Project Gutenberg 2005-03-15 Public domain in the USA. 102 Runciman, John F. 1866 1916 Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians William Byrde ... his mass -- Our last great musician (Henry Purcell, 1658-95) -- Bach; the "Matthew" passion and the "John" -- Handel -- Haydn and his "Creation" -- Mozart, his "Don Giovanni" and the Requiem -- "Fidelio" -- Schubert -- Weber and Wagner -- Italian opera, dead and dying -- Verdi young and Verdi younger -- "The flying Dutchman" -- "Lohengrin" -- "Tristan and Isolda" -- "Siegfried" -- "The dusk of the gods" -- "Parsifal" -- Bayreuth in 1897 -- A note on Brahms -- Anton Dvorák -- Tschaikowsky and his "Pathetic" symphony -- Lamoureux and his orchestra. E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians" by John F. Runciman is a collection of musical critiques written in the early 20th century. The work delves into historical analyses and opinions on various composers, including well-known figures like Byrde, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. Runciman's discussions aim to reassess their contributions to music and defend the legacy of composers who he believes have been unjustly overlooked or misunderstood by later critics. The opening of the book begins with an admiration for the English composer William Byrde, particularly focusing on his D minor Mass and emphasizing its beauty and emotional depth. Runciman advocates for reevaluating Byrde's work, arguing that previous judgments have neglected the innovation and expressiveness found in his music, which deviated from later established rules of composition. He contrasts Byrde's artistry with that of his contemporaries and successors, suggesting that his music belongs among the finest treasures of early English composition. This sets the tone for the book, as Runciman promises to explore both the merits and cultural contexts of various historical musicians throughout his ensuing discussions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Music Musicians Opera ML Text Opera Browsing: Music Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 354314 354208 2024-09-07T05:02:03.861301 2023-09-07T07:00:44.196940 text/html text/html 354630 2020-12-14T07:51:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 132946 2020-12-14T07:51:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 208949 2024-09-07T05:02:10.408290 application/epub+zip 212747 2024-09-07T05:02:06.660264 application/epub+zip 201190 2024-09-07T05:02:05.636271 application/epub+zip 492535 2024-09-07T05:02:13.701222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467467 2024-09-07T05:02:09.687255 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333852 2022-09-07T21:24:27.753325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332313 332236 2024-09-07T05:02:03.541326 2023-09-07T07:00:43.910846 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 331790 2020-12-14T07:51:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 128535 2020-12-14T07:51:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 331861 2020-12-14T07:51:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 128474 2020-12-14T07:51:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20980 2024-09-07T05:02:13.945726 application/rdf+xml 26091 2024-09-07T05:02:05.981251 image/jpeg 4691 2024-09-07T05:02:05.808279 image/jpeg 208733 2024-09-07T05:02:03.893291 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog