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Camille Saint-Saëns on music and musicians

Title
Camille Saint-Saëns on music and musicians [electronic resource] / edited and translated by Roger Nichols.
Author
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors
Nichols, Roger.
Description
1 online resource (xii, 187 p.)
Uniform Title
Literary works. Selections. English (Online)
Alternative Title
Literary works.
Subject
  • Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921
  • Music > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Composers > France > Biography
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Contents
Introduction -- Art for art's sake -- Harmony and melody -- The Birmingham Festivals -- Musical eccentricities -- Hélène -- On not writing a preface -- Musical trends -- In defence of Opéra-comique -- The old Conservatoire -- The organ -- Meyerbeer -- Rossini -- Berlioz I -- Berlioz II -- Liszt I -- Liszt II -- Wagner : Bayreuth 1876 -- The Wagnerian illusion -- Gounod -- Offenbach I -- Offenbach II -- Memories of childhood -- Bizet -- Massenet -- Pauline Viardot -- Four poems to friends.
LCCN
2007039011
OCLC
ssj0000117086
Author
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
Title
Camille Saint-Saëns on music and musicians [electronic resource] / edited and translated by Roger Nichols.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Nichols, Roger.
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