Monsieur Croche, the dilettante hater
By: from the French of Claude Debussy, with a foreword by Lawrence Gilman
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1928
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Music; History and criticism
Table of contents: title: Monsieur Croche, the dilettante hater.- A talk about the prix de Rome and Saint-Saëns.- The symphony.- Moussorgski.- The Paul Dukas sonata.-Virtuosos.- The opera.- Nikisch.- Massenet.- Open-air music.- Recollections.-  Rameau.- Beethoven.- The people's theatre.- Richard Strauss.- Richard Wagner.-Siegfried Wagner- César Franck.- Neglect.- Grieg.- Vincent d'Indy.- Richter-  Berlioz.- Gounod.- An open letter to the Chevalier W. Gluck.