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Frederic Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works, v. 1 (of 2)Frederic Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works, v. 1 (of 2)Several years of friendship with the family of Frederic Chopin have enabled me to become acquainted with his letters and to place them before the public. Just as I had finished transcribing the first...
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Frederic Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works, v. 2 (of 2)Frederic Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works, v. 2 (of 2)Stay in Paris. Chopin proposes to receive instruction from Kalkbrenner. Correspondence about this with Elsner. Letter to Titus Woyciechowski. Chopins desire to go to America not realized. He resolves to return to Warsaw. Soire...
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The Black Swan at Home and AbroadThe Black Swan at Home and Abroad - or, A Biographical Sketch of Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the American VocalistMiss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, or the Black Swan, to adopt her musical agnomen, was born at Natchez, Mississippi. She was born in bondage. Her father...
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Verdi: Man and MusicianVerdi: Man and Musician - His Biography with Especial Reference to His English ExperiencesVerdi's position assuredSelected to compose an opera d'obbligoThe termsI Lombardi alla Prima CrociataIts dramatis person and argumentReception at La ScalaA new triumph for VerdiI Lombardi in London, 1846ErnaniPolitical effect of ErnaniOfficial...
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Church BellsChurch BellsThe little volumes in the Arts of the Church series are intended to provide information in an interesting as well as an accurate form about the various arts which have clustered round the public worship of God in the Church of Christ. Though...
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An American Girl in Munich: Impressions of a Music StudentAn American Girl in Munich: Impressions of a Music StudentHere I am in my Mecca at last after a "calm sea and prosperous voyage." Would that you were with me to share my pleasures, and, yes, I am selfish enough to add, my troubles,...
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Sebastian BachSebastian BachNo one will expect a life of Bach to be amusing, but it will be my own fault if the present Essay does not offer an interest of a high and varied character. If it labours under a disadvantage, as the first biography...
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Louis Spohr's AutobiographyLouis Spohr's Autobiography - Translated from the GermanIn publishing an English translation of the unadorned yet highly interesting Autobiography of the celebrated Violinist and great Composer Louis Spohr, we consider we are but satisfying a natural desire on the part of his many admirers...
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Faust: A Lyric Drama in Five ActsFaust: A Lyric Drama in Five Acts1. The original text is dual column, with English on the LHS and French on the RHS. In this version, the complete English text is presented first, followed by the complete French text. The legend of the magician...
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Gai, gai, marions-nous: Chansons de FranceGai, gai, marions-nous: Chansons de France Title: Gai, gai, marions-nous Subtitle: Chansons de France Release Date: May 22, 2014 [EBook #45715] Language: French Credits: Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The...
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The Life of RossiniThe Life of RossiniROSSINI was a very celebrated man fifty years ago. Forty-seven years ago he had already finished his Italian career. Semiramide, the last opera he composed for Italy, was produced in 1823; and that same year the Abb Carpani wrote the letters...
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Histoire de la musiqueHistoire de la musiqueLa musique est l'art de combiner les sons d'une manire agrable l'oreille. Cette dfinition, qui est celle de J.-J. Rousseau, est la plus rpandue; mais il faut avouer qu'elle est aussi la plus incomplte et la plus fausse. Si la musique...
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The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich TchaikovskyThe Life & Letters of Peter Ilich TchaikovskyIN offering to English and American readers this abridged edition of The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, my introduction must of necessity take the form of some justification of my curtailments and excisions. The motives...
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Descriptive Analyses of Piano WorksDescriptive Analyses of Piano Works - For the Use of Teachers, Players, and Music ClubsA unique position in pianoforte literature is occupied by these Preludes, Op. 28. They derive their name rather from their form than from their musical import. Like the usual preludes...
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Richard Wagner His Life and His DramasRichard Wagner His Life and His Dramas - A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His WorkThe purpose of this book is to supply Wagner lovers with a single work which shall meet all their needs. The author has told the...
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Les illusions musicales et la vérité sur l'expressionLes illusions musicales et la vérité sur l'expressionNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. La premire dition de...
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Living masters of musicTheodor LeschetizkyIllustrations have been moved to appear between paragraphs, which may be on a different page than originally published. Page numbers listed in the illustrations section of the table of contents reflect their position in the original text. Theodor Leschetizky was born in Poland...
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Living masters of musicGiacomo PucciniA big broad man, with a frank open countenance, dark kindly eyes of a lazy lustrous depth, and a shy retiring manner. Such is Giacomo Puccini, who is operatically the man of the moment. It was behind the scenes during the autumn season...
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Theophano: Oper in drei AufzügenTheophano: Oper in drei AufzügenSchreibweise und Interpunktion des Originaltextes wurden bernommen. Inkonsistenzen im Gebrauch des Apostrophs (z.B. stehn vs. steh'n) wurden belassen. Es wurden lediglich offensichtliche Druckfehler korrigiert. nderungen sind im Text gekennzeichnet, der Originaltext erscheint beim berfahren mit der Maus. Nachdruck verboten. Auffhrungs-,...
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BachBachThe position of Johann Sebastian Bach as one of a numerous family of musicians is unique. Of no other composer can it be said that his forefathers, contemporary relations, and descendants were all musicians, and not only musicians, but holders of very important offices...
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