of a better word I will call it ideal suggestion.
It has to do with actual musical speech, and is difficult to
define. The possession of it makes a man a poet. If we look
for analogy, I may quote from Browning and Shakespeare.

Dearest, three months ago
When the mesmerizer, Snow,
With his hand's first sweep
Put the earth to sleep.

BROWNING, _A Lovers' Quarrel_.

Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and takes
The winds of March with beauty; Violets dim,
But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes.

SHAKESPEARE, _Winter's Tale_.

For me this defies analysis, and so it is with some things
in music, the charm of which cannot be ascribed to physical
or mental suggestion, and certainly not to any device of
counterpoint or form, in the musical acceptance of the word.

INDEX

A.

Accents, 92.
Adagio, 189.
Aeolian mode, 83.
Aeschylus, 70, 76.
Alberti bass, 197.
Allemande, 182, 189, 195.
Amati, 138.
Ambros, 205.
Ambrose, 98, 99, 102, 104.
Amiot, 50, 57, 61, 263.
Anapaest, 75.
Andaman Islanders, 3, 5, 6.
Animals, 13.
Arabian, 152, 158.
Architecture, 192, 225.
Arion, 76.
Aristides, 74, 84.
Aristophanes, 91, 92.
Aristotle, 49.
Aristoxenus, 73, 81.
Assyrian, 48.
Auber, 216, 217, 219.

B.

Bach, C.P.E., 191, 199, 200, 247, 248, 251.
Bach, J.S., 136, 185, 186, 187, 191, 231, 239, 241, 244, 247,
248, 265.
Bagpipe, 32, 93.
Ballet, 177.
Bamboo, 52.
Banjo, 29.
Basso continuo, 237.
Bassoon, 139.
Bazin, 217.
Beethoven, 14, 16, 17, 22, 185, 189, 190, 196, 197, 199, 200,
201, 202, 203, 234, 247, 250, 267.
Bell, 7, 8, 46.
Bellini, 210.
Berlioz, 14, 65, 219, 266.
Bizet, 144, 151, 197, 217, 219, 222.
Boieldieu, 216, 217.
Bolero, 182.
Borneo, 3, 5.
Bourree, 179.
Brahma, 36, 37.
Brahminism, 36, 39.
Brahms, 203, 224.
Brevis, 118, 120.
Browning, 198, 272.
Buddha, 36.
Burmah, 23, 64, 65.
Burney, 194.
Byrd, 184.

C.

Caccini, 177, 209.
Cachucha, 182.
Canon, 205.
Cantata, 188.
Cantus firmus, 130, 205.
Ceylon, 5.
Chaconne, 181.
Chaldeans, 49.
Charlemagne, 105.
Che, 50, 66.
Cherubini, 213.
China, 16, 18, 23, 49.
Chinese folksong, 59.
Chinese music, 144, 147, 263.
Chinese orchestra, 55.
Chinese scale, 62.
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