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The Romantic Composers — Daniel Gregory Mason

The Romantic Composers

Daniel Gregory Mason

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 170 pages

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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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.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Contents

  1. The ROMANTIC COMPOSERS
  2. I INTRODUCTION ROMANTICISM IN MUSIC
  3. II FRANZ SCHUBERT
  4. III ROBERT SCHUMANN
  5. IV FELIX MENDELSSOHN
  6. V FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
  7. VI HECTOR BERLIOZ
  8. VII FRANZ LISZT
  9. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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