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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/378286 Title: The book of musical knowledge; the history, technique, and appreciation of music, together with lives of the great composers, for music-lovers, students and teachers, Author: Arthur Elson Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. OCLC:378286

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The book of musical knowledge; the history, technique, and appreciation of music, together with lives of the great composers, for music-lovers, students and teachers,

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The book of musical knowledge; the history, technique, and appreciation of music, together with lives of the great composers, for music-lovers, students and teachers,

Author:	Arthur Elson
Publisher:	Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : New and enl. edView all editions and formats
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Subjects	Music. Musicians. Music appreciation. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Elson, Arthur, 1873-1940. Book of musical knowledge. Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927 (OCoLC)592730905
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Arthur Elson Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	378286
Description:	2 p. ℓ., [vii]-xii, 609 p. front., illus. (incl. music) plates, ports., facsim. 22 cm.
Contents:	Pt. I. The evolution of music. Primitive and savage music ; Greece and Rome ; Early Christian music ; The minstrel knights ; The schools of counterpoint ; The harmonic style -- Pt. II. The great composers. Bach ; Handel ; Gluck ; Haydn ; Mozart ; Beethoven ; Schubert ; Weber and romanticism ; Mendelssohn ; Schumann ; Chopin ; Italian opera ; Cherubini and French opera ; Berlioz and other Frenchmen ; Liszt and his circle ; From Glinka to Tschaikovsky ; Wagner and his reforms ; Brahms and the symphonists ; Grieg and the northern countries ; Strauss and recent Germans ; Franck and modern France ; The Russian school ; Other European nations ; America -- Pt. III. Musical form. Melody and appreciation ; Figures and phrases ; The song-forms ; The sonata-allegro form ; Other sonata movements ; The orchestral forms ; Dances and piano styles ; The vocal forms ; The contrapuntal forms -- Pt. IV. The instruments. The piano and its predecessors ; The organ ; The voice ; The violin ; Other bowed instruments ; Plucked-string instruments ; Flute and piccolo ; Oboe and English horn ; The bassoons ; The clarinets ; Horns, trumpets, and cornets ; Trombones and tubas ; Instruments of percussion -- Pt. V. Special topics. Some famous pianists ; Some famous singers ; Violinists and violin music ; Orchestration ; Conducting ; Acoustics ; How to read music ; Modern music -- Appendix : important musical terms.
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