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A hundred years of music / by Gerald Abraham.

Author/creator Abraham, Gerald, 1904-1988
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.
Description375 pages : illustrations (music) ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Hundred years series
Hundred years series. ^A643236
Contents After Beethoven. Music in the eighteen-thirties ; Romantic music: its spirit and forms ; Romantic music: its texture and style ; The neo-classical reaction: choral and chamber music of the period -- Wagner and the opera. Opera in the 'thirties and 'forties ; Wagner and the music-drama ; Wagner the musician ; Music in the eighteen-sixties -- After Wagner. Early nationalist schools ; Brahms and the great instrumental tradition ; The progress of non-wagnerian opera ; Music in the eighteen-nineties ; The heritage of Liszt and Wagner -- The music of yesterday and to-day. The reaction against romanticism: impressionism ; Later nationalist tendencies ; Music in the nineteen-twenties ; Post-war tendencies: neo-classicism and twelve-tone system.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 354-363).

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Course Reference ML196 .A3 1938A ✔ Available