Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Literary News, 1902, Vol. 23: A Monthly Journal of Current Literature
Contents: The nature and origin of music; Music's first era, and the influences which were operative in various lands during its continuance; Biblical mention of music; Music from the invention of notation to date; Wagner and the music drama; What are the influencing factors in deciding musical des tinies?; Who is to be our seventh high priest?; A summary of music's attributes; What constitutes musical intelligence? Elson, arthur. A critical history Of Opera giving an account of the rise and progress of the different schools, with a description of the master works in each. Page. Por. (music lovers' ser.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
