Transcriber’s Note: This e-text is reproduced from the original typescript submitted by the author for her bachelor’s degree. Whilst undoubtedly she would have liked it to be error-free, it wasn’t, and for authenticity the typos etc. have been left in situ—save for the incorporation of her handwritten corrections, and some attention to missing/extraneous punctuation/spacing.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES IN MODERN OPERA

BY
KATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE

THESIS
FOR THE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
IN
MUSIC

SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
1917


UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

June 1, 1907

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY KATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE ENTITLED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES IN MODERN OPERA.