TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

In the plain text version Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.The sign ^ represents a superscript; thus e^ represents the lower caseletter e written immediately above the previous character.

Most of the Greek words included in the original work have beentransliterated to the Latin alphabet. The only exception has been thewords belonging to the song Prayer to the Muse. The transliteratedGreek words have been signaled in the text with the sign [Greek:text transliterated].

The musical files for the musical examples discussed in the bookhave been provided by Jude Eylander. Those examples can be heard byclicking on the [Listen] tab. This is only possible in the HTML versionof the book. The scores that appear in the original book have beenincluded as images.

In the plain text version there are some musical signs that cannot bereproduced. They are indicated in the text with the label [music sign].Those music signs are included as images in the HTML version of thework.

In some cases the scores that were used to generate the music filesdiffer slightly from the original scores. Those differences are due tomodifications that were made during the process of creating the musicalarchives. These scores are included as png images, and can be seen byclicking on the [PNG] tag in the HTML version of the book.

Obvious punctuation and other printing errors have been corrected.

Some of the tables and diagrams presented in the plain text versionhave been modified from their original lay-out to avoid unsupporteddisplay. The original layout of those tables and diagrams are availablein the HTML version where they have been included as images.

The book cover has been modified by the Transcriber and is includedin the public domain.