Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians
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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]
- CONTENTS
- WILLIAM BYRDE ... HIS MASS
- OUR LAST GREAT MUSICIAN (HENRY PURCELL, 1658-95)
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- BACH; AND THE "MATTHEW" PASSION AND THE "JOHN"
- I.
- II.
- III.
- 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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