Camille Saint-Saëns on music and musicians
By: edited and translated by Roger Nichols.
Contributors: Nichols, Roger.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780195320169
Subjects: Saint-Saëns, Camille, -- 1835-1921; Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Composers -- France -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Work titles: Literary works.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Art for art's sake; title: Harmony and melody; title: The Birmingham Festivals; title: Musical eccentricities; title: Hélène; title: On not writing a preface; title: Musical trends; title: In defence of Opéra-comique; title: The old Conservatoire; title: The organ; title: Meyerbeer; title: Rossini; title: Berlioz I; title: Berlioz II; title: Liszt I; title: Liszt II; title: Wagner : Bayreuth 1876; title: The Wagnerian illusion; title: Gounod; title: Offenbach I; title: Offenbach II; title: Memories of childhood; title: Bizet; title: Massenet; title: Pauline Viardot; title: Four poems to friends.