How to Appreciate Music
BY GUSTAV KOBBÉ
Author of “Wagner’s Music-Dramas Analyzed,” etc.
New York
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1906, by MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY New York
Published, October, 1906
Reprinted, February, 1908
Reprinted, September, 1908
Reprinted, May, 1912
THE PREMIER PRESS NEW YORK
To the Memory of My Brother PHILIP FERDINAND KOBBÉ
Gustav Kobbé
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HOW TO APPRECIATE MUSIC
CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
HOW TO APPRECIATE A PIANOFORTE RECITAL
I
THE PIANOFORTE
II
BACH’S SERVICE TO MUSIC
III
FROM FUGUE TO SONATA
IV
DAWN OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
V
CHOPIN, THE POET OF THE PIANOFORTE
VI
SCHUMANN, THE “INTIMATE”
VII
LISZT, THE GIANT AMONG VIRTUOSOS
VIII
WITH PADEREWSKI—A MODERN PIANIST ON TOUR
HOW TO APPRECIATE AN ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
IX
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORCHESTRA
X
INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA
XI
CONCERNING SYMPHONIES
XII
RICHARD STRAUSS AND HIS MUSIC
XIII
A NOTE ON CHAMBER MUSIC
HOW TO APPRECIATE VOCAL MUSIC
XIV
SONGS AND SONG COMPOSERS
XV
ORATORIO
XVI
OPERA AND MUSIC-DRAMA