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Musical notes. I. The great composers. II. Violinists and the violin. III. The violin and its history, 1869
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1posthumous; nine symphonies—the last of which, with chorus added, founded on Schiller's 'Ode to Joy,' was composed for the Philharmonic Society of London; two masses (one being posthumous); a grand opera, 'Fidelio,' for which he composed four overtures, being dissatisfied with his own efforts. The one usually styled the overture to 'Fidelio' is a brilliant orchestral prelude. The one commonly styled 'Leonora' overture is perhaps the finest work of the kind done by him. He also produced a grand septuor for stringed and wind instruments mixed; a number of songs, one of the most exquisite of which is entitled 'Adelaida,' for a tenor voice; a superb concerto for the violin; several concertos for the pianoforte; an oratorio, 'The Mount of Olives,' which, however, is somewhat too dramatic, and deficient in the seriousness and solemnity requisite in that class of composition. He has also given to the world certain other overtures, among the best of which is 'Coriolanus.' His career has been divided by his biographers into three periods. First period
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