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Charles Dickens and MusicCharles Dickens and MusicFor many years I have been interested in the various musical references in Dickens' works, and have had the impression that a careful examination of his writings would reveal an aspect of his character hitherto unknown, and, I may add, unsuspected....
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Debussy's Pelléas et MélisandeDebussy's Pelléas et Mélisande - A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the ScoreAUTHOR OF "PHASES OF MODERN MUSIC," "THE MUSIC OF TO-MORROW," "STORIES OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC," "EDWARD MACDOWELL" (IN "LIVING MASTERS OF MUSIC" SERIES) "STRAUSS' 'SALOME,'" ETC. "It is not an...
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Musicians of TodayMusicians of To-DayIt is perhaps fitting that the series of volumes comprising The Musician's Bookshelf should be inaugurated by the present collection of essays. To the majority of English readers the name of that strange and forceful personality, Romain Rolland, is known only through...
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Musical MemoriesMusical Memories In bygone days I was often told that I had two mothers, and, as a matter of fact, I did have twothe mother who gave me life and my maternal great-aunt, Charlotte Masson. The latter came from an old family of lawyers...
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The Otterbein HymnalThe Otterbein Hymnal - For Use in Public and Social WorshipThe General Conference of 1889 ordered the publication of a hymnal that should be fully adapted to the needs of our church. In compliance with these instructions, the publishing agent, Rev. W.J. Shuey, arranged...
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Richard Wagner, Composer of OperasRichard Wagner, Composer of OperasIt is now one hundred years since Richard Wagner was born, thirty since he died. In every land he has his monument in one shape or another; his music-dramas can be heard all the world over; all the ancient controversies...
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Critical and Historical EssaysCritical and Historical Essays - Lectures delivered at Columbia University The present work places before the public a phase of the professional activity of Edward MacDowell quite different from that through which his name became a household word in musical circles, that is, his...
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A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty LessonsA Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty LessonsThe purpose of this work is to supply the need in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music of a text-book on Simple Counterpoint containing a definite assignment of lessons, and affording more practice than usual in combining species....
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Tristan and Isolda: Opera in Three ActsTristan and Isolda: Opera in Three ActsTristan, a valiant Cornish knight, is bringing Isolda, princess of Ireland, over as a bride for his uncle, King Mark. He is himself in love with her, but owing to a blood feud between them, forces himself to...
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The OperaThe Opera - A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory.If Music be, among the arts, 'Heaven's youngest-teemed star', the latest of the art-forms she herself has brought forth is unquestionably Opera. Three hundred years...
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Music as a Language: Lectures to Music StudentsMusic as a Language: Lectures to Music StudentsThe following lectures were delivered to music students between the years 1907 and 1915. They have been partly rewritten so as to be intelligible to a different audience, for in all cases the lectures were followed by...
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New version of Les contes d'Hoffmann (The tales of Hoffman)New version of Les contes d'Hoffmann (The tales of Hoffman) In the first act, which is really a prologue, Hoffmann, a young poet, enters the tavern of Luther to meet his companions, and drinks to drown his sorrows. They think he is in love,...
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Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and TeachersPiano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and TeachersThe following "Talks" were obtained at the suggestion of the Editor of Musical America, and have all, with one or two exceptions, appeared in that paper. They were secured with the hope and intention of benefiting the...
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Violin Mastery: Talks with Master Violinists and TeachersViolin Mastery: Talks with Master Violinists and TeachersThe appreciation accorded Miss Harriette Brower's admirable books on Piano Mastery has prompted the present volume of intimate Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers, in which a number of famous artists and instructors discuss esthetic and technical...
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Vocal MasteryVocal Mastery - Talks with Master Singers and Teachers, Comprising Interviews with Caruso, Farrar, Maurel, Lehmann, and OthersIt has long been a cherished desire to prepare a series of Talks with famous Singers, which should have an equal aim with Talks with Master Pianists,...
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Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain MusiciansOld Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain MusiciansWILLIAM BYRDE ... HIS MASS OUR LAST GREAT MUSICIAN (HENRY PURCELL, 1658-95) BACH; AND THE "MATTHEW" PASSION AND THE "JOHN" HANDEL HAYDN AND HIS "CREATION" MOZART, HIS "DON GIOVANNI" AND THE REQUIEM "FIDELIO" SCHUBERT...
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Beethoven, a character study together with Wagner's indebtedness to BeethovenBeethoven, a character study; together with Wagner's indebtedness to Beethovens life broadens with advancing culture, and people are able to appropriate to themselves more of the various forms of art, the artist himself attains to greater power, his abilities increase in direct ratio with...
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The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their ComposersThe Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers - (12th edition)The object of the compiler of this Handbook is to present to the reader a brief but comprehensive sketch of each of the operas contained in the modern repertory which are likely...
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Famous Violinists of To-day and YesterdayFamous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday In "Famous Violinists" the writer has endeavoured to follow the same general plan as in "Famous Singers," viz., to give a "bird's-eye view" of the most celebrated violinists from the earliest times to the present day rather than...
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WagnerWagnerThe old world is very remote from us now, but it is worth while making a small attempt to realize how it stood to Wagner. When he was born, in 1813, Bach had been dead only a little over sixty years; Mozart had been...
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