In these two companion volumes, Mr. Krehbiel has considered practically all the operas of note, including the works of Rossini, Beethoven, Berlioz, Gounod, Verdi, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Wagner, Strauss, Puccini, etc.
He has written not for the musically learned, but for all those who enjoy music and wish to listen intelligently to the opera. Of each of the works considered, he gives the plot, something of the origin, interesting historical anecdotes of the conception and presentation, and much information of an untechnical sort about the characteristics of the music.
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A History of Music
By SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD and CECIL FORSYTH
Illustrated, 12mo, 2.25
A complete history of music from the earliest times to the present day in a concise and readable form. The modern period is treated in considerable detail, and contains both appreciation and criticism of all the most important living composers. Particular attention has been paid to the Anglo-Saxon schools of composition in England and America.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | The Origins of Music. |
| II. | The Egyptians, Assyrians and Babylonians, Hebrews, Arabians, Indians, Chinese. |
| III. | The Greeks. |
| IV. | Rome and the Dark Ages. |
| V. | Scales and Notes. |
| VI. | The Less Dark Ages. |
| VII. | Dunstable. Dufay. Des Près. |
| VIII. | The Golden Age. |
| IX. | The Palace of Greenwich. January 26, 1595. |
| X. | Song and Folk-Song. |
| XI. | The Secular Century. |
| XII. | The Eighteenth Century. |
| XIII. | The Viennese Masters. |
| XIV. | The Contemporaries of Beethoven and the Development of Opera in Germany, Italy, and France. |
| XV. | The Post-Beethoven Period. |
| XVI. | Nationalism. Modern Schools. |
| The Chief Names of Musical History. | |
| Index. |
"There have been many popular histories of music published in recent years, but none that proceeds from a point of view so original or that gives so completely results of the latest historical research ... few are written in so vivacious a style.... Sir Charles Stanford's account of the modern period, from 1600 to the present day, is an admirable summary, written with full knowledge, ripe judgment, and apt characterization."—New York Times.