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Chamber Music, n. Kilburn.

Chamber Music, n. Kilburn.
A popular history of chamber music
with special chapters on what was con
tributed by Haydn, Bach, Dittensdorf,
Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert.
Mendelssohn, Schumann, Spohr. Brahms,
Dvorak, Strauss, Bruckner, and sum
mary of chamber music of recent times.
The Intelligence of Women, w. l..
George.
W. L. George, the champion of femi-
nism in England and the author Of the
Second Blooming and the Stranger s
Wedding analyses with courage and in
sight the heart and minds of contem-
porary women. Mr.. George holds that
the so-called differences in male and fe-
male intellects are due entirely to en-
Vlronment and the old suggestions com
ing down from the remotest past. The
chapter headings are as follows: Femi-
INST Intentions, Uniforms for Women.
Downfall of the Home, Breakup of the
Family, and Some Notes on Marriage.
Modern Harmony in It's Theory and
Practice, \. Footc and w. r. SpaId
ing.
An authoritative treatment of the
subject, i'll which the statements and
rules are expressed with exact truth
and explained when necessary and pos
slble. No exact statements are made
upon matters where there is a marked
difference of opinion among theorists.
The Romantic Composers, D. G. Mason.
This book is the third and last of the
series of studies of composers and their
music, from Palestrina to the present
day. They should be read in this or
DER Beethoven and His Forerun-
ners, in which general survey Of
the periods Of musical history and the
principles of musical style are given.
including studies OF Palcstrina. Bach.
Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven; then
: The Romantic Composers in which
the story begins with the death of Bee
thoven and is carried through the peri
cd of romanticism, with essays on Schu-
bert, Schumann. Mcndclssohn, Chopin.
Beriioz and List; and last "From
Grleg to Brahms, studies of the chief
modern musicians. Thus read the three
serve as a commentary on the more inn
portant individual composers, aesthetic
principles and historical schools in
modern Instrumental music
The Theory and Practice Of Tone RcIa-
ton, Percy Goetschius
\ condensed course Of harmony con
Quoted upon contrapuntal basis.
Subtitle This treatise contains all
the essential requirements of system
Of harmony, in a condensed and simple
form for the ase,nf beginner WHO hakc
already mastered the rudiments of mu-
steal knowledge. The subject is discussed
under these heads Simple Harmonies.
Discord Harmonies Meditation ana In
harmonic Tones
The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries.
James J. Walsh.
\ remarkable study of the achieve
ments of the 18th century III art, litora-
turo, science, education, commerce.
music, law. medicine and exploration.
with eulogies of the famous men of the
century. To show that the author s
adjective Is not a misnomcr,' this
edition is prefaccd with a series Of
quotations from distinguished histori-
cal writers who agree in supreme admi-
ration for the 18th century. They lack
sympathy with many things character
lstlc OF the century but declare cmphat
really that it is the source Of most that
IS great and good in our modern life
and that we have failed to surpass
It's artistic and intellectual achievements
II the seven centuries that have since
elapsed
Young India, Laipat Raj.
An Interpretation and history Of
the nationalist movement FROM within,
by one Of the most widely known, most
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