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By: H. Ernest (Harry Ernest) Hunt | |
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Spirit and Music |
By: H. R. (Hugh Reginald) Haweis (1839-1901) | |
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Parsifal Story and Analysis of Wagner's Great Opera |
By: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) | |
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The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art | |
By: Hélène A. Guerber (1859-1929) | |
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Stories of the Wagner Opera |
By: Henry Charles Lahee (1856-1953) | |
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Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday | |
Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events |
By: Henry Edward Krehbiel (1854-1923) | |
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How to Listen to Music
This book is "not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art". It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues - and when to believe the critics. | |
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music | |
A Second Book of Operas | |
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time |
By: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) | |
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Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Verses, Popular and Humorous was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earlier major works, including "The Lights of Cobb and Co", "Saint Peter" and "The Grog-An'-Grumble-Steeplechase". Most of the poems in the volume had been written after the publication of In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses in 1896. The original collection includes 66 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources. Later publications split the collection into two separate volumes: Popular Verses and Humorous Verses, though the contents differed from the original list... |
By: Henry Saint-George (1866-1917) | |
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The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. |
By: Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926) | |
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Chopin and Other Musical Essays |
By: Herbert Francis Peyser (1886-1953) | |
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Joseph Haydn; Servant And Master
Haydn, barring a few hardships in his youth, lived an extraordinarily fortunate life and had abundant reason for the optimism which marked every step of his progress.... Haydn was a master by the grace of Heaven and a servant only by the artificial conventions of a temporary social order... About the vast number of symphonies, the magnificent string quartets, the clavier works, the songs there can here be no question. - Summary by Author's Foreword | |
George Frideric Handel
Handel’s long career resembles a gigantic tapestry, so bewilderingly crowded with detail, so filled with turmoil and vicissitude, with vast achievements, extremes of good and ill fortune, and unending comings and goings that any attempt to force even a small part of it into the frame of a tiny, unpretentious booklet of the present sort is as hopeless as it is presumptuous.... Handel was time and again a composer of exquisitely delicate colorations, and sensuous style, not to say a largely unsuspected master of many subtle intricacies of rhythm... | |
Mendelssohn And Certain Masterworks
In the compass of the present pamphlet it is impossible to give more than a cursory survey of Mendelssohn’s happy but extraordinarily crowded life. He was only slightly less prolific a composer than such masters as Bach, Mozart or Schubert, even if he did not reach the altitude of their supreme heights. But irrespective of the quality of much of his output, the sheer mass of it is astounding, the more so when we consider the extent of his travels and the unceasing continuity of his professional and social activities, which immensely exceeded anything of the kind in the career of Schubert or Bach. - Summary by Author's Foreword | |
Richard Strauss
There was not much truly spectacular about the course of [Strauss's] life, which was most happily free from the material troubles which bedeviled the existence of so many great masters... If “Salome” and “Elektra”, “Ein Heldenleben” and “Till Eulenspiegel” were in their day scandalously “sensational” did not the whirligig of time reveal them as incontestable products of genius, irrespective of inequalities and flaws? However Richard Strauss compares in the last analysis with this or that master he contributed to the language of music idioms, procedures and technical accomplishments typical of the confused years and conflicting ideals out of which they were born... | |
Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic
[This is] the sketchiest outline of Robert Schumann’s short life but amazingly rich achievement. Together with Haydn and Schubert he was, perhaps, the most completely lovable of the great masters. It is hard, moreover, to think of a composer more strategically placed in his epoch or more perfectly timed in his coming. Tone poet, fantast, critic, visionary, prophet—he was all of these! And he passed through every phase, it seemed, of romantic experience. The great and even the semi-great of a fabulous period of music were his intimates—personages like Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Moscheles, Ferdinand David, Hiller, Joachim, Brahms... |
By: Horace Petherick (1839-1919) | |
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The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. |
By: Horatio Alger (1832-1899) | |
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The Young Musician ; Or, Fighting His Way |
By: Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) | |
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Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with Other Ballads and Poems
Horatio Alger, better known for his juvenile fiction, also penned some great poetry. His Ballads, including the 8 war poems and his odes, are collected in this volume. |
By: Hubert G. (Hubert Gibson) Shearin (1878-) | |
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A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs |
By: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) | |
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A Short Essay Toward the Improvement of Psalmody |
By: Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) | |
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Merely Mary Ann |
By: J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert) Hadden (1816-1914) | |
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Haydn |
By: Jack London (1876-1916) | |
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The Acorn-Planter A California Forest Play (1916) |
By: James Francis Cooke (1875-1960) | |
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Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos |
By: James Huneker (1860-1921) | |
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Chopin: The Man and His Music
A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker. | |
Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques | |
Melomaniacs |
By: James T. (James Thomas) Lightwood (1856-1944) | |
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Charles Dickens and Music |
By: Jennette Lee (1860-1951) | |
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Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists |
By: Jessie Fothergill (1851-1891) | |
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The First Violin
May Wedderburn is a quiet provincial girl, living in small and seemingly boring Skernford. Underneath the dull exterior, there is mystery, suspicion and fear in this little town, surrounding the austere local wealthy landowner who is very interested in marrying poor May. It looks as though she will have to marry him whether she likes it or not until an unsuspected alliance is formed between her and a respected old lady. They both escape to Germany where music and excitement await them. |
By: Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) | |
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Uncle Remus
Bearing a striking resemblance to Aesop of Aesop's Fables fame, American author Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus is also a former slave who loves to tell simple and pithy stories. Uncle Remus or to give it its original title, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings was published in late 1880 and received instant acclaim. The book was reviewed in hundreds of journals and newspapers across the country, leading to its immense success, both critical and financial. “Remus” was originally a fictional character in a newspaper column... |
By: John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) | |
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Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse |
By: John D. Shortridge | |
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Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries |
By: John F. Runciman (1866-1916) | |
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Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians | |
Richard Wagner Composer of Operas | |
Purcell | |
Wagner | |
Haydn |
By: John Gay (1685-1732) | |
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The Beggar's Opera |
By: John H. Swaby (?-1891) | |
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Physiology of the Opera
Trust Scrici for a tell all, no holds barred exposé of the modern opera . . . well, modern as of . . . er . . . say, 1852. |
By: John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) | |
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Black Panther
John Hall Wheelock is an American poet who during his student years at Harvard University was editor-in-chief of The Harvard Monthly, and began to publish his first poems. He later worked for publisher Charles Sribner and Sons finally becoming senior editor. He received many awards for his poetry including the Golden Rose in 1936 for the most distinguished contribution to American poetry of that year. The poems in The Black Panther reveal a deep spirituality but also a strong humanistic reach, sometimes dark and sometimes celebratory and full of joy... |
By: John Meade Falkner (1858-1932) | |
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The Lost Stradivarius
The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the ghost of its previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession |
By: John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) | |
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Experiences of a Bandmaster |
By: Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) | |
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Victory: An Island Tale
Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in response to his professional failures, the misanthrope is drawn back by a romantic affair. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik) |
By: Jules Massenet (1842-1912) | |
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My Recollections |
By: Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1882-1975) | |
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Music Notation and Terminology
Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for the formal study of musical notation and terminology in the classroom. In fact, it was not until 1914, when Professor Karl Gehrkens at the Oberlin School of Music published this compilation of class notes and sources he collected over the years, that a uniform text became available for schools and universities everywhere. Since the publication of this monumental work, similar textbooks have emerged, but Dr... | |
Essentials in Conducting |
By: Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1856-1923) | |
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Bluebeard; a musical fantasy |
By: Katherine Hale (1874-1956) | |
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New Joan and Other Poems
Katherine Hale is the pen name of Amelia Beers Warnock Garvin, a Canadian poet and literary critic. This volume is one of her collections with the background of World War I as a theme, but full of faith and hope. - Summary by Larry Wilson |
By: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) | |
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Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score | |
Edward MacDowell | |
Stories of Symphonic Music
'A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day'. Gilman became notorious for scathing reviews of compositions later to become classics. Here he analyzes the stories behind some famous and not so famous works. - Summary by Lynne Thompson |
By: Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929) | |
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How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] |
By: Louis Biancolli (1907-1992) | |
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Tschaikovsky And His Orchestral Music
Included in this little book are analyses and backgrounds of most of Tschaikowsky’s standard concert music. A short sketch of Tschaikowsky’s life precedes the section devoted to the orchestral music. Yet, the personal outlook and moods of Russia’s great composer are so inextricably bound up with his music, that actually the whole booklet is an account of his strangely tormented life. In the story of Tschaikowsky, life and art weave into one closely knit fabric. It is hoped that this simple narrative will aid music lovers to glimpse the great pathos and struggle behind the music of this sad and lonely man. - Summary by Author's Foreword |
By: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | |
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Selected Letters of Beethoven
A selection of Beethoven’s letters from the compilation by Dr. Ludwig Nohl and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. |
By: M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay (1876-1952) | |
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Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science |
By: Margaret Blake Alverson (1836-1923) | |
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Sixty Years of California Song |