LAVIGNAC'S MUSIC AND MUSICIANSTranslated byWilliam Marchant.5th printing.With Chapters onMusic in AmericaandThe Present State of the Art of MusicbyH. E. Krehbiel. $1.75 net.* Practically a Cyclopædia of its subject, with numerous illustrations.W. J. Henderson."A style which can fairly be described as fascinating ... one of the most important books on music that has ever been published."ANGELO NEUMANN'S PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF WAGNERWith portraits, etc. 8vo. $2.50 net.*By the famous manager of the Wagner Traveling Theater that visited Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Austria, England and Russia. Vivid personal glimpses of Wagner acting his own characters and many humorous and dramatic episodes of life behind the scenes."The most important biographic contribution to musical literature since the beginning of the century, with the exception of Wagner's Letters to Frau Wesendonck."—H. T. Finck in New York Evening Post.(Circular with complete review and sample pages on application.)WAGNER'S ART, LIFE, AND THEORIESSelections from his Writings translated byE. L. Burlingame, with a Preface and drawings of the Bayreuth Opera House, etc.5th printing.12mo. $1.50 net.*WAGNER'S RING OF THE NIBELUNGByG. T. Dippold.Revised Edition.6th printing.$1.50.The mythological basis is explained. (76 pp.) Then the stories of the four music dramas are given with translations of many passages and some description of the music. (160 pp.)BANISTER'S MUSICA hand book on musical theory.7th printing.80 cents net.*"One would have to buy half a dozen volumes to acquire the contents of this one little book."—N.Y. Times.JOHNSON'S (Helen K.,ed.) OUR FAMILIAR SONGS AND THOSE WHO MADE THEM300 standard songs of the English-speaking race, arranged with piano accompaniment, and preceded by sketches of the writers and histories of the songs.12th printing.$3.00.* Postage 8% additional on net books.HENRY HOLT AND COMPANYKREHBIEL'S CHAPTERS OF OPERABy the musical critic of theNew York Tribune, author of "Studies in the Wagnerian Drama," "How to Listen to Music," etc. With over 60 full-page illustrations. Second printing, revised. 435 pp., 8vo. $3.50 net. By mail, $3.72. (Illustrated circular on application.)Mr. Krehbiel's most important book. The first seven chapters deal with the earliest operatic performances in New York. Then follows a brilliant account of the first quarter-century of the Metropolitan, 1883-1908. He tells how Abbey's first disastrous Italian season was followed by seven seasons of German Opera under Leopold Damrosch and Stanton, how this was temporarily eclipsed by French and Italian, and then returned to dwell with them in harmony, thanks to Walter Damrosch's brilliant crusade,—also of the burning of the opera house, the vicissitudes of the American Opera Company, the coming and passing of Grau and Conried, and finally the opening of Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera House and the first two seasons therein, 1906-08."The most complete and authoritative ... pre-eminently the man to write the book ... full of the spirit of discerning criticism ... Delightfully engaging manner, with humor, allusiveness and an abundance of the personal note."—Richard Aldrich in New York Times Review.ROMAIN ROLLAND'S JEAN-CHRISTOPHEDAWN . MORNING . YOUTH . REVOLT600 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.62.It commences with the musician's childhood, his fears, fancies, and troubles, and his almost uncanny musical sense. He plays before the Grand Duke at seven, but he is destined for greater things. An idol of the hour, in some ways suggesting Richard Strauss, tries in vain to wreck his faith in his career. Early love episodes follow, and after a dramatic climax, the hero, like Wagner, has to fly, a hopeful exile."As big, as elemental, as original as though the art of fiction began today."—Springfield Republican."The most momentous novel that has come to us from France, or from any other European country, in a decade.... Highly commendable and effective translation ... the story moves at a rapid pace. It never lags."—Boston Transcript."He embraces with a loving understanding the seven ages of man.... It not only contains a picture of contemporary musical life, but holds a message bearing on our conception of life and art. It presents genius for once without the morbid features that obscure its essence."—New York Times Review.HENRY HOLT AND COMPANYPUBLISHERSNEW YORK
Translated byWilliam Marchant.5th printing.
With Chapters onMusic in AmericaandThe Present State of the Art of MusicbyH. E. Krehbiel. $1.75 net.* Practically a Cyclopædia of its subject, with numerous illustrations.
W. J. Henderson."A style which can fairly be described as fascinating ... one of the most important books on music that has ever been published."
With portraits, etc. 8vo. $2.50 net.*
By the famous manager of the Wagner Traveling Theater that visited Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Austria, England and Russia. Vivid personal glimpses of Wagner acting his own characters and many humorous and dramatic episodes of life behind the scenes.
"The most important biographic contribution to musical literature since the beginning of the century, with the exception of Wagner's Letters to Frau Wesendonck."—H. T. Finck in New York Evening Post.(Circular with complete review and sample pages on application.)
Selections from his Writings translated byE. L. Burlingame, with a Preface and drawings of the Bayreuth Opera House, etc.5th printing.12mo. $1.50 net.*
ByG. T. Dippold.Revised Edition.6th printing.$1.50.
The mythological basis is explained. (76 pp.) Then the stories of the four music dramas are given with translations of many passages and some description of the music. (160 pp.)
A hand book on musical theory.7th printing.80 cents net.*
"One would have to buy half a dozen volumes to acquire the contents of this one little book."—N.Y. Times.
300 standard songs of the English-speaking race, arranged with piano accompaniment, and preceded by sketches of the writers and histories of the songs.12th printing.$3.00.
* Postage 8% additional on net books.
By the musical critic of theNew York Tribune, author of "Studies in the Wagnerian Drama," "How to Listen to Music," etc. With over 60 full-page illustrations. Second printing, revised. 435 pp., 8vo. $3.50 net. By mail, $3.72. (Illustrated circular on application.)
Mr. Krehbiel's most important book. The first seven chapters deal with the earliest operatic performances in New York. Then follows a brilliant account of the first quarter-century of the Metropolitan, 1883-1908. He tells how Abbey's first disastrous Italian season was followed by seven seasons of German Opera under Leopold Damrosch and Stanton, how this was temporarily eclipsed by French and Italian, and then returned to dwell with them in harmony, thanks to Walter Damrosch's brilliant crusade,—also of the burning of the opera house, the vicissitudes of the American Opera Company, the coming and passing of Grau and Conried, and finally the opening of Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera House and the first two seasons therein, 1906-08.
"The most complete and authoritative ... pre-eminently the man to write the book ... full of the spirit of discerning criticism ... Delightfully engaging manner, with humor, allusiveness and an abundance of the personal note."—Richard Aldrich in New York Times Review.
600 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.62.
It commences with the musician's childhood, his fears, fancies, and troubles, and his almost uncanny musical sense. He plays before the Grand Duke at seven, but he is destined for greater things. An idol of the hour, in some ways suggesting Richard Strauss, tries in vain to wreck his faith in his career. Early love episodes follow, and after a dramatic climax, the hero, like Wagner, has to fly, a hopeful exile.
"As big, as elemental, as original as though the art of fiction began today."—Springfield Republican.
"The most momentous novel that has come to us from France, or from any other European country, in a decade.... Highly commendable and effective translation ... the story moves at a rapid pace. It never lags."—Boston Transcript.
"He embraces with a loving understanding the seven ages of man.... It not only contains a picture of contemporary musical life, but holds a message bearing on our conception of life and art. It presents genius for once without the morbid features that obscure its essence."—New York Times Review.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY