Music

Ursula Creighton ( - 1956)

"So many books are written for beginners on the appreciation of music that I can be thankful that advancing age makes it unnecessary for me to read them, and when I do have to look into any of them I wonder whether the young people of to-day derive as much pleasure from them as I did at eighteen from reading Sir John Hawkins’ History of Music. But I have read this book of Mrs. Creighton’s with much enjoyment, for she is a musician who enjoys music herself and has the art of conveying that enjoyment to others. She has had enough experience as a teacher of the pianoforte to understand the minds of youthful readers, but she has the good fortune to have had no experience of lecturing to appreciation classes. This gives her book a fresh and unconventional point of view. She does not trouble her readers with a mass of historical detail, but talks about the music which she has herself heard and enjoyed. She spares us the well-worn (and in most cases unauthenticated) anecdotes about the great composers ; she prefers to tell us things which help us to realize the social environment in which they lived and made their music. It is a book for those who enjoy music and like to read about it for their own pleasure rather than from fear of examinations ; and one advantage of its discursiveness is that it can be enjoyed by those who like to read comfortably, dipping here and there at haphazard." (from Preface, by Edward J. Dent)

Genre(s): Music

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction Martha H. Weller
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Play 01 Chapter 1. Early Music Martha H. Weller
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Play 02 Chapter 2. Greek Music Martha H. Weller
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Play 03 Chapter 3: Folk-Music Martha H. Weller
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Play 04 Chapter 4: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony and Qualities of Sound Martha H. Weller
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Play 05 Chapter 5: Mediaeval Music Martha H. Weller
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Play 06 Chapter 6: Polyphonic Music in England and on the Continent Martha H. Weller
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Play 07 Chapter 7: Virginals and Lutes Martha H. Weller
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Play 08 Chapter 8: The Beginnings of Opera Martha H. Weller
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Play 09 Chapter 9: Harpsichord Composers Martha H. Weller
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Play 10 Chapter 10: Purcell Martha H. Weller
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Play 11 Chapter 11: Bach and Handel Martha H. Weller
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Play 12 Chapter 12: The Father of Modern Music Martha H. Weller
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Play 13 Chapter 13: Italian Opera Martha H. Weller
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Play 14 Chapter 14: Mozart Martha H. Weller
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Play 15 Chapter 15: Beethoven Martha H. Weller
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Play 16 Chapter 16: Weber and Contemporary Opera Composers Martha H. Weller
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Play 17 Chapter 17: Schubert Martha H. Weller
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Play 18 Chapter 18: Paganini Martha H. Weller
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Play 19 Chapter 19: Berlioz Martha H. Weller
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Play 20 Chapter 20: Mendelssohn and Chopin Martha H. Weller
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Play 21 Chapter 21: Liszt Martha H. Weller
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Play 22 Chapter 22: Wagner Martha H. Weller
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Play 23 Chapter 23: Verdi Martha H. Weller
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Play 24 Chapter 24: Schumann and Brahms Martha H. Weller
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Play 25 Chapter 25: Some Russian Composers Martha H. Weller
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Play 26 Chapter 26: Some Modern Composers Martha H. Weller
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Play 27 Appendix. Form in Music Martha H. Weller
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