Two Operatic Studies for Music Lovers
By HENRY EDWARD KREHBIEL
A Book of Operas
“It would be difficult to find a book which combines information and charm in such generous proportion. Every reader, whatever he be, student or connoisseur, will be fascinated by the interesting manner in which the subject is treated. It is a work which every musician and music lover will be glad to possess.”—World To-day.
A Second Book of Operas
“The combination and nice adjustment of scholarship with anecdote and criticism make this volume the most authoritative there is in English on the masterpieces of opera.... He is master of an ingratiatingly easy and pleasant style which makes this book as readable and entertaining as it is authoritative.”
—The Independent.
In these two companion volumes, Mr. Krehbiel has considered practically all the operas of note, including the works of Rossini, Beethoven, Berlioz, Gounod, Verdi, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Wagner, Strauss, Puccini, etc.
He has written not for the musically learned, but for all those who enjoy music and wish to listen intelligently to the opera. Of each of the works considered, he gives the plot, something of the origin, interesting historical anecdotes of the conception and presentation, and much information of an untechnical sort about the characteristics of the music.
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A History of Music
By SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD and CECIL FORSYTH
A complete history of music from the earliest times to the present day in a concise and readable form. The modern period is treated in considerable detail, and contains both appreciation and criticism of all the most important living composers. Particular attention has been paid to the Anglo-Saxon schools of composition in England and America.