Contents.

[CHAPTER I.]

THE BEGINNINGS OF CHAMBER MUSIC.

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How Chamber Music began — Early Chamber Music compositions — Musical position of England — Purcell — J.S. Bach — Great violin makers — Haydn and Mozart — Corelli and the compass of the violin — William Shield and 5/4 time[1]

[CHAPTER II.]

CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTIONS AND CONCERTS.

John Banister’s concerts — Thomas Britton, the musical coalman — Britton’s concerts — “Music Meetings” — Oxford Music School — Pepys’s DiaryEvelyn’s Diary — Frederick the Great — Bach and the Emperor — The Emperor Frederick’s compositions — Dando concerts — John Ella and The Musical Union — Analytical programmes and position of platform — Quartett Association — Dannreuther’s Musical Evenings — Sir Charles Hallé’s recitals — Monday Popular Concerts — Joachim — Various chamber music institutions — Japanese chamber music[12]

[CHAPTER III.]

HAYDN, P.E. BACH, DITTERSDORF, HANDEL.