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The instruments of the modern orchestra & early records of the precursors of the violin family : with over 500 illustrations and plates, 1910
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1BIOGRAPHICAL.
3CHOPIN: AS REVEALED BY EXTRACTS FROM HIS DIARY. By Count Tarnowski. Translated from the Polish by N. Janotha. With Eight Portraits. Crown 8vo, bevelled cloth, 2s. 6d. net (or paper cover 1s. 6d. net).
5"Throws many curious sidelights on the character of the great composer."—Sunday Sun.
7"The notes on Chopin were written by special request and under the direction of Princess Marceline Czartoryska. From her, Count Tarnowski received many interesting details as well as letters written by Chopin, in which the master alludes to many of his compositions as well as to the conditions under which they were written. Really an absorbing little tome, etc."—Musical Standard.
9BEETHOVEN. By Richard Wagner. With a Supplement from the Philosophical Works of Arthur Schopenhauer. Trans. by Edward Dannreuther. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
11"This characteristic essay, a written exposition of Wagner's thoughts on the significance of the master's music, may be read with advantage by all students."—W. H. Webbe in The Pianist's A. B. C.
13"It is a plain duty to be familiar and even intimate with the opinion of one famous man about another. Gladly therefore we welcome Mr. Dannreuther's translation of the work before us. Mr. Dannreuther has achieved his task with the conscientiousness of his nature and with a success due to much tact and patience."—Musical Times.
15BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FIDDLERS. Including Performers on the Violoncello and Double Bass, Past and Present. Containing a Sketch of their Artistic Career, together with Notes of their Compositions. By A. Mason Clarke. 9 Portraits. Post 8vo, bevelled cloth, 5s.
17"We may here take the opportunity of recommending a useful book to all lovers of violins and violinists. Fiddlers, Ancient and Modern, is practically a little Biographical Dictionary, well arranged with some excellent portraits."—Northern Whig.
19CHERUBINI. Memorials illustrative of his Life. By E. Bellasis. Thick crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
21The standard biography of Cherubini.
23FRANZ LISZT. By T. Carlaw Martin. 12mo, bound, 1s. (paper, 6d.)
25LIFE OF BEETHOVEN. By Louis Nohl. Translated by John J. Lalor. Third Edition. With Portraits and Facsimile. Crown 8vo, bevelled cloth, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.
27"A standard biography."
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