Author |
Runciman, John F., 1866-1916 |
Title |
Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians
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Contents |
William Byrde ... his mass -- Our last great musician (Henry Purcell, 1658-95) -- Bach; the "Matthew" passion and the "John" -- Handel -- Haydn and his "Creation" -- Mozart, his "Don Giovanni" and the Requiem -- "Fidelio" -- Schubert -- Weber and Wagner -- Italian opera, dead and dying -- Verdi young and Verdi younger -- "The flying Dutchman" -- "Lohengrin" -- "Tristan and Isolda" -- "Siegfried" -- "The dusk of the gods" -- "Parsifal" -- Bayreuth in 1897 -- A note on Brahms -- Anton Dvorák -- Tschaikowsky and his "Pathetic" symphony -- Lamoureux and his orchestra.
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Credits |
E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
ML: Music: Literature of music
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Subject |
Music
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Subject |
Musicians
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Subject |
Opera
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
15369 |
Release Date |
Mar 15, 2005 |
Most Recently Updated |
Dec 14, 2020 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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