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MUSICIANS OF TO-DAY
BY
ROMAIN ROLLAND
AUTHOR OF "JEAN-CHRISTOPHE"
TRANSLATED BY
MARY BLAIKLOCK
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
CLAUDE LANDI
[Illustration: Decorative]
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1915
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BERLIOZ
WAGNER:
"Siegfried"
"Tristan"
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
VINCENT D'INDY
RICHARD STRAUSS
HUGO WOLF
DON LORENZO PEROSI
FRENCH AND GERMAN MUSIC
CLAUDE DEBUSSY:
"Pelleas et Melisande"
THE AWAKENING: A SKETCH OF THE MUSICAL MOVEMENT IN PARIS SINCE 1870
Paris and Music
Musical Institutions before 1870
New Musical Institutions
The Present Condition of French Music
INTRODUCTION
It is perhaps fitting that the series of volumes comprising _The
Musician's Bookshelf_ should be inaugurated by the present collection of
essays. To the majority of English readers the name of that strange and
forceful personality, Romain Rolland, is known only through his
magnificent, intimate record of an artist's life and aspirations,
embracing ten volumes, _Jean-Christophe_.
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