Old scores and new readings
Subtitle: discussions on musical subjects.
Publisher: At the sign of the Unicorn [Unicorn press]
Published: 1899
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Music; Musicians; Opera
Table of contents: title: Dedication to Frank Harris, esq- Our last great musician (Henry Purcell, 1658-95)- Bach; the "Matthew" passion and the "John".- Handel.- Haydn and his "Creation".- Mozart, his "Don Giovanni" and the Requiem.- "Fidelio."-  Schubert.- Weber and Wagner.- Italian opera, dead and dying.- Verdi young and Verdi younger.- "The flying Dutchman."- "Lohengrin."- "Tristan and Isolda."-  "Siegfried."- "The dusk of the gods."- "Parsifal."- Bayreuth in 1897.- A note on Brahms.- Anton Dvorák.- Tschaikowsky and his "Pathetic" symphony.-  Lamoureux and his orchestra.