The history of music.
By: Translated by F. Praeger.  Edited by Sir F. A. Gore Ouseley.
Contributors: Praeger, Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm, 1815-1891, tr.; Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore, Sir, 1825-1889.
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 1886
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 1332
Subjects: Music -- History and criticism
Description: Volume I; music from the classical age, as well as contemporary music of Egypt China, India and Islam; Volume II, The growth of tonal and polyphonic music to the Rococo; Volume III, the gradual decline of music in the Romance Nations and the growth of music in the Germanic Nations; Volume IV The Epoch of Genius in the German Nations; Volume V, the influence of Germanic Genius on Italy and France. The last composer discussed in Wagner in the 1870s.
Notes: "This edition is specially prepared for subscription only, and is not obtainable through the general booksellers."
Translation of Illustrierte Musikgeschichte.