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Contents |
The world of the phonograph -- The court masque -- Monteverde -- J.S. Bach : three glimpses. -- Bach the colorist -- Bach the physician -- Die Kunst der Fuge -- Mozart the romantic -- Cimarosa -- Beethoven -- Glinka at last -- The Nazis and Die Meistersinger -- Cosima Wagner's story -- Khovanstchina -- The Elektra of Richard Strauss -- D'Indy -- The place of Ravel -- Scriabin again -- Bloch and his Sacred service -- The evolution of Strawinsky -- Bartók -- Gurrelieder -- Wozzeck -- Neoclassicism and Hindemith -- Milhaud -- Auric -- Shostakovich -- Weill and Gebrauchmusik -- Ionization -- Gershwin -- Cowell -- Recent American operas. -- Peter Ibbetson -- Jack and the beanstalk -- The Emperor Jones -- Four saints in three acts -- Merry Mount -- Helen retires -- Maria Malibran -- Ives -- Harris -- Copland -- Chavez -- Riegger : a note -- Union Pacific -- Epilogue : -- The land awaits. |
General note | "First edition." |
Bibliography note | "Biographical appendix" (including bibliographies): pages 361-390. |
LCCN | 36007304 |