Music & Its Masters
Reading edition
By O. B. BOISE WITH SIX PORTRAITS Philadelphia & London J. B. Lippincott Company 1902
Copyright, 1901 By J. B. Lippincott Company
Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
TO GEORGE W. STOCKLEY, Esq.
Preface
I have endeavored through showing the true nature of music, and the conditions that are essential to its growth in breadth and significance, to incite amateurs to a more respectful consideration of its claims.
O. B. B.
Berlin, March 1, 1901.
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The nature and origin of music 13
II. Music's first era, and the influences which were operative in various lands during its continuance 26
III. Biblical mention of music 61
IV. Music from the invention of notation to date 80
V. Wagner and the music drama 134
VI. What are the influencing factors in deciding musical destinies? Who is to be our seventh high-priest? 169
VII. A summary of music's attributes. What constitutes musical intelligence? 188
Illustrations
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Wagner Frontispiece
Palestrina 92
Bach 99
Beethoven 106
Schubert 109
Schumann 114
Music & Its Masters