The Masters and Their Music [Illustrated]

by W. S. B. Mathews

Overview

This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents
• illustrations

A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIVE PROGRAMS, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL, ESTHETICAL, AND CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS DESIGNED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC AS LITERATURE FOR THE USE OF CLUBS, CLASSES, AND PRIVATE STUDY

CONTENTS
PART I.
THE MASTERS AND THEIR MUSIC.
CHAPTER I.
MOVING FORCES IN MUSIC
CHAPTER II.
BACH AND HÄNDEL
The importance of Bach in the world of music. Pleasing and
representative compositions.
CHAPTER III.
HAYDN AND MOZART
The importance of Haydn as the creator of the sonata.
CHAPTER IV.
CHARACTERISTIC MOODS OF BEETHOVEN
CHAPTER V.
BACH, MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED
CHAPTER VI.
SCHUBERT AND MENDELSSOHN
CHAPTER VII.
ROBERT SCHUMANN
CHAPTER VIII.
CHOPIN
CHAPTER IX.
BACH, BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, AND CHOPIN IN THE DIFFERENT
PHASES OF THEIR ART
CHAPTER X.
LISZT
CHAPTER XI.
BACH, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, SCHUMANN, LISZT
CHAPTER XII.
CONCERNING THE TYPICAL MUSICAL FORMS

PART II.
MODERN MASTERS AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
CHAPTER I.
NATIONALITY IN MUSIC
CHAPTER II.
JOHANNES BRAHMS
CHAPTER III.
EDVARD GRIEG
CHAPTER IV.
RUBINSTEIN AND TSCHAIKOWSKY
CHAPTER V.
THE LATER ROMANTICISTS
CHAPTER VI.
GOTTSCHALK AND MASON
CHAPTER VII.
E. A. MACDOWELL
CHAPTER VIII.
ARTHUR FOOTE AND MRS. H. H. A. BEACH
CHAPTER IX.
MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013202986
Publisher:	VolumesOfValue
Publication date:	08/08/2011
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