Full Description
Scholar and composer Emil Naumann (1827-88) studied with Mendelssohn, and his compositions reflect the style of his teacher. He published several works on musical aesthetics and history, of which Illustrierte Musikgeschichte, written between 1880 and 1885, is his best known. It went through many editions and this English translation, first published in 1888, was prepared by the composer, pianist and writer Ferdinand Praeger (1815-91). To rectify the work's marked neglect of English music, chapters were added by its editor, the eminent Victorian musician Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley (1825-89), Professor of Music at Oxford. Lavishly illustrated and with musical examples throughout, this two-volume history was intended to 'aid in fostering ever-increasing interest in the most emotional and cherished of all the arts'. Volume 2 covers the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and includes an index.
Contents
Part IV. History of Music from the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to the Present Time: 26. Johann Sebastian Bach; 27. George Frederick Händel; 28. The chevalier de Gluck; 29. Joseph Haydn; 30. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; 31. On the state of music in England after the death of Purcell; 32. Ludwig van Beethoven; 33. Franz Schubert and Karl Maria von Weber; 34. Ludwig Spohr and Meyerbeer; 35. Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann; 36. The grand opera of Paris and the French comic romantic opera; 37. Cherubini, Spontini, and Rossini; 38. Hector Berlioz and Richard Wagner; 39. The present; Index.
