A Guide to Music for Beginners and Others (1910)

Text extracted from opening pages of book: THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC SERIES VOLUME V A GUIDE TO MUSIC FOR BEGINNERS AND OTHERS BY DANIEL GREGORY MASON YORK The H. W. Gray Company SOLE AGENTS FOE, NOVELLO & CO., LTD., LONDON MOZART TO ELLEN AND BILLY CONTENTS. I THE LISTENER’S PART IN Music . . 11 II WHAT Music is MADE OF 21 III METEH AND RHYTHM . 31 IV PHRASES AND PHRASE-BALANCE 43 V THE KEY FAMILY AND ITS SEVEN MEMBERS 54 VI How MELODIES ARE BUILT INTO PIECES 65 VII THE FEELINGS AROUSED BY Music 79 VIII Music THAT TELLS STORIES 90 IX THE INSIDE OF A PIANO 102 X AT A PUNO RECITAL: BACH’S FUGUES AND SUITES … 114 XI AT A PIANO RECITAL-BEETHOVEN’S SONATAS 125 XII AT A PIANO RECITAL. CHOPIN, SCHUMANN, AND LISZT . . 137 XIII THE ORCHESTRA . 149 XIV AT A SYMPHONY CONCERT THE SYMPHONIES OF BEETHOVEN 161 XV AT A SYMPHONY CONCERT-MODERN SYMPHONIES 175 XVI AT A SYMPHONY CONCERT PROGRAMME Music 1SS XVII AT A SONG RECITAL . . 203 XVIII AT THE OPERA … 215 XIX AT THE OPERA ( Continued} 225 XX CONCLUSION 237 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Mozart . … Frontispiece Bach . 114 * Beethoven …. . 126 Chopin …. … . 13S Schumann . … 144 Brahms … ISO Tsohaikowsky . 1S6 Liszt …192 Strauss .200 f Schubert 20S Grieg . 214 Wagner ………. 226 A GUIDE TO MUSIC