With an Introduction by Rosa Newmarch.
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There is no purer influence in modern music than that of César Franck, for many years ignored in every capacity save that of organist of Sainte-Clotilde, in Paris, but now recognised as the legitimate successor of Bach and Beethoven. His inspiration, "rooted in love and faith," has contributed in a remarkable degree to the regeneration of the musical art in France and elsewhere. The now famous "Schola Cantorum," founded in Paris in 1896, by A. Guilmant, Charles Bordes, and Vincent d'Indy, is the direct outcome of his influence. Among the artists who were in some sort his disciples were Paul Dukas, Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré, and the great violinist Ysäye. His pupils include such gifted composers as Benoît, Augusta Holmès, Chausson, Ropartz, and d'Indy. This book, written with the devotion of a disciple and the authority of a master, leaves us with a vivid and touching impression of the saint-like composer of "The Beatitudes."
THE SINGING OF THE FUTURE
By D. FFRANGCON-DAVIES. With an Introduction by Sir Edward Elgar and a Photogravure Portrait of the Author.
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"On almost every page there are sentences which might well be committed to memory."—Times.
"The book is a valuable and stimulating contribution to musical æsthetics: it is animated throughout by a lofty conception of the responsibilities of the artist and it enforces with spirit and with eloquence the sound and wholesome doctrine that the vitalising element of song is thought."—Spectator.
EDWARD A. MACDOWELL:
A BIOGRAPHY. By LAWRENCE GILMAN,