Author:
Abraham, Gerald, 1904-1988.
Imprint:New York : St. Martin's Press, 1968.
Description360 p. : music ; 26 cm.
Note:Slavonic music and the western world. - Chopin and the orchestra. - The genesis of The Bartered Bride. - Dvorák's musical personality. - An erotic diary for piano. - Realism in Janácek's operas. - Anton Rubinstein: Russian composer. - Tchaïkovsky: some centennial reflections. - Tchaïkovsky's operas. - Mussorgsky's Boris and Pushkin's. - The Mediterranean element in Boris Godunov. - Rimsky-Korsakov as self-critic. - Rimsky-Korsakov's songs. - Random notes on Lyadov. - Glazunov and the string quartet. - The best of Spontini. - Hoffmann as composer. - Weber as novelist and critic. - Marschner and Wagner. - The scores of Mendelssohn's Hebrides. - Schumann's Op. II and III. - Schumann's Jugendsinfonie in G minor. - The three scores of Schumann's D minor symphony. - On a dull overture by Schumann. - Wagner's second thoughts. - Nietzsche's attitude to Wagner: a fresh view. - An outline of Mahler. - Delius and his literary sources. - The Bartók of the quartets.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index
Note:Recommended in Best Books for Academic Libraries ; Books for College Libraries
