The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs with biographical, / esthetical, and critical annotations
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- W. S. B. MATHEWS.
- THE
- MASTERS AND THEIR MUSIC
- A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIVE PROGRAMS, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL, ESTHETICAL, AND CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS
- DESIGNED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC AS LITERATURE
- FOR THE USE OF CLUBS, CLASSES, AND PRIVATE STUDY
- W. S. B. MATHEWS
- Philadelphia Theodore Presser 1708 Chestnut Str.
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- PART I. THE MASTERS AND THEIR MUSIC.
- CHAPTER I.
- MOVING FORCES IN MUSIC
- CHAPTER II.
- BACH AND HÄNDEL The importance of Bach in the world of music. Pleasing and representative compositions.
- CHAPTER III.
- HAYDN AND MOZART The importance of Haydn as the creator of the sonata.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHARACTERISTIC MOODS OF BEETHOVEN
- CHAPTER V.
- BACH, MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED
- CHAPTER VI.
- SCHUBERT AND MENDELSSOHN
- CHAPTER VII.
- ROBERT SCHUMANN
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHOPIN
- CHAPTER IX.
- BACH, BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, AND CHOPIN IN THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THEIR ART
- CHAPTER X.
- LISZT
- CHAPTER XI.
- BACH, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, SCHUMANN, LISZT
- CHAPTER XII.
- CONCERNING THE TYPICAL MUSICAL FORMS
- PART II.
- MODERN MASTERS AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS.
- AUTHOR'S NOTE
- CHAPTER I.
- NATIONALITY IN MUSIC
- CHAPTER II.
- JOHANNES BRAHMS
- CHAPTER III.
- EDVARD GRIEG
- CHAPTER IV.
- RUBINSTEIN AND TSCHAIKOWSKY
- CHAPTER V.
- THE LATER ROMANTICISTS
- CHAPTER VI.
- GOTTSCHALK AND MASON
- CHAPTER VII.
- E. A. MACDOWELL
- CHAPTER VIII.
- ARTHUR FOOTE AND MRS. H. H. A. BEACH
- CHAPTER IX.
- MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- W. S. G. Mathews . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece Joh. Sebastian Bach, Geo. Fred. Handel Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang A. Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Robert Schumann Frederic Francois Chopin Franz Liszt
- PART I. THE MASTERS AND THEIR MUSIC.
- CHAPTER I. MOVING FORCES IN MUSIC
- CHAPTER II. BACH AND HÄNDEL.
- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
- Joh. Sebastian Bach, Geo. Fred. Händel
- GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL.
- CHAPTER III. HAYDN AND MOZART.
- FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN.
- Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang A. Mozart
- WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART.
- CHAPTER IV. CHARACTERISTIC MOODS OF BEETHOVEN.
- LUDVIG VAN BEETHOVEN.
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- CHAPTER V. BACH, MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED.
- CHAPTER VI. SCHUBERT AND MENDELSSOHN.
- FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT.
- Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn
- FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY.
- CHAPTER VII. ROBERT SCHUMANN.
- ROBERT SCHUMANN.
- Robert Schumann
- CHAPTER VIII. CHOPIN.
- FREDERIC FRANCOIS CHOPIN.
- Frederic Francois Chopin
- SECOND AND THIRD PROGRAMS.
- CHAPTER IX. BACH, BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, AND CHOPIN.
- CHAPTER X. LISZT.
- FRANZ LISZT.
- Franz Liszt
- CHAPTER XI. BACH, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, SCHUMANN, LISZT.
- CHAPTER XII. CONCERNING THE TYPICAL MUSICAL FORMS.
- PART II. MODERN MASTERS
- AND
- AMERICAN COMPOSERS
- AUTHOR'S NOTE.
- MODERN MASTERS AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS.
- CHAPTER I. NATIONALITY IN MUSIC
- CHAPTER II. BRAHMS.
- JOHANNES BRAHMS.
- CHAPTER III. GRIEG.
- EDVARD GRIEG.
- CHAPTER IV. RUBINSTEIN AND TSCHAIKOWSKY.
- ANTON RUBINSTEIN.
- PETER ILITSCH TSCHAIKOVSKY.
- CHAPTER V. THE LATER ROMANTICISTS.
- CHAPTER VI. GOTTSCHALK AND MASON.
- LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK.
- WILLIAM MASON.
- CHAPTER VII. MACDOWELL.
- EDWARD ALEXANDER MACDOWELL.
- CHAPTER VIII. ARTHUR FOOTE AND MRS. H. H. A. BEACH.
- ARTHUR FOOTE.
- SONGS BY ARTHUR FOOTE.
- MRS. H. H. A. BEACH.
- CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS.
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