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The main stream of music : and other essays / Donald Francis Tovey ; collected with an introduction by Hubert Foss.

Author/creator Tovey, Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Other author/creatorFoss, Hubert J. (Hubert James), 1899-1953, compiler, writer of introduction.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1949.
Descriptionix, 404 pages : music ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Haydn's chamber music -- Christopher Willibald Gluck -- Franz Schubert -- Musical form and matter -- Normality and freedom in music -- Words and music: some obiter dicta -- Brahms's chamber music -- Some aspects of Beethoven's art forms -- Elgar, master of music -- Dohnányi's chamber music -- The 'lean athletic style' of Hindemith -- Prefaces to cadenzas for classical concertos -- The main stream of music -- A note on opera -- Stimulus and the classics of music -- The training of the musical imagination -- The meaning of music.
General noteFirst printed in England under the title: Essays and lectures on music.
LCCN 50003208

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML60.T666 M3 1949 ✔ Available Place Hold
Music Music Stacks ML60.T666 M3 1949 ✔ Available Place Hold