Love Affairs of Great Musicians Vol. I

About this eBook

Author

Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956

Title

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Lisa Richards, Sjaani and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Composers -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10957

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10957

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Love Affairs of Great Musicians
2. 2.By Rupert Hughes — Illustrated — Volume I. — 1903
3. 3.NOTE
4. 4.CONTENTS — CHAPTER — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — THE OVERTURE
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — THE ANCIENTS
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — THE MEN OF FLANDERS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — ORLAND DI LASSUS AND HIS REGINA —
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — HENRY AND FRANCES PURCELL
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF STRADELLA
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — GIOVANNI AND LUCREZIA PALESTRINA
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — BACH, THE PATRIARCH
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — PAPA AND MAMMA HAYDN
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — THE MAGNIFICENT BACHELOR
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — GLUCK THE DOMESTIC, ROUSSEAU THE CONFESSOR, AND THE AMIABLE PICCINNI — ROUSSEAU THE CONFESSOR — THE AMIABLE PICCINNI
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — A FEW TUNESTERS OF FRANCE AND ITALY—PERI, MONTEVERDE, ET AL. — LULLY THE IMP — THE TACITURN RAMEAU — PERGOLESI — KEISER — BONONCINI AND THE SCARLATTIS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — MOZART
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — BEETHOVEN: THE GREAT BUMBLEBEE
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — VON WEBER—THE RAKE REFORMED
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — THE FELICITIES OF MENDELSSOHN
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — THE NOCTURNES OF CHOPIN

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