The story of opera
E. Markham (Ernest Markham) Lee
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I. WHAT IS OPERA?3. CHAPTER II. DIFFERENT SCHOOLS CORRESPONDING WITH THE GROWTH OF MUSICAL ART.4. CHAPTER III. THE REFORMERS OF OPERA: MONTEVERDE, GLUCK, AND WAGNER.5. CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA.6. CHAPTER V. EARLY ITALIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ENGLISH OPERA.7. CHAPTER VI. THE OPERAS OF GLUCK AND THE GREAT COMPOSERS.8. CHAPTER VII. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT9. CHAPTER VIII. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT10. CHAPTER IX. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT11. CHAPTER X. ENGLISH OPERA OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.12. CHAPTER XI. WAGNER AND HIS OPERAS.13. CHAPTER XII. MODERN OPERA SINCE WAGNER’S REFORMS.14. CHAPTER XIII. SLAVONIC OPERA.[2]15. CHAPTER XIV. OPERA TO-DAY IN ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND.16. CHAPTER XV. OPERATIC ENTERPRISE IN ENGLAND.17. CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY OPERA.18. CHAPTER XVII. THE CHIEF OPERA HOUSES OF THE WORLD.19. CHAPTER XVIII. OFFSHOOTS AND CURIOSITIES OF OPERA.20. CHAPTER XIX. A CHAPTER OF CHATTER.21. Appendices.22. Appendix A.23. Appendix B.24. Appendix C.25. Appendix D.26. Appendix E.27. Index.