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Page 40 - The Fine Arts, and Illustrated Editions. Half-Hour Lectures on the History and Practice of the Fine and Ornamental Arts. By WB SCOTT. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. with 50 Woodcut Illustrations, 8s. 6d. An Introduction to the Study of National Music; Comprising Researches into Popular Songs, Traditions, and Customs.
Page 43 - THE SONG BOOK. Words and Tunes from the best Poets and Musicians. Selected and arranged by JOHN HULLAH, Professor of Vocal Music in King's College, London.
Page 10 - CONTENTS: Chopin, the Greatest Genius of the Pianoforte — How Composers Work — Schumann as Mirrored in his Letters — Music and Morals — Italian and German Vocal Styles — German Opera in New York. " Written from abundant knowledge ; enlivened by anecdote and touches of enthusiasm, suggestive, stimulating.
Page 19 - Taylor. — SOUND AND MUSIC : A Non-Mathematical Treatise on the Physical Constitution of Musical Sounds and Harmony, including the Chief Acoustical Discoveries of Professor Helmholtz. By SEDLEY TAYLOR, MA, late Fellow of Trinity Colledge, Cambridge.
Page 8 - WHAT IS GOOD MUSIC ? Suggestions to Persons desiring to Cultivate a taste in Musical Art. By WJ HENDERSON.
Page 14 - HISTORY OF MUSIC, from the Infancy of the Greek Drama to the Present Period.
Page 6 - MUSIC EXPLAINED TO THE WORLD; or how to understand Music, and enjoy its performance. Translated from the French for the Boston Academy of Music.
Page 50 - On conducting: a treatise on style in the execution of classical music. Tr. E: Dannreuther . L: Reeves 1887.
Page 28 - Music dramas of Richard Wagner and his Festival theatre in Bayreuth ; tr. from the French by Esther Singleton.
Page 77 - WAGNER AND HIS WORKS. The Story of his Life, with Critical Comments.