SOME MUSICAL RECOLLECTIONS OF FIFTY YEARS. By RICHARD HOFFMAN. With Memoir by MRS. HOFFMAN. Illustrated with many Plate Portraits. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. net.
MUSICAL MEMORIES. By WILLIAM SPARK, Mus.Doc. (late Organist of the Town Hall, Leeds). Revised Popular Edition. With sixteen Portraits. Thick crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. net.
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FIDDLERS. Including Performers on the Violoncello and Double Bass, Past and Present. Containing a Sketch of their Artistic Career, together with Notes of their Compositions. By A. MASON CLARKE. Nine Portraits. Post 8vo, cloth, 10s. net.
"We may here take the opportunity of recommending a useful book to all lovers of violins and violinists. Fiddlers, Ancient and Modern, is practically a little Biographical Dictionary, well arranged, with some excellent portraits."—Northern Whig.
HOW TO STUDY THE PIANOFORTE WORKS OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS. By HERBERT WESTERBY Mus.Bac. Handel, Bach, Haydn, Scarlatti, Mozart, Clementi, C. P. E. Bach. With Portraits and Musical Examples throughout. Crown 8vo, cloth 12s. net.
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MAKERS OF MUSIC. Biographical Sketches of the Great Composers. With Chronological Summaries of their Works and Facsimiles from Musical MSS. of Bach, Handel, Purcell, Dr. Arne, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi, Gounod, Tchaïkovsky, Brahms and Grieg, with General Chronological Table. By R. FARQUHARSON SHARP. Numerous Portraits. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. net.
The author's endeavour throughout this work has been to convey an impression of the personality of each composer, as well as to furnish biographical details. At the end of each biography is a tabulated list of the composer's works and dates of production, together with a facsimile from one of his original manuscripts. A useful volume, got up in good style and well adapted for a gift or prize. Has speedily run into several editions.
BRITISH MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY. A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and Composers born in Britain and its Colonies. By J. D. BROWN and S. S. STRATTON. 8vo, cloth, 21s. net.