Music and manners in France and Germany
Subtitle: a series of travelling sketches of art and society
By: by Henry F. Chorley
Series: Cambridge library collection; Cambridge library collection
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781108001892; 9781108001908; 9781108001915
Subjects: History and criticism; Music
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841-1844.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The grand opera of Paris. Esmeralda ; The drop-curtain ; The mystery of young France, Robert Le Diable ; The art opera, Stradella ; The national opera, Guillaume Tell ; Duprez ; The masterpiece of French opera, Les Huguenots; title: The Brunswick Festival. The journey and the rehearsal ; First day : The oratorio, the dinner ; Second day : The oratorio, the ball ; Third day : Mendelssohn's concert, the opera; title: v. 2. Three days in the Harz country.  A night on the Brocken ; Rubeland ; The Ross-trappe; title: Glimpses of Berlin. First impressions, Der Freischu tz ; The court and the opera ; Specimens of German nationality, The Lo we ; Morning hours ; A letter to a lady ; Quartetts and amateurs ; A Gluck pilgrimage, The Huldigung in 1840; title: Parisian authorities. French critics, the journalists; title: v. 3. Parisian authorities. French critics, the enthusiasts ; M. Liszt ; The conservatoire; title: The Leipsic Fair. The concerts ; Traces of Bach; title: Two visits to Dresden. The opera and its environs ; Organ-playing ; Notes on Nuremburg; title: Parisian contrasts. Sunday morning ; The palace and the people.