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The Instruments of the Modern Orchestra and Early Records of the Precursors of the Violin Family, in Two Volumes, Vol. I- Modern Orchestral Instruments, 1910
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1SKETCHES OF ENGLISH GLEE COMPOSERS. Historical, Biographical and Critical. From about 1735-1866. By D. BAPTIE. Post 8vo, bevelled cloth, 5s.
3BALFE: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. By W. A. BARRETT. Crown 8vo, bevelled cloth, 3s. 6d. net (pub. 7s. 6d.)
5LIFE AND WORKS OF MOZART. By A. WHITTINGHAM. Cloth, 1s. 6d. (or paper, 1s.)
7LIFE AND WORKS OF HANDEL. By A. WHITTINGHAM. Cloth, 1s. 6d. (or paper, 1s.)
9THE BACH LETTERS. Letters of Samuel Wesley, relating to the Introduction into England of the Works of Bach. Ed. by E. WESLEY. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
11DICTIONARY OF 4,000 BRITISH MUSICIANS. From the Earliest Times. By F. J. CROWEST. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. (paper, 1s.)
13A Dictionary of British Musicians—a work devoted exclusively to the names of native composers, instrumentalists, vocalists, writers, etc., who have contributed to the making of English musical art from the earliest times to the present. Blank spaces are left to each letter for any additional names to be written in.
15PURCELL. By WILLIAM H. CUMMINGS, Mus.Doc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
17The only available life of this great English musician. Dr. Cummings spared no time or trouble in making it as far as possible a complete and exhaustive treatise.
19CHERUBINI. By F. J. CROWEST. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
21CONTENTS:—Birth and Parentage—Under Barti—Earliest Works—Visits London—Ludoviska—Medée—Les Deux Journées—Faniska—Berlioz and Ali Baba—Cherubini's Overtures—A Sacred Music Composer—Mass in F—Mass in D minor—Mass in C—Requiem in C minor—Requiem in D minor—Cherubini's Prolificness—At Catel's Grave—Death, Obsequies and Career—His Influence upon Music—Estimate of his Dramatic Works—Of his Sacred Works—Influence as a Teacher—Temperament and Disposition—Anecdotes of Cherubini—Catalogue of Compositions—Index.
23SKETCHES OF GREAT VIOLINISTS AND GREAT PIANISTS. Biographical and Anecdotal, with Account of the Violin and Early Violinists. Viotti, Spohr, Paganini, De Beriot, Ole Bull, Clementi, Moscheles, Schumann (Robert and Clara), Chopin, Thalberg, Gottschalk, Liszt. By G. T. FERRIS. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, bevelled cloth, 3s. 6d. (or cloth, gilt edges, 4s. 6d.)
25A very useful book for a prize or gift.
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