
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
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Chapters (47)(click to expand)
- SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING
- MODERN SYMPHONIES
- CHAPTER I
- THE SYMPHONY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER II
- BERLIOZ AND LISZT
- CHAPTER III
- BERLIOZ. "ROMEO AND JULIET."
- CHAPTER IV
- A SYMPHONY TO DANTE'S "DIVINA COMMEDIA"
- CHAPTER V
- THE SYMPHONIC POEMS OF LISZT
- CHAPTER VI
- THE SYMPHONIC POEMS OF SAINT-SAËNS
- CHAPTER VII
- CÉSAR FRANCK
- CHAPTER VIII
- D'INDY AND THE FOLLOWERS OF FRANCK
- CHAPTER IX
- DÉBUSSY AND THE INNOVATORS
- CHAPTER X
- TSCHAIKOWSKY
- CHAPTER XI
- THE NEO-RUSSIANS
- CHAPTER XII
- SIBELIUS. A FINNISH SYMPHONY[44]
- CHAPTER XIII
- BOHEMIAN SYMPHONIES
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE EARLIER BRUCKNER[49]
- CHAPTER XV
- THE LATER BRUCKNER
- CHAPTER XVI
- HUGO WOLFF[55]
- CHAPTER XVII
- MAHLER[62]
- CHAPTER XVIII
- RICHARD STRAUSS[66]
- CHAPTER XIX
- ITALIAN SYMPHONIES
- CHAPTER XX
- EDWARD ELGAR. AN ENGLISH SYMPHONY[77]
- CHAPTER XXI
- SYMPHONIES IN AMERICA
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