Chapter I: Old England--A Prelude 1

The Domestic Character of the Piano, p. 2. Queen Elizabeth
at the Spinet, p. 3. Shakespeare and Music, p. 5. Mediæval
Church Music, p. 7. Ecclesiastical use of Folk Songs, p.
8. Popular Contrapuntal Music, p. 9. The Folk Song and
the Instrument, p. 10. The Organ and the Lute, p. 11. The
Clavier and Secular Music, p. 12. Italian influence in
England, p. 13. Cultivation of Music in England, p. 15.
First Books of Clavier Music, p. 16. Classes of old English
Pieces, p. 17. The Virginal, p. 18. History of the Clavier,
p. 19. The Clavichord, p. 21. The Clavicymbal, p. 23.
Virginal Pieces, p. 26. Thomas Tallis, p. 27. William Bird,
p. 28. John Bull, p. 32. Other Composers, p. 38.