Stories of Symphonic Music
Author: first_name: Lawrence
last_name: Gilman
Language: English
Year: 1907

'A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day'. Gilman became notorious for scathing reviews of compositions later to become classics. Here he analyzes the stories behind some famous and not so famous works. - Summary by Lynne Thompson