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XVII. Instruments and Instrumentalists 297

XVIII. Forms of Composition. Theory. Literature 315


PART VI. THE LATER EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

XIX. Haydn. The Sonata and the Orchestra 335

XX. Gluck and the Dramatic Reform 355

XXI. Mozart and the Exaltation of Melody 371

XXII. The Rise of Pianism. Sacred Music 385

XXIII. Theoretical and Literary Progress 400


PART VII. THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY

XXIV. The Advent of Beethoven 411

XXV. The Romantic Opera and the Song 424

XXVI. Italian and French Opera 438

XXVII. Instrumental Virtuosity 457

XXVIII. Church and Organ Music 479

XXIX. Growth of Musical Literature 490


PART VIII. THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY

XXX. Schumann and Romanticism 501

XXXI. Mendelssohn and the Circle 515

XXXII. New Lights upon Pianism 529

XXXIII. The Opera aside from Wagner 546

XXXIV. Wagner and the Reconstruction of the Opera 562

XXXV. Symphonists and Instrumentalists 580

XXXVI. Choral Music. The Song. The English School 599

XXXVII. Musical Education and Literature 617


CONCLUSION

Brief Sketch of the Later Nineteenth Century 635


Index of Subjects and Places 657

Index of Persons 664