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Stories of Symphonic Music

Stories of Symphonic Music

by Lawrence Gilman

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Author
Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939
Title
Stories of Symphonic Music A Guide to the Meaning of Important Symphonies, Overtures, and Tone-poems from Beethoven to the Present Day
Credits
Produced by Andrés V. Galia, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition
Subject
Program music
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 57063
Release Date
April 28, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Stories of SYMPHONIC MUSIC
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.PREFACE
  7. 7.Untitled
  8. 8.Untitled
  9. 9.THE ORCHESTRA AS POET, PAINTER, AND DRAMATIST
  10. 10.Untitled
  11. 11.BANTOCK — TONE-POEM, "THE WITCH OF ATLAS" [3]
  12. 12.PRELUDE, "SAPPHO" [7]
  13. 13.Untitled
  14. 14.BEETHOVEN — SYMPHONY No. 3. "EROICA": Op. 55
  15. 15.OVERTURE TO "CORIOLANUS": Op. 62
  16. 16.SYMPHONY No. 6, "PASTORAL": Op. 68
  17. 17.OVERTURE TO "EGMONT": Op. 84
  18. 18.Untitled
  19. 19.BERLIOZ — OVERTURE TO "KING LEAR": Op. 4
  20. 20.FANTASTIC SYMPHONY: Op. 14-a
  21. 21."HAROLD IN ITALY"
  22. 22.Untitled
  23. 23.BIZET — SUITE FROM "L'ARLÉSIENNE," No. 1 [19]
  24. 24.Untitled
  25. 25.CHADWICK — DRAMATIC OVERTURE, "MELPOMENE" [22]
  26. 26.ELEGIAC OVERTURE, "ADONAIS" [24]
  27. 27.CONCERT OVERTURE, "EUTERPE" [25]
  28. 28.SYMPHONIC POEM, "CLEOPATRA" [28]
  29. 29.Untitled
  30. 30.CHARPENTIER — SUITE, "IMPRESSIONS OF ITALY" [29]
  31. 31.Untitled
  32. 32.CHAUSSON — SYMPHONIC POEM, "VIVIANE": Op. 5
  33. 33.CONVERSE — "THE FESTIVAL OF PAN," ROMANCE FOR ORCHESTRA: Op. 9
  34. 34."ENDYMION'S NARRATIVE," ROMANCE FOR ORCHESTRA: Op. 10
  35. 35."NIGHT" AND "DAY," TWO POEMS FOR PIANOFORTE [33] AND ORCHESTRA: Op. 11
  36. 36.CONCERT OVERTURE, "EUPHROSYNE" [36] : Op. 15 — FANTASY, "THE MYSTIC TRUMPETER": Op. 19
  37. 37.Untitled
  38. 38.DEBUSSY — PRELUDE TO "THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN" [37]
  39. 39.THREE NOCTURNES
  40. 40."THE SEA," THREE SYMPHONIC SKETCHES
  41. 41.Untitled
  42. 42.DUKAS — "THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE" [42]
  43. 43.Untitled
  44. 44.DVOŘÁK — OVERTURE, "NATURE" [44] : Op. 91
  45. 45.OVERTURE, "CARNIVAL": Op. 92
  46. 46.OVERTURE, "OTHELLO": Op. 93
  47. 47.SYMPHONIC POEM, "THE WOOD DOVE": Op. 110
  48. 48.Untitled
  49. 49.ELGAR — VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME ("ENIGMA"): Op. 36
  50. 50.OVERTURE, "COCKAIGNE" ("IN LONDON TOWN"): Op. 40
  51. 51."DREAM CHILDREN," TWO PIECES FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA: Op. 43
  52. 52.OVERTURE, "IN THE SOUTH" ("ALASSIO" [52] ): Op. 50
  53. 53.Untitled
  54. 54.FRANCK — "LES ÉOLIDES," [53] SYMPHONIC POEM [54]
  55. 55."THE WILD HUNTSMAN," SYMPHONIC POEM [57]
  56. 56.SUITE, "PSYCHE" [59]
  57. 57."THE DJINNS," SYMPHONIC POEM FOR ORCHESTRA AND PIANO [60]
  58. 58.Untitled
  59. 59.GLAZOUNOFF — "STENKA RÂZINE," SYMPHONIC POEM: Op. 13
  60. 60."THE KREMLIN," SYMPHONIC PICTURE IN THREE PARTS: Op. 30
  61. 61.GOLDMARK — OVERTURE, "SAKUNTALA": Op. 13
  62. 62."RUSTIC WEDDING" SYMPHONY (No. 1): Op. 26
  63. 63.GRIEG — SUITE (No. 1), "PEER GYNT" [62]
  64. 64.Untitled
  65. 65.HADLEY — TONE-POEM, "SALOME": Op. 55
  66. 66.Untitled
  67. 67.HUBER — SYMPHONY No. 2, in E MINOR: Op. 115
  68. 68.Untitled
  69. 69.d'INDY — ORCHESTRAL LEGEND, "THE ENCHANTED FOREST": Op. 8
  70. 70."SAUGEFLEURIE" ["WILD SAGE"], LEGEND FOR ORCHESTRA: Op. 21
  71. 71."ISTAR," SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS: Op. 42
  72. 72."SUMMER DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN": Op. 61
  73. 73.Untitled
  74. 74.LISZT — "TASSO: LAMENT AND TRIUMPH," SYMPHONIC POEM (No. 2) [70]
  75. 75."THE PRELUDES," SYMPHONIC POEM (No. 3) [71]
  76. 76."ORPHEUS," SYMPHONIC POEM (No. 4) [72]
  77. 77."MAZEPPA," SYMPHONIC POEM (No. 6) [74]
  78. 78."FESTKLÄNGE," [75] SYMPHONIC POEM (No. 7) [76]
  79. 79."THE BATTLE OF THE HUNS," SYMPHONIC POEM (No. 11) [78]
  80. 80."THE IDEAL," SYMPHONIC POEM (No. 12) [80]
  81. 81."A FAUST SYMPHONY" [83]
  82. 82.SYMPHONY AFTER DANTE'S "DIVINA COMMEDIA" [85]
  83. 83.TWO EPISODES FROM LENAU'S "FAUST"
  84. 84.Untitled
  85. 85.LOEFFLER — "THE DEATH OF TINTAGILES" SYMPHONIC POEM: Op. 6
  86. 86."POEM" ["LA BONNE CHANSON"]: Op. 8
  87. 87."THE DEVIL'S VILLANELLE," SYMPHONIC FANTASIA: Op. 9
  88. 88."A PAGAN POEM," FOR ORCHESTRA AND PIANO: Op. 14
  89. 89.Untitled
  90. 90.MACDOWELL — "LANCELOT AND ELAINE," SYMPHONIC POEM: Op. 25
  91. 91.TWO FRAGMENTS (AFTER THE "SONG OF ROLAND"): Op. 30
  92. 92.SUITE (No. 2), "INDIAN": Op. 48
  93. 93.Untitled
  94. 94.MENDELSSOHN — OVERTURE, "A MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM": Op. 21
  95. 95.OVERTURE, "FINGAL'S CAVE" [OR, "THE HEBRIDES"] [106] : Op. 26
  96. 96.OVERTURE, "BECALMED AT SEA AND PROSPEROUS VOYAGE": Op. 27
  97. 97.OVERTURE TO THE LEGEND OF THE LOVELY MELUSINA: Op. 32
  98. 98.SYMPHONY No. 3 ("SCOTCH"): Op. 56
  99. 99.SYMPHONY No. 4 ("ITALIAN"): Op. 90
  100. 100.Untitled
  101. 101.RAFF — SYMPHONY No. 3, "IN THE WOODS": Op. 153
  102. 102.SYMPHONY No. 5, "LENORE": Op. 177
  103. 103.Untitled
  104. 104.RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF — "SADKO," A MUSICAL PICTURE: Op. 5
  105. 105."ANTAR," SYMPHONY No. 2: Op. 15
  106. 106."SCHEHERAZADE," SYMPHONIC SUITE AFTER "A THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT": Op. 35
  107. 107."A NIGHT ON MOUNT TRIGLAV": THIRD ACT OF THE OPERA-BALLET "MLADA" (CONCERT ARRANGEMENT FOR ORCHESTRA) [128]
  108. 108.SUITE, "CHRISTMAS EVE"
  109. 109.Untitled
  110. 110.SAINT-SAËNS — "OMPHALE'S SPINNING-WHEEL," SYMPHONIC POEM No. 1: Op. 31
  111. 111."PHAËTON," SYMPHONIC POEM No. 2: Op. 39
  112. 112."DANCE OF DEATH" ["DANSE MACABRE"], SYMPHONIC POEM No. 3: Op. 40
  113. 113."THE YOUTH OF HERCULES," SYMPHONIC POEM No. 4: Op. 50
  114. 114.Untitled
  115. 115.SCHUMANN — SYMPHONY No. 1, IN B-FLAT MAJOR ["SPRING"]: Op. 38
  116. 116.OVERTURE TO BYRON'S "MANFRED": Op. 115
  117. 117.SIBELIUS — "LEMMINKAINEN," SYMPHONIC POEM IN FOUR PARTS: Op. 22
  118. 118.Untitled
  119. 119.Untitled
  120. 120.Untitled
  121. 121.SMETANA — "MY FATHERLAND," A CYCLE OF SIX SYMPHONIC POEMS [138]
  122. 122.Untitled
  123. 123.SPOHR — SYMPHONY No. 4, "THE CONSECRATION OF SOUND": [140] Op. 86
  124. 124.Untitled
  125. 125.STRAUSS — "FROM ITALY," SYMPHONIC FANTASIA: Op. 16
  126. 126."DON JUAN," TONE-POEM: Op. 20
  127. 127."MACBETH," TONE-POEM: Op. 23
  128. 128."DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION," TONE-POEM: Op. 24
  129. 129."TILL EULENSPIEGEL'S MERRY PRANKS": Op. 28
  130. 130."THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA," TONE-POEM: Op. 30
  131. 131."DON QUIXOTE," FANTASTIC VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF KNIGHTLY CHARACTER: Op. 35
  132. 132."A HERO'S LIFE" ["EIN HELDENLEBEN"], TONE-POEM: Op. 40
  133. 133."DOMESTIC SYMPHONY": Op. 53
  134. 134.Untitled
  135. 135.TSCHAIKOWSKY — "ROMEO AND JULIET," OVERTURE-FANTASIE [163]
  136. 136.FANTASIA, "THE TEMPEST": Op. 18
  137. 137.FANTASIA, "FRANCESCA DA RIMINI": Op. 32
  138. 138.SYMPHONY No. 4, IN F MINOR: Op. 36
  139. 139."MANFRED," SYMPHONY IN FOUR TABLEAUX: Op. 58
  140. 140.SYMPHONY No. 6, "PATHETIC": Op. 74
  141. 141."THE VOYVODE," [178] ORCHESTRAL BALLAD (Posthumous): Op. 78
  142. 142.Untitled
  143. 143.WAGNER — "A 'FAUST' OVERTURE" [181]
  144. 144."A SIEGFRIED IDYL" [185]
  145. 145.Untitled
  146. 146.WOLF — "PENTHESILEA," SYMPHONIC POEM [189]
  147. 147.Untitled
  148. 148.INDEX OF WORKS AND COMPOSERS
  149. 149.Untitled
  150. 150.Untitled
  151. 151.Untitled
  152. 152.Untitled
  153. 153.Untitled
  154. 154.Untitled
  155. 155.Untitled
  156. 156.Untitled
  157. 157.Untitled
  158. 158.Untitled
  159. 159.Untitled
  160. 160.Untitled
  161. 161.Untitled
  162. 162.Untitled
  163. 163.Untitled
  164. 164.Untitled
  165. 165.Untitled
  166. 166.Untitled
  167. 167.Untitled
  168. 168.Untitled
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