The Influence of the Organ in History Part 4

=BEETHOVEN AND HIS PIANO WORKS= (Sonatas, Concertos, Variations, etc.).

Descriptive and a.n.a.lytic Aid to their Understanding and Rendering. By HERBERT WESTERBY. With list of Princ.i.p.al Editions and Bibliography. 3 ill.u.s.trations, 45 music examples. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. _net_.

"THE IMMORTAL NINE."

=BEETHOVEN'S NINE SYMPHONIES.= Fully Described and a.n.a.lysed. A Series of Chapters giving a complete Account of Thematic Material and auxiliary Motives: an a.n.a.lytical Chart of each Movement; full Technical Descriptions of Developments; Particulars of Formal and Rhythmic Features; Epitomical Tables, etc. Ill.u.s.trated by 637 Musical Examples.

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=CHOPIN, HIS LIFE AND LETTERS.= By MORITZ KARASOWSKI. Translated by EMILY HILL. Third Edition, with additional Letters in Polish with English translation, Chopin to Grzymala, and extra Ill.u.s.trations.

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=CHOPIN: AS REVEALED BY EXTRACTS FROM HIS DIARY.= By COUNT TARNOWSKI.

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In the above notes Chopin alludes to many of his compositions as well as relating the conditions under which they were written.

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=THE ORGAN PARTS OF MENDELSSOHN'S ORATORIOS AND OTHER CHORAL WORKS.= a.n.a.lytically Considered. By ORLANDO A. MANSFIELD, _Mus.Doc._, _F.R.C.O._ Numerous Musical Examples. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. _net_.

=HOW TO INTERPRET MENDELSSOHN'S "SONGS WITHOUT WORDS"= (the celebrated "Lieder ohne Worte"). A Readable and Useful Guide for All. Gives the Piano Student helpful Insight into the first Principles of Form in Music. By CHARLES W. WILKINSON. With portrait and facsimile of MS. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. _net_ (paper, 3s. 6d. _net_).

These notes on each of the "Lieder" will help the student in playing these homely and easily intelligible compositions.

=a.n.a.lYSIS OF MENDELSSOHN'S ORGAN WORKS.= A Study of their Structural Features. For the Use of Students. By JOSEPH W. G. HATHAWAY, _Mus.B.

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