Musical Criticisms

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Author

Johnstone, Arthur, 1861-1904

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Produced by Veronika Redfern, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Music -- History and criticism

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Text

eBook-No.

42097

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42097

Release Date

February 15, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Musical Criticisms
2. 2.FOREWORD.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PORTRAITS.
5. 5.MEMOIR.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. —— BACH. — The Genius of Bach. — Bach's Mass in B minor. — "St. Matthew Passion." — Minor Concerto.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. —— BEETHOVEN. — C Minor Symphony, No. 5. — The Sixth Symphony. — The Seventh Symphony. — "Eroica" Symphony. — Symphony No. 2 in D. — "Missa Solennis." — "Fidelio."
8. 8.CHAPTER III. —— BERLIOZ. — "Symphonie Fantastique." — "Faust." — The Centenary Celebrations.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. —— LISZT. — "Faust" Symphony. — Pianoforte Concerto in E Flat.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. —— WAGNER. — "Faust in Solitude." — The "Nibelung" Dramas. — II. — III. — The Bayreuth Festival. — "Parsifal." — "The Ring." — "The Ring."
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. —— TCHAÏKOVSKY. — Symphony No. 5 and other Works. — Symphony in F Minor. — "Romeo and Juliet" Overture. — Symphony in E Minor. — "Pathetic" Symphony.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. —— ELGAR. — "King Olaf." — The "Enigma Variations." — "Cockaigne." — "The Dream of Gerontius," — "Gerontius," — "Gerontius," — "Gerontius," — "The Apostles," — "The Apostles," — "The Apostles," — "In the South." — "The Coronation Ode."
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. —— RICHARD STRAUSS. — "Don Quixote," — "Don Juan," — "Don Juan," — "Till Eulenspiegel." — "Sehnsucht." — "Faust Symphonie," — "Tod und Verklärung." — "Zarathustra." — "Ein Heldenleben," — Quartet in C Minor.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. —— CHAMBER MUSIC. — Dvoràk Quintet in A Major. — Dvoràk Quartet, Op. 96. — Beethoven Razoumoffsky Quartet, No. 3. — Bach Concerto in D Minor. — Beethoven B Flat Major Quartet. — Tchaïkovsky Quartet in D Major. — Tchaïkovsky Trio in A Minor. — César Franck Quintet in F Minor.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. —— PIANO-PLAYING. — Reisenauer. — Moszkowski. — Busoni. — Busoni. — Borwick. — Siloti. — Rosenthal. — Paderewski. — Godowsky. — Lamond.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. —— VIOLIN-PLAYING. — Ysaye. — Ysaye and Busoni. — Kubelik. — Kreisler.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. —— MUSIC IN THE 19th CENTURY. — Mr. J. A. Fuller Maitland's English Music in the 19th century. — Centenary Article.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. —— DR. HANS RICHTER. ( October 20, 1897. )
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. —— NIETZSCHE. — Nietzsche and Wagner. — Nietzsche in English.
20. 20.Transcriber's Note

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