Old scores and new readings
Subtitle: discussions on music & certain musicians
By: by John F. Runciman.
Edition: [2d ed. rev. and enl.]
Publisher: At the sign of the Unicorn [Unicorn press]
Published: 1901
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Music; Musicians; Opera
Table of contents: title: William Byrde, his mass.; title: Our last great musician (Henry Purcell, 1658-95); title: Bach; the "Matthew" passion and the "John".; title: Handel.; title: Haydn and his "Creation".; title: Mozart, his "Don Giovanni" and the Requiem.; title: "Fidelio."; title: Schubert.; title: Weber and Wagner.; title: Italian opera, dead and dying.; title: Verdi young and Verdi younger.; title: "The flying Dutchman."; title: "Lohengrin."; title: "Tristan and Isolda."; title: "Siegfried."; title: "The dusk of the gods."; title: "Parsifal."; title: Bayreuth in 1897.; title: A note on Brahms.; title: Anton Dvorák.; title: Tschaikowsky and his "Pathetic" symphony.; title: Lamoureux and his orchestra.