Literature of Music
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Gedenkrede auf Wolfgang Amade MozartGedenkrede auf Wolfgang Amade MozartVon hohen Bergen rinnt ein Wasser zu tiefen Tlern hinab. Einem Gletschersee entstrzt es, wildstrmende Wasser aus seitlichen Tlern werfen sich ihm zu, und in Sturz und Fall, von Talstufe zu Talstufe schwellender und reicher, sucht es seinen Weg. Von...
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The Loves of Great ComposersThe Loves of Great Composers Nearly eight years after Mozart's death his widow, in response to a request from a famous publishing house for relics of the composer, sent, among other Mozartiana, a packet of letters written to her by her husband. In transmitting...
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Sacountala (1858)Sacountala (1858) - ballet-pantomime en deux actes / tiré du drame indien de CalidasâLe pnitent Wisouamitr tait parvenu, par ses austrits et ses prires, un tel degr de perfection, que les dieux en devinrent jaloux et chargrent la nymphe Menaca de le distraire de...
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Great Singers, First SeriesGreat Singers, First Series - Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag In compiling and arranging the material which enters into the following sketches of distinguished singers, it is only honest to disclaim any originality except such as may be involved in a picturesque presentation of...
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Great Singers, Second SeriesGreat Singers, Second Series - Malibran To Titiens In the preparation of this companion volume of "Great Singers," the same limitations of purpose have guided the author as in the case of the earlier book, which sketched the lives of the greatest lyric artists...
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Great Violinists and PianistsGreat Violinists and Pianists The title of this little book may be misleading to some of its readers, in its failure to include sketches of many eminent artists well worthy to be classed under such a head. There has been no attempt to cover...
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Great Italian and French ComposersGreat Italian and French Composers The task of compressing into one small volume suitable sketches of the more famous Italian and French composers has been, in view of the extent of the field and the wealth of material, a somewhat embarrassing one, especially as...
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The Great German ComposersThe Great German Composers The sketches of composers contained in this volume may seem arbitrary in the space allotted to them. The special attention given to certain names has been prompted as much by their association with great art-epochs as by the consideration of...
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Amadis of Gaul, an operaAmadis of Gaul, an opera - As it is perform'd at the King’s Theatre in the Hay-market MY Duty and Gratitude oblige me to give this Publick Testimony, of that Generous Concern Your Lordship has always shown for the promoting of Theatrical Musick, but...
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Israël en Égypte: Étude sur un oratorio de G.F. HændelIsraël en Égypte: Étude sur un oratorio de G.F. HændelCroyez-moi, Baille, prenons l'habitude de retourner dans cette hospitalire ville de Ble, o il nous est permis de nous laver de toutes les turpitudes contemporaines qui nous coeurent dans l'un de ces grands fleuves de...
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The Pianoforte SonataThe Pianoforte Sonata - Its Origin and DevelopmentThis little volume is entitled "The Pianoforte Sonata: its Origin and Development." Some of the early sonatas mentioned in it were, however, written for instruments of the jack or tangent kind. Even Beethoven's sonatas up to Op....
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Stories of the Wagner OperaStories of the Wagner OperaThese short sketches, which can be read in a few moments' time, are intended to give the reader as clear as possible an outline of the great dramatist-composer's work. The author is deeply indebted to Professor G.T. Dippold, to Messrs....
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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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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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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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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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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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