Old scores and new readings
Subtitle: discussions on music & certain musicians
By: by John F. Runciman.
Publisher: At the sign of the Unicorn
Published: 1899
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Music; Musicians; Opera -- History and criticism
Table of contents: title: William Byrde, his mass.-  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.-; title: "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 Dvorâk.-  Tschaikowsky and his "Pathetic" symphony.-  Lamoureux and his orchestra.