stories with Musical Traditions _x000D_ Dramatic Music of Uncivilized Races_x000D_ A Short Survey of the History of Music_x000D_ Chronology of the History of Music_x000D_ The Musical Scales in Use at the Present Day...