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xii pages, 2 leaves, 3-304 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (including music) plates, portraits ; 21 cm |
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History -- The first music -- Old Greek music -- How music was first written -- Medieval church music -- How music tool form -- The minstrels and troubadours -- Great singers who followed the troubadours -- The development of opera and oratorio, part one -- The development of opera and oratorio, part two -- The development of teh orchestra, part one -- The development of teh orchestra, part two -- The development of the organ and the piano, part one -- The development of the organ and the piano, part two -- The development of the violin, part one -- The development of the violin, part two -- Russian, French and English influences, and the new movement in music -- Biography -- Bach, 1685-1750-classic period -- Handel, 1685-1759 -- Haydn, 1732-1809 -- Mozart, 1756-1791 -- Beethoven, 1770-1827-Transition period -- Schubert, 1797-1828-romantic period -- Mendelssohn, 1809-1849 -- Chopin, 1809-1849 -- Schumann, 1810-1856 -- Liszt, 1811-1886 -- Liszt, 1811-1886 -- Wagner, 1813-1883 -- Franck, 1820-1890 -- Brahms, 1833-1897 -- Tschaikowsky, 1840-1893 -- Grieg, 1843-1907 -- Debussy, 1862-1918-impressionistic period -- Mac Dowell and other American composers. |
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Music -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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Musicians.
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Musicians. |
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