The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason is an appreciative study of the leading musical figures of the Romantic age. Mason, an American composer and influential writer on music, devotes chapters to Schumann, Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt, and others, discussing their lives, characters, and works in warm and accessible prose.
Aimed at the cultivated general listener, the book conveys both the emotional appeal and the artistic substance of nineteenth-century music. It remains a graceful introduction to the composers who shaped the Romantic tradition. This free EPUB download is cleanly formatted for any e-reader.