RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPERA. Embracing a Comparative View of the Art in Italy, Germany, France and England. By JOSEPH GODDARD. Showing the Cause of the Falling Back of the English School in the Modern Period, and the Compensation which that Involved. Numerous Musical Examples, Portraits and Facsimiles. Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. net.
RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY MUSIC. By DR. H. G. FARMER. With Illustrations of Early Instruments and Musical Examples, and Short Biographical Notices of all the Staff Bandmasters. Preface by LIEUT. A. WILLIAMS, M.V.O., Mus.Doc., Bandmaster of Grenadier Guards. Crown 8vo, cloth, 15s. net.
CATECHISM OF MUSICAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY By F. J. CROWEST. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Tenth Thousand. 187 pages. Post 8vo, cloth, 5s. net (paper, 2s. 6d. net).
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THE TROUBADOUR AS MUSICIAN, Past and Present. By C. A. HARRIS. Cloth, 5s. net (paper, 2s. 6d. net).
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NATIONAL MUSIC OF THE WORLD. By H. F. CHORLEY. Edited by H. G. HEWLETT. Many Music Examples. New Issue, with Index added. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
Treats of the national tunes, folk-songs and airs of various races of the world. The chapters are undoubtedly marked in a high degree with the critic's acumen, attesting the wide range of Chorley's learning.
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