Opera bouffe, 220, 221, 225

Opera buffa, 220

Opera comique, 223

Opera, Grand, 223

Opera in musica, 228

Opera semiseria, 221

Opera seria, 220

Opus, 132

Oratorio, 256, 287 et seq.

Orchestra, 71 et seq.

Ostrander, Dr. Lucas, 278

“Ouida,” 12

Overture, 147 et seq., 174

Paderewski, his recitals, 154 et seq.;
  his Romanticism, 167;
  “Krakowiak,” 193

Painful, the, not fit subject for music, 50

Palestrina and Bach, 278 et seq.;
  his music, 279 et seq.;
  “Stabat Mater,” 279, 280;
  “Improperia,” 280;
  “Missa Papae Marcelli,” 280

Pandean pipes, 98

Pantomime, 43

Parallelism, 25

Passepied, 173

“Passions,” 284 et seq.

Patti, Adelina, 203, 204, 238, 242, 245, 247

Pedals, pianoforte, 195, 196

Pedants, 13, 315

Percussion instruments, 110 et seq.

Peri, “Eurydice,” 234

Periods, musical, 22, 24

Perkins, C.C., 263

Pfund, his drums, 112

Philharmonic Society of New York, 76, 77, 81, 82

Phrases, musical, 22, 24

Physical effects of music, 38

Pianoforte, history and description of, 154 et seq.;
  its music, 154 et seq., 166 et seq.;
  concertos, 144;
  trios, 147

Piccolo flute, 85, 97

Piccolomini, 242, 245

Pictures in music, 40

Pifa, Handel’s, 126

Pizzicato, 88, 91

Plancon, 248

Polonaise, 192

Polyphony and feelings, 39

Popular concerts, 122

Porpora, 209

“Pov’ piti Momzelle Zizi,” 23

Preludes, 148, 174

Programme music, 36, 44, 48 et seq., 64, 142

Puccini, 228

Quail, call of, in music, 51, 54

Quartet, 147

Quilled instruments, 170

Quinault, “Atys,” 206

Quintet, 147

Quintillian, 309

Raff, 49, 96, 132;
  “Lenore” symphony, 96, 132;
  “Im Walde” symphony, 132

Rameau, 168

Recitative, 219, 220, 228 et seq.

Reed instruments, 98 et seq.

Reformation, its influence on music, 275, 278, 280

Refrain, 25

Register of the orchestra, 85

Repetition, 22, 25

Rhapsodists among writers, 13, 315 et seq.

Rhythm, 19, 21, 26, 160

“Ridendo castigat mores,” 225

Rinuccini, “Eurydice,” 234

Romantic music, 36, 64 et seq., 71, 277

Romantic opera, 225