Famous Composers and Their Works. [Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms; Philosophy of Music; Orchestral Instruments; Music and Health; Great Operas; Orchestral Masterpieces; Standard Oratorios; Evolution of Musical Notation; Musical Forms]

Elson, Louis C.[Arthur J. Mundy; Arthur Elson; Henry Lahee; H. N. Redman], 17 portraits of composers (incl Beethoven, Brahms, buck, Chadwick, Handel, Henschel, Herbert, KneiselMacDowell, Mozart, Paine, Parker, Raff, Sullivan, Thomas, Widor) ; 9 scenes from operas featuring photographs of Madame Gadski, Emma Calvé, Madame Sembrich, Madame Melba, Emma Eames, Rosa Papier, and Madame Materna, and Delands daughter 'Senta'; reproductions of famous paintings by Fantin-Latour(Seiglinde & Seigmund - Wagner's Walkure, Meeting of Walter and Eva, The Rhine Daughters), Sargent(Carmencita), Garrido(Le-Pas-De-Quatre, La Fanandola, The Minuet), Cederstrom(Concert in the Monastery), Kray(Tambourine Girl), Hal(Singing Boys), Becker(Marriage of Figaro), Schuttenberger(Terpsichore), Coomans(Music by .), Favres(Cherchant La Note), Laufberger(Singing Band), de Boislecomte(Le Lutrin D'Aulnay-Les-Bondy), Thomas(Hymn to Selene), Grutzner(Trio in the Convent), Dubusse(Musique Sacree), Kindler(The False Note), Gill(Cupid's Orchestra), Schopin(David Playing Before Saul), Tadema(The Vintage Festival), Carpaccio(Angel Playing Lute), Poetzelberger(Song Without Words), Mader(The Trio), Thorne(Song Without Words), Menzel(Concert at the Court of Frederick the Great), Humborg(The Brothers Solo), Hals(The Mandolin Player)Wagres(Even Song), Solomon(The Dovbt of Evrydice), Pixis(The Arrival of Lohengrin, Uncovering of the Holy Grail), Domenichino(St. Cecilia), Hamman(Preludes of Bach), and Kiesel(Music). Sections include: Musical Forms, Evolution of Musical Notation, Philosophy of Music, Music & Health, The Orchestral Instruments, The Great operas, Some Orchestral Masterpieces, Standard Oratories, Pronouncing Musical Dictionary, pronouncing composers, Abbreviations and Index. All pages clean and bright, boards in red cloth with fine gold gilt as is spine, all pages gilt-edge, spine weak at front board, small tear on back board, and front board starting to separate bottom 2 inches. A true collector item. 100+ year old book, text, instruction and semantics not available from "any" publisher today! Additional postage required. …