THE V I O LIN AND ITS MUSIC, GEORGE HART, "HE VIOLIN: ITS ...

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IlL- The Palace of Prince Esterhazy-Joseph Haydn and
his 'Works; his Visit to London, and the Lord Mayor's Banquet;
The Prince of Wales; "The Emperor's Hymn "-Ignatius Pleyel
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-Johann Ludwig Dussek-Franz Krommer 358
CHAPTER IV.-Wolfgang Mozart; his Patron, Count Colloredo, Arch­
bishop of Salzburg; Early Difficulties; Mozart and Haydn; List
of his Works; His Death and Burial-Johann N. Hummel, Pupil
of Mozart; Chapel-master to Prince Esterhazy; his Works 372
CHAPTER V.-Ludwig van Beethoven; his mighty Genius; Residence
in Vienna; Intercourse with Haydn; The London Philharmonic
Society; his Sonatas, &c. ; the " Bridgetower Sonata"; his Deaf­
ness and Affliction; his Method of Conducting; List of Works;
his Death and Funeral 389
CHAPTER VL-Franz Schubert and his Works-Ferdinand Ries -Von
Weber-Joseph Mayseder-Kalliwoda-Lollis Spohr and his
Works; his Style of Playing; German Criticism-Bernhard
Molique ... . .. 412
CHAPTER VII.-Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; his Precocity; Early
Life; Visit to Goethe at Weimar; Visit to London and the Philhar­
monic Society; Judgments of Spohr, Moscheles, and of Prince
Albert, as to his Powers; the "Elijah" at Exeter Hall-Herr
David and Mendelssohn-Andreas Romberg-Joseph Boehm-­
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst- Hellmesberger-Joseph Joachim-Herr
Lauterbach-Ferdinand Laub-Schumann-Johannes Brahms ... 424
SECTION IX. - THE VIOLIN IN ENGLAND.
CHAPTER I.-A Cursory Glance at its History from the Stuart Period to
the Present Time
CHAPTER H. -John Jenkins-Playford's "Skill of Music"-The Puritan
Iconoclastic Craze- Charles II. ' s Twenty-four Violins
CHAPTER IlL-Henry Purcell, the Father of Modern Musical Art-John
Bannister; his "Parley of Ir:struments" --Britton, the "Musical
Small-coal Man"-William Corbett-HenryNee:ller-JolmImmyns,
and the Academy of Ancient Music-John Young-Richard Clarke
-The Madrigal Society in Bride Lane-The Concerts of Ancient
Music
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