pt. I. Musical life on ships. The professional consorts ; The trumpeters and drummers ; Music for public worship ; Signalling and ceremonial duties ; Amateur music-making ; Music for entertainments -- pt. II. The rol of musicians overseas. Initial contact ; The formal act of conquest ; Military occupation ; Early settlement ; The Growth of Colonies ; Establishing the routes ; Permission to trade ; The growth of the factory system -- pt. III. Reactions and attitudes. Geographical and commercial themes in English music ; Attitudes to non-European cultures in travellers' reports ; An episode of acculturation: the "Hindostannie air."