History of the pianoforte and pianoforte players
HISTORY of the PIANOFORTE AND PIANOFORTE PLAYERS
TRANSLATED AND REVISED FROM THE GERMAN OF
E. E. KELLETT, M.A.
AND
E. W. NAYLOR, M.A., Mus.D.
WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND FACSIMILES
LONDON J. M. DENT & COMPANY NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY MDCCCXCIX
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Dedicated
EUGENE D’ALBERT
Oskar Bie
A HISTORY OF THE PIANOFORTE AND PIANOFORTE PLAYERS
OSCAR BIE
Editors’ Preface
Contents
Old French Dance-Pieces
Scarlatti
Bach
The “Galant” School
Beethoven
The Virtuosos
The Romantics
Liszt and the Present Time
Postscript
Index of Names and Matters
List of Full-page Engravings
List of other Illustrations and Facsimiles