Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music

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Contents
Preface • Chronology of Works in Volume 7 • Introduction • Note on the Text • Plan Regarding New Signs for Music • Letter to the Mercure on a New System of Musical Notation • Dissertation on Modern Music • Letter on Italian and French Opera • Letter on "Omphale" (Grimm) • Remarks on the Subject of the Letter by M. Grimm on "Omphale" (Raynal) • Letter to M. Grimm on the Subject of the Remarks Added to His Letter on "Omphale" • "Notice" to Rinaldo da Capua’s La Zingara • Letter from a Symphonist of the Royal Academy of Music to His Comrades in the Orchestra • Letter on French Music • Observations on Our Instinct for Music and Its Principle (Rameau) • Articles from the Encyclopedia • Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia (Rameau) • Continuation of the Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia (Rameau) • On the Principle of Melody, or Response to the "Errors on Music" • Examination of Two Principles Advanced by M. Rameau in His Brochure Entitled: "Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia" • Essay on the Origin on Languages • Pronunciation • On Theatrical Imitation • The Levite of Ephraïm • Dictionary of Music • Letter to Mr. Burney and Fragments of Observations on Gluck’s "Alceste" • Extract from a Response by the Underlaborer to His Frontman Concerning a Piece from Gluck’s "Orfeo" • Appendix: "Enfin, il est en ma puissance," from Lully’s Armide • Notes • Index
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