A collection of essays on the Romantic composers of music, focusing on figures such as Robert Schumann. It explores their artistic ideals and the spirit of musical Romanticism, offering thoughtful reflections for listeners interested in the era.
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Opening of the book
THE ROMANTIC COMPOSERS THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA · MADRAS MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED TORONTO ROBERT SCHUMANN From a water color made in Vienna in his youth
The ROMANTIC COMPOSERS BY DANIEL GREGORY MASON AUTHOR OF "FROM GRIEG TO BRAHMS," "BEETHOVEN AND HIS FORERUNNERS," ETC. "Consciously or unconsciously a new school is being founded on the basis of the BeethovenSchubert romanticism, a school which we may venture
to expect will mark a special epoch in the history of art." SCHUMANN NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1940
COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY DANIEL G. MASON. All rights reserved— no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1906.