Music Books
Mozart - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
Henry Edward KrehbielThe German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was not only a musical genius, but was also one of the pre-eminent geniuses of the Western world. He defined in his music a system of musical th..
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. MathewsPreface by W.S.B. Mathews: I have here endeavored to provide a readable account of the entire history of the art of music, within the compass of a single small volume, and to treat the luxuriant and m..
Lessons in Music Form
Percy GoetschiusLessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition written by Percy Goetschius, who won international fame in the teaching of the..
Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2
Franz LisztThe Austrio-Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a pianistic miracle. He could play anything on site and composed over 400 works centered around "his" instrument. Among his key works are his..
The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheA collection of three of Nietzsche's writings concerning the music of Wagner. In particular, he relates Wagner's music as degenerate, unrefined and unintelligent and relates it to a gradually degenera..
Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp
John Avery LomaxThe "Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp" does not purport to be an anthology of Western verse. As its title indicates, the contents of the book are limited to attempts, more or less poetic, in tra..
Mozart - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
Friedrich KerstThe German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was not only a musical genius, but was also one of the pre-eminent geniuses of the Western world. He defined in his music a system of musical th..
Life of Chopin
Franz LisztLife of Chopin is the biography of Polish composer Frédéric François Chopin, who was primarily composing solo piano. This biography has been written by Franz Liszt, who was a Hungarian compo..