A survey of music from the late nineteenth century ('modern' at the time), including references to style, comments on traditionalism and nationalism, the latter being a core feature of music at that time. Also included are a number of composers you have probably never heard of. (Summary by The Reader)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
32:52 - Chapter 2
Chapter One: By and After Currents of the Romantic Movement
1:14:27 - Chapter 3
Chapter Two: The Russian Romanticists
42:43 - Chapter 4
Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part One
51:22 - Chapter 5
Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part Two
46:19 - Chapter 6
Chapter Four: The Russian Nationalists
58:41 - Chapter 7
Chapter Five: The Music of Contemporary Russia
57:32 - Chapter 8
Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part One
45:48 - Chapter 9
Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part Two
28:42 - Chapter 10
Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part One
39:35 - Chapter 11
Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part Two
36:58 - Chapter 12
Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part One
39:29 - Chapter 13
Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part Two
38:10 - Chapter 14
Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part One
39:45 - Chapter 15
Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part Two
41:22 - Chapter 16
Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part One
54:02 - Chapter 17
Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part Two
50:46 - Chapter 18
Chapter Eleven: The Operatic Sequel to Verdi
39:10 - Chapter 19
Chapter Twelve: The Renaissance of Instrumental Music in Italy
49:42 - Chapter 20
Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part One
25:45 - Chapter 21
Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part Two
43:41