The History of Music

A two-volume 1888 English translation of Emil Naumann's Illustrierte Musikgeschichte, with additional chapters on English music by Frederick Gore Ouseley.

Zusammenfassung
Scholar and composer Emil Naumann (1827-88) studied with Mendelssohn. This two-volume English translation of his best-known work was made by Ferdinand Praeger (1815-91) and published in 1888. Chapters on music in England have been added by its editor, the eminent Victorian musician Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley (1825-89).

Inhalt

Part IV. History of Music from the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to the Present Time: 26. Johann Sebastian Bach; 27. George Frederick Händel; 28. The chevalier de Gluck; 29. Joseph Haydn; 30. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; 31. On the state of music in England after the death of Purcell; 32. Ludwig van Beethoven; 33. Franz Schubert and Karl Maria von Weber; 34. Ludwig Spohr and Meyerbeer; 35. Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann; 36. The grand opera of Paris and the French comic romantic opera; 37. Cherubini, Spontini, and Rossini; 38. Hector Berlioz and Richard Wagner; 39. The present; Index.