The Influence of the Organ in History Part 3

BOOKS ABOUT MUSICIANS AND THEIR WORKS.

I.--COLLECTED.

=ON RUSSIAN MUSIC.= Critical and Historical Studies of Glinka's Operas, Balakirev's Works, etc. With chapters dealing with Compositions by Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchakovsky, Mussorgsky, Glazunov, and various other Aspects of Russian Music. By GERALD ABRAHAM. With Frontispiece and Music Examples. 8vo, cloth, 15s. _net._

Companion to the same author's "Studies in Russian Music."

=STUDIES IN RUSSIAN MUSIC.= Rimsky-Korsakov and his Contemporaries.

Critical Essays on the most important of Rimsky-Korsakov's operas, Borodin's "Prince Igor," Dargomzhsky's "Stone Guest," etc.; with chapters on Glinka, Mussorgsky, Balakirev and Tchakovsky. By GERALD ABRAHAM. Copiously ill.u.s.trated by music examples. 350 pages, crown 8vo, cloth, 18s. _net._

=FROM MENDELSSOHN TO WAGNER.= Being the Memoirs of J. W. Davison, forty years Music Critic of "The Times," compiled by his son, HENRY DAVISON, from Memoranda and Doc.u.ments. With 52 portraits of Musicians and Important Letters (previously unpublished) of Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Gounod, Jullien, Macfarren, Sterndale Bennett, etc. Index, 539 pages, 8vo, cloth, 25s. _net._

=WITH THE GREAT COMPOSERS.= A Series of Pen Pictures, exhibiting the Personal Characteristics as Artists of the World's great Tone Poets in the form of Interviews. By GERALD c.u.mBERLAND. Portraits. Cr. 8vo, cloth, 10s. _net._

Deals with Chopin, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Paganini, Beethoven, Handel, Rossini, Schubert, Liszt, Berlioz, Mozart, Wagner, Tchakovsky, Cherubini, Wolf, Borodin, Schumann, Sullivan.

=THE SYMPHONY WRITERS SINCE BEETHOVEN.= Critical Essays on Schubert, Schumann, Gotz, Brahms, Tchakovsky, Bruckner, Berlioz, Liszt, Strauss, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, etc. By FELIX WEINGARTNER. Translated by A. BLES. Twelve Portraits. _Second Impression._ With Chapter added by D. C. PARKER on Weingartner's Symphony No. 5. Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.

_net._

=REEVES' DICTIONARY OF MUSICIANS.= Biographical Accounts of about 2,500 Noteworthy Musicians of the Past and Present. Edited by EDMONDSTOUNE DUNCAN and Others. Crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d. _net_ (paper covers, 4s.

_net_).

=SKETCHES OF GREAT VIOLINISTS AND GREAT PIANISTS.= Biographical and Anecdotal, with Account of the Violin and Early Violinists. Viotti, Spohr, Paganini, De Beriot, Ole Bull, Clementi, Moscheles, Schumann (Robert and Clara), Chopin, Thalberg, Gottschalk, Liszt. By G. T.

FERRIS. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 8s. 6d. _net._ Edition with Portraits to each, 10s. _net._

=SKETCHES OF ENGLISH GLEE COMPOSERS.= Historical, Biographical and Critical. From about 1735-1866. By D. BAPTIE. Post 8vo, cloth 8s. 6d.

_net._

=ENGLISH GLEE AND MADRIGAL WRITERS.= By W. A. BARRETT. 8vo, cloth, 6s.

_net_ (paper covers, 3s. 6d. _net_).

=SOME MUSICAL RECOLLECTIONS OF FIFTY YEARS.= By RICHARD HOFFMAN. With Memoir by MRS. HOFFMAN. Ill.u.s.trated with many Plate Portraits. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. _net._

=MUSICAL MEMORIES.= By WILLIAM SPARK, _Mus.Doc. (late Organist of the Town Hall, Leeds)_. Revised Popular Edition. With sixteen Portraits.

Thick crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. _net._

=BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FIDDLERS.= Including Performers on the Violoncello and Double Ba.s.s, Past and Present. Containing a Sketch of their Artistic Career, together with Notes of their Compositions. By A.

MASON CLARKE. Nine Portraits. Post 8vo, cloth, 10s. _net._

"We may here take the opportunity of recommending a useful book to all lovers of violins and violinists. Fiddlers, Ancient and Modern, is practically a little Biographical Dictionary, well arranged, with some excellent portraits."--_Northern Whig._

=HOW TO STUDY THE PIANOFORTE WORKS OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS.= By HERBERT WESTERBY Mus.Bac. Handel, Bach, Haydn, Scarlatti, Mozart, Clementi, C.

P. E. Bach. With Portraits and Musical Examples throughout. Crown 8vo, cloth 12s. _net._

The following issued singly, paper covers: HANDEL, 1s.; D. SCARLATTI, 1s.; J. S. BACH, 1s. 6d.; C. P. E. BACH AND HAYDN, 1s.; CLEMENTI, 1s.; MOZART, 1s. 6d.

=MAKERS OF MUSIC.= Biographical Sketches of the Great Composers. With Chronological Summaries of their Works and Facsimiles from Musical MSS.

of Bach, Handel, Purcell, Dr. Arne, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi, Gounod, Tchakovsky, Brahms and Grieg, with General Chronological Table.

By R. FARQUHARSON SHARP. Numerous Portraits. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. _net_.

The author's endeavour throughout this work has been to convey an impression of the personality of each composer, as well as to furnish biographical details. At the end of each biography is a tabulated list of the composer's works and dates of production, together with a facsimile from one of his original ma.n.u.scripts. A useful volume, got up in good style and well adapted for a gift or prize. Has speedily run into several editions.

=BRITISH MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY.= A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and Composers born in Britain and its Colonies. By J. D. BROWN and S. S.

STRATTON. 8vo, cloth, 21s. _net_.

BOOKS ABOUT MUSICIANS AND THEIR WORKS.

II.--INDIVIDUAL.

=BACH. A DIGEST OF THE a.n.a.lYSES OF J. S. BACH'S FORTY-EIGHT CELEBRATED FUGUES FROM THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER= (Das Wohltemperirte Klavier).

With over 1,600 Music Examples and 46 Tables. The five parts in one thick royal 8vo vol., cloth, 25s. _net_. Compiled by BROOK SAMPSON, F.R.C.O.

The following parts can be had separately:--

Section I, Subject, Answer, Theme. 2s. 6d. _net_.

Section II, Exposition, Counter-Exposition, Plan of Construction. 2s.

6d. _net_.

Section III, Subject and Counter-Subject, etc. 5s. _net_.

Section IV, Codetta and Episodes. 5s. _net_.

Section V, Stretti--Summary of Interesting Facts--General Index. 5s.

_net_.

=THE FORTY-EIGHT FUGUES IN THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER= (Das Wohltemperirte Klavier). By J. S. BACH. a.n.a.lysed by BROOK SAMPSON, Mus.Bac. Oxon., F.R.C.O.

Following obtainable, 1s. 6d. _net each_.

No. 4, in C sharp minor No. 9, in E major No. 16, in G minor No. 18, in G sharp minor No. 24, in B minor No. 28, in C sharp minor No. 29, in D major No. 34, in E minor No. 36, in F minor No. 38, in F sharp minor No. 40, in G minor

=OUTLINE a.n.a.lYSIS OF BACH'S FORTY-EIGHT FUGUES.= By BROOK SAMPSON. 3s.

_net_.

=BALFE: HIS LIFE AND WORK.= By WM. ALEXANDER BARRETT. Over 300 pages.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. _net_.

=A CRITICAL STUDY OF BEETHOVEN'S NINE SYMPHONIES=, with a Few Words on His Trios and Sonatas, a Criticism of "Fidelio" and an Introductory Essay on Music. By HECTOR BERLIOZ. Translated from the French by EDWIN EVANS, _Senior_. Portrait. Crown 8vo, cloth, 21s. _net_.