[FOREWORD.]
The Editors desire to express their thanks to the Proprietors of the Manchester Guardian for their permission to reprint the articles contained in this volume.
They also wish to acknowledge the assistance they have received in compiling the memoir from the family of the late Mr. Arthur Johnstone and from his friends, and they are more particularly indebted to Professor Sidney Vantyn for the long correspondence he placed at their disposal.
The letters quoted were for the most part written to Mr. Oliver Elton.
[CONTENTS.]
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| [Memoir] | [i.] | |
| [Chapter I.]—Bach | ||
| The Genius of Bach | [1] | |
| Mass in B minor ("Hohe Messe") | [3] | |
| The "St. Matthew Passion" | [5] | |
| A minor Concerto for two Violins | [8] | |
| [Chapter II.]—Beethoven | ||
| Symphony No. 5 (C minor) | [11] | |
| Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") | [13] | |
| Symphony No. 7 | [14] | |
| Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica") | [16] | |
| Symphony No. 2 | [18] | |
| "Missa Solennis" | [20] | |
| "Fidelio" | [21] | |
| [Chapter III.]—Berlioz | ||
| "Symphonie Fantastique" | [24] | |
| "La Damnation de Faust" | [27] | |
| The Centenary Celebrations | [29] | |
| [Chapter IV.]—Liszt | ||
| "Faust" Symphony | [33] | |
| Pianoforte Concerto in E flat | [36] | |
| [Chapter V.]—Wagner | ||
| Overture, "Faust in solitude" | [39] | |
| The "Ring" at Covent Garden (1903) | [41] | |
| The Bayreuth Festival | [51] | |
| "Parsifal" | [53] | |
| The "Ring" at Bayreuth (1904) | [56] | |
| [Chapter VI.]—Tchaïkovsky | ||
| Symphony No. 5 and other works | [63] | |
| Symphony No. 4 | [67] | |
| Overture, "Romeo and Juliet" | [69] | |
| Symphony No. 5 | [71] | |
| Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique") | [75] | |
| [Chapter VII.]—Sir Edward Elgar | ||
| "King Olaf" | [78] | |
| The "Enigma" Variations | [81] | |
| Overture, "Cockaigne" | [85] | |
| The "Dream of Gerontius," Birmingham Festival | [89] | |
| " " Düsseldorf | [92] | |
| " " Preliminary Article | [95] | |
| " " Hallé Concerts, Manchester | [98] | |
| "The Apostles," Birmingham Festival | [104] | |
| " Preliminary Article | [108] | |
| " Hallé Concerts, Manchester | [111] | |
| Overture, "In the South" | [116] | |
| The "Coronation Ode" | [117] | |
| [Chapter VIII.]—Richard Strauss | ||
| "Don Quixote," Rhenish Musical Festival at Düsseldorf | [119] | |
| "Don Juan," Preliminary Article | [122] | |
| " Hallé Concerts | [124] | |
| "Till Eulenspiegel" | [126] | |
| "Sehnsucht" | [128] | |
| Strauss's conducting of Liszt's "Faust" Symphony, Lower Rhine Musical Festival, Düsseldorf | [129] | |
| "Tod und Verklärung" | [131] | |
| "Also sprach Zarathustra" | [133] | |
| "Ein Heldenleben," Liverpool Orchestral Society | [136] | |
| Quartet in C minor, for Piano and Strings | [139] | |
| [Chapter IX.]—Chamber Music | ||
| Dvoràk. Quintet in A Major | [142] | |
| " Quartet, Op. 96 | [143] | |
| Beethoven. Razoumoffsky Quartet (No. 3) | [145] | |
| Bach. Concerto in D minor for two Violins | [146] | |
| Beethoven. Quartet in B flat major | [147] | |
| Tchaïkovsky. Quartet in D major | [148] | |
| " Trio in A minor, Op. 50 | [148] | |
| César Franck. Quintet in F minor | [151] | |
| [Chapter X.]—Piano Playing | ||
| Reisenauer | [153] | |
| Moszkowski | [155] | |
| Busoni | [157] | |
| " | [159] | |
| Borwick | [161] | |
| Siloti | [163] | |
| Rosenthal | [165] | |
| Paderewski | [166] | |
| Godowsky | [169] | |
| Lamond | [171] | |
| [Chapter XI.]—Violin Playing | ||
| Ysaye | [174] | |
| Ysaye and Busoni | [176] | |
| Kubelik | [178] | |
| Kreisler | [180] | |
| [Chapter XII.]—Music in the Nineteenth Century | ||
| Extract from a review of Mr. J. A. Fuller Maitland's "English Music during the 19th Century" | [182] | |
| Centenary Article: "Music in England during the 19th Century" | [189] | |
| [Chapter XIII.]—Hans Richter | [201] | |
| [Chapter XIV.]—Nietzsche | ||
| Nietzsche and Wagner | [211] | |
| Nietzsche in English | [222] | |