The Musical Companion. A Compendium For All Lovers of Music

Published by Victor Gollancz, London England, 1947

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Hardcover. The Musical Companion. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Sunned spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Prefatory Letter From the Editor to the Publisher. The ABC of Music. Prelude. Musical Notation. The Fundamentals of Music. Form. Interlude. The Orchestra and Other Instruments. Postlude. The Orchestra and Orchestral Music. The Rise of the Orchestra. The Expansion of the Orchestra. Orchestrial Music; 'Absolute' Music and the Symphonists. Orchestral Music of Many Kinds. Opera. How Opera Arose. The 18th Century. From Mozart to Wagner. From Verdi to the Present Day. A Retrospect and a Prospect. The Human Voice. By Way of Introduction. The Polyphonic Period. English Song. Folk-Song. Oratorio and Other Choral Music. European Song in the 19th Century. Vocal Music in the 20th Century. Chamber Music. Before Beethoven. From Beethoven to Brahms. National Schools. Britain and America. Modernism. The Solo Instrument. Keyboard Instruments. Pianoforte and Violin Sonatas and Duets. The Violin in Solo and Concerto. The Violoncello and the Viola. Two Pianofortes and Unsual Combinations. An Essay on Performance and Listening. Index. A Table of Orchestral and Vocal Compasses (Real Sound). 751 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).…

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Title
The Musical Companion. A Compendium For All Lovers of Music
Author
W. R. Anderson. Julius Harrison. Edward J. Dent. Francis Toye. Dyneley Hussey. Edwin Evans. F. Bnavia. Eric Bloom. Edited By A. L. Bacharach
Publisher
Victor Gollancz, London England
Publication year
1947
Condition
Very Good
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Cloth
Edition
15th Impression
Dimensions
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Duodecimo
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