Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians

by John F. Runciman

E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs
and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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OLD SCORES AND NEW READINGS

DISCUSSIONS ON MUSIC
& CERTAIN MUSICIANS
BY

JOHN F. RUNCIMAN

LONDON AT THE SIGN
OF THE UNICORN
VII CECIL COURT
MDCCCCI [1901]

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CONTENTS

[WILLIAM BYRDE ... HIS MASS]
[OUR LAST GREAT MUSICIAN (HENRY PURCELL, 1658-95)]
[BACH; AND THE "MATTHEW" PASSION AND THE "JOHN"]
[HANDEL]
[HAYDN AND HIS "CREATION"]
[MOZART, HIS "DON GIOVANNI" AND THE REQUIEM]
["FIDELIO"]
[SCHUBERT]
[WEBER AND WAGNER]
[ITALIAN OPERA, DEAD AND DYING]
[VERDI YOUNG, AND VERDI YOUNGER]
["THE FLYING DUTCHMAN"]
["LOHENGRIN"]
["TRISTAN AND ISOLDA"]
["SIEGFRIED"]
["THE DUSK OF THE GODS"]
["PARSIFAL"]
[BAYREUTH IN 1897]
[A NOTE ON BRAHMS]
[ANTON DVORÁK]
[TSCHAIKOWSKY AND HIS "PATHETIC" SYMPHONY]
[LAMOUREUX AND HIS ORCHESTRA]

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