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How the Piano Came to BeHow the Piano Came to BeFrom the dried sinews stretched[9] across the shell of a dead tortoise to the concert-grand piano of the present day is a far flight. Yet to this primitive source, it is said, may be traced the evolution of the...
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The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and UseThe Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use - 'The Strad' Library, No. III.It has always appeared to me a curious thing that the bow, without which the fiddle could have no being, should have received so scant attention, not alone from the community of...
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Operas Every Child Should KnowOperas Every Child Should Know - Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous MasterpiecesIn selecting a few of the operas every child should know, the editor's greatest difficulty is in determining what to leave out. The wish to include...
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Violin MakingViolin Making - 'The Strad' Library, No. IX.They remind me somewhat of awaiting dinner in a drawing-room after a long walk in wintry weather. It is one thing to get there an occasional whiff of viands cooking in the basement of the house, and...
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Advice to Young Musicians. Musikalische Haus- und Lebens-RegelnAdvice to Young Musicians. Musikalische Haus- und Lebens-RegelnEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible; changes (corrections of spelling and punctuation) made to the original text are marked like this. The original text appears when hovering the cursor over...
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Music and Some Highly Musical PeopleMusic and Some Highly Musical PeopleIt is deemed necessary to offer a few words of explanation touching the music printed on the following pages. The collection is given in order to complete the author's purpose, which is not only to show the proficiency of...
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Great Pianists on Piano PlayingGreat Pianists on Piano Playing - Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series...
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Der Fliegende HollaenderDer Fliegende Hollaender - The Flying DutchmanThis text uses UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that your browsers character set or file...
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The Orchestral Conductor: Theory of His ArtThe Orchestral Conductor: Theory of His ArtEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible; changes (corrections of spelling and punctuation) made to the original text are marked like this. The original text appears when hovering the cursor over the...
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Sketch of Handel and BeethovenSketch of Handel and Beethoven - Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864A brief account of "The Wimbledon Village Club" will explain the origin and object of...
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The Wagnerian RomancesThe Wagnerian Romances The attempt has been made in the following to give an idea of the charm and interest of the original text of the Wagner operas, of Wagner's extraordinary power and fertility as a dramatist. It is not critique or commentary, it...
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Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th CenturiesItalian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th CenturiesThe making of harpsichords flourished in Italy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The Italian instruments were of simpler construction than those built by the North Europeans, and they lacked the familiar second manual and array of...
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Vom Musikalisch-SchönenVom Musikalisch-Schönen - Ein Beitrag zur Revision der Ästhetik der TonkunstAn der achten Auflage (1891) dieser zuerst im Jahre 1854 erschienenen Schrift war nichts weiter neu, als das passendere Format und die geschmackvollere Ausstattung. Dasselbe gilt von der hier vorliegenden neuen Auflage. Auch dieser...
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Le Vaisseau fantôme (Der Fliegende Holländer)Le Vaisseau fantôme (Der Fliegende Holländer)La note de Richard Wagner, relative la mise en scne du Vaisseau fantme, qu'il nous a paru intressant de reproduire, a t insre dans le tome V de ses uvres compltes. S'il en tait besoin, elle dmontrerait une fois...
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The Repairing & Restoration of ViolinsThe Repairing & Restoration of Violins - 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.An ancient writer once asserted that "of making many books there is no end"; had the violin been invented and used as far back as his day he might have added, "and of...
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Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6This e-book is volume 5 of Thomas DUrfeys Wit and Mirth: Or Pills to Purge Melancholy, published in six volumes in 1719-20 by J. Tonson, London. It was prepared from a 1959 facsimile...
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Observations on the Florid Song Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern SingersObservations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers he Opinions of the ancient Historians, on the Origin of Musick, are various. Pliny believes that Amphion was the Inventor of it; the Grecians maintain, that it was Dionysius; Polybius ascribes...
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Cardinal Newman as a MusicianCardinal Newman as a MusicianIt is a remark of St. Philip Neri's latest biographer that, "Our Saint was profoundly convinced that there is in music and in song a mysterious and a mighty power to stir the heart with high and noble emotion, and...
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The Merry-Go-RoundThe Merry-Go-RoundSome of these essays have appeared in "The Smart Set," "Reedy's Mirror," "Vanity Fair," "The Chronicle," "The Theatre," "The Bellman," "The Musical Quarterly," "Rogue," "The New York Press," and "The New York Globe." In their present form, however, they have undergone considerable redressing....
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Portraits et études Lettres inédites de Georges BizetPortraits et études; Lettres inédites de Georges BizetQuelle figure caractristique retracer que celle de cet artiste du XIXe sicle, dont le profil se dtache en assez vive opposition sur le milieu franais dans lequel il a vcu! Artiste d'un autre ge, dont l'uvre fait...
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