THREE GREAT EPOCH-MAKERS IN MUSIC

TO THE MEMORY OF
MY TEACHER AND FRIEND
HERMANN KOTZSCHMAR
THAT RIPE MUSICIAN
WHOSE MATURE JUDGMENT HAS MUCH
STRENGTHENED MY OWN
CONVICTIONS
THESE PAGES ARE DEDICATED

Three Great Epoch-Makers
in Music

BY

EDWARD CLARENCE FARNSWORTH

PORTLAND
SMITH & SALE, PRINTERS
MDCCCCXII

COPYRIGHT 1912
BY
EDWARD CLARENCE FARNSWORTH

CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE[vii]
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH[3]
FREDERIC CHOPIN[33]
RICHARD STRAUSS AND THE ART OF SOUND[81]