Introductory material
Reading edition
Franz Joseph Haydn Benj. E. Woolf 245
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Philip Hale 269
Ludwig van Beethoven (Biography) Philip Hale 309
The Deafness of Beethoven Clarence J. Blake 333
Beethoven as Composer John K. Paine 337
Franz Peter Schubert John Fiske 351
Ludwig Spohr W. J. Henderson 375
Carl Maria von Weber H. E. Krehbiel 389
Heinrich Marschner H. E. Krehbiel 409
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy John S. Dwight 417
Robert Schumann Louis Kelterborn 439
Robert Franz Louis Kelterborn 463
Giacomo Meyerbeer Arthur Pougin 473
Strauss Henry T. Finck 487
Joseph Joachim Raff W. J. Henderson 497
Johannes Brahms Louis Kelterborn 503
Carl Goldmark W. J. Henderson 515
Max Bruch Louis C. Elson 519
Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger Louis Kelterborn 525
Richard Wagner W. J. Henderson 533
Music in Germany John K. Paine and Leo R. Lewis 569
Jean Baptiste Lully Oscar Comettant 609
Jean Philippe Rameau Oscar Comettant 615
André Ernest Modeste Grétry Oscar Comettant 623
François Adrien Boieldieu Louis C. Elson 633
Etienne Nicolas Méhul Geo. P. Upton 639
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold Geo. P. Upton 645
Daniel François Esprit Auber Oscar Comettant 653
Jacques François Fromental Elias Halévy Benj. E. Woolf 665
Hector Berlioz Adolphe Jullien 675
Ambroise Thomas Benj. E. Woolf 691
Alexander César Léopold Bizet Philip Hale 697
Camille Saint-Saëns Oscar Comettant 703
Jules Emile Frédéric Massenet Oscar Comettant 711
Charles Gounod Arthur Pougin 719
Music in France Arthur Pougin 735
Frederick Chopin Edward Dannreuther 759
Anton Dvořák Henry T. Finck 779
Michael Ivanovitch Glinka Philip Hale 785
Anton Rubinstein Henry T. Finck 791
Peter Ilitsch Tschaïkowsky W. J. Henderson 803
Franz Liszt W. Langhans 813
Eduard Hagerup Grieg Sara C. Bull and Philip Hale 831
Niels William Gade Louis C. Elson 837
Music in Russia, Poland, Norway, etc. Henry T. Finck 845
William Byrd W. S. Rockstro 867
Henry Purcell John Towers 871
John Field Chas. L. Capen 877
William Sterndale Bennett W. S. Rockstro 881
Michael William Balfe Benj. E. Woolf 885
Arthur Seymour Sullivan Florence A. Marshall 891
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry W. S. Rockstro 899
Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Florence A. Marshall 903
Charles Villiers Stanford W. S. Rockstro 907
Music in England W. S. Rockstro 913
Music in America Henry E. Krehbiel 933