CONTENTS
PAGEPREFACExiTHE ORCHESTRA AS POET, PAINTER, AND DRAMATIST1BANTOCKTONE-POEM, "THE WITCH OF ATLAS"11Prelude, "Sappho"15BEETHOVENSymphony No. 3, "Eroica"19Overture to "Coriolanus"24Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"25Overture to "Egmont"27BERLIOZOverture to "King Lear"31Fantastic Symphony34Symphony, "Harold in Italy"36BIZETSuite from "L'Arlésienne"43CHADWICKOverture, "Melpomene"49Overture, "Adonais"51Overture, "Euterpe"52Symphonic Poem, "Cleopatra"53CHARPENTIERSuite, "Impressions of Italy"57CHAUSSONSymphonic Poem, "Viviane"61CONVERSERomance, "The Festival of Pan"65Romance, "Endymion's Narrative"67Two Poems, "Night" and "Day"68Overture, "Euphrosyne"70Fantasy, "The Mystic Trumpeter"70DEBUSSYPrelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"73Three Nocturnes75Three Sketches, "The Sea"77DUKAS"Scherzo," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"79DVOŘÁKOverture, "Nature"85Overture, "Carnival"87Overture, "Othello"89Symphonic Poem, "The Wood Dove"91ELGARVariations ("Enigma")95Overture, "Cockaigne"96Two Pieces, "Dream Children"98Overture, "In the South"101FRANCKSymphonic Poem, "Les Éolides"105Symphonic Poem, "The Wild Huntsman"106Suite, "Psyche"108Symphonic Poem, "The Djinns"113GLAZOUNOFFSymphonic Poem, "Stenka Râzine"115Symphonic Picture, "The Kremlin"117GOLDMARKOverture, "Sakuntala"119Symphony, "Rustic Wedding"120GRIEGSuite (No. 1), "Peer Gynt"123HADLEYTone-Poem, "Salome"127HUBERSymphony No. 2, in E Minor ["Böcklin"]131d'INDYLegend, "The Enchanted Forest"137Legend, "Saugefleurie"138Variations, "Istar"139Tone-Poem, "Summer Day on the Mountain"141LISZTSymphonic Poem, "Tasso: Lament and Triumph"145Symphonic Poem, "The Preludes"147Symphonic Poem, "Orpheus"148Symphonic Poem, "Mazeppa"151Symphonic Poem, "Festklänge"154Symphonic Poem, "The Battle of the Huns"155Symphonic Poem, "The Ideal"157"A 'Faust' Symphony"161"Symphony after Dante's 'Divina Commedia'"164"Two Episodes from Lenau's 'Faust'"173LOEFFLERSymphonic Poem, "The Death of Tintagiles"177"Poem" ["La Bonne Chanson"]182Fantasia, "The Devil's Villanelle"184"A Pagan Poem"187MAC DOWELLSymphonic Poem, "Lancelot and Elaine"191Two Fragments (after the "Song of Roland")194Suite (No. 2), "Indian"196MENDELSSOHNOverture, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"199Overture, "Fingal's Cave"200Overture, "Becalmed at Sea and Prosperous Voyage"202Overture, "The Lovely Melusina"203Symphony No. 3 ("Scotch")206Symphony No. 4 ("Italian")208RAFFSymphony No. 3, "In the Woods"213Symphony No. 5, "Lenore"216RIMSKY-KORSAKOFFSymphonic Poem, "Sadko"221Symphony, "Antar"222Suite, "Scheherazade"226"A Night on Mount Triglav" (from the Opera-Ballet"Mlada")229Suite, "Christmas Eve"231SAINT-SAËNSSymphonic Poem, "Omphale's Spinning-wheel"235Symphonic Poem, "Phaëton"236Symphonic Poem, "Dance of Death"237Symphonic Poem, "The Youth of Hercules"238SCHUMANNSymphony No. 1, in B-flat Major ["Spring"]241Overture to "Manfred"243SIBELIUSSymphonic Poem, "Lemminkainen:""The Swan of Tuonela"248"Lemminkainen's Home-Faring"249SMETANASymphonic Cycle, "My Fatherland:"I. "Vysehrad"251II. "Vltava"252III. "Sárka"252IV. "From Bohemia's Fields and Groves"253V. "Tabor"253VI. "Blanik"253SPOHRSymphony, "The Consecration of Sound"255STRAUSSFantasia, "From Italy"259Tone-Poem, "Don Juan"261Tone-Poem, "Macbeth"264Tone-Poem, "Death and Transfiguration"266"Rondo," "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"269Tone-Poem, "Thus Spake Zarathustra"275Variations, "Don Quixote"285Tone-Poem, "A Hero's Life"292"Domestic Symphony"297TSCHAIKOWSKYOverture, "Romeo and Juliet"303Fantasia, "The Tempest"305Fantasia, "Francesca da Rimini"308Symphony No. 4, in F Minor316Symphony, "Manfred"323Symphony No. 6, "Pathetic"329Ballad, "The Voyvode"335WAGNER"A 'Faust' Overture"339"A Siegfried Idyl"343WOLFSymphonic Poem, "Penthesilea"347INDEX353