Kobbe, Gustav. Opera singers; a pictorial souvenir. $1.50. Ditson.
“A profusely illustrated pictorial souvenir of the most famous living opera singers, with their biographies.... This handsome work is interesting as giving intimate glimpses of opera folk.... The artists considered in this attractive book are Nordica, Calvé, Eames, Melba, Sembrich, Ternina, and Schumann-Heink, and Caruso and Jean and Edouard De Reszke. There is also a chapter on ‘Opera-singers off duty.’”—R. of Rs.
“Besides being full of anecdotes, the compilation is of great value as giving biographic sketches of the singers taken down from their own lips, sometimes with the aid of stenography.”
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[*] Kobbé, Gustav. Wagner and his Isolde. [**]$1. Dodd.
“The correspondence and journals of Wagner and Mathilde Wesendonck, which have lately appeared, are the basis of this volume, which gives the whole story of that fascinating period of Wagner’s life. The author obtained from a friend of Mme. Wesendonck some personal impressions of her, and some photographs that are reproduced herein.”—Critic.
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[*] “To the student of Wagner’s music these letters afford some interesting commentary from the composer.”
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[*] Kolle, Frederick Strange. Fifty and one tales of modern fairyland, [†]$1.50. Grafton press.