Project Gutenberg 2006-12-19 Public domain in the USA. 95 Huneker, James 1857 1921 Huneker, James Gibbons Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Produced by Jeffrey Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques" by James Huneker is a collection of musical essays written in the early 20th century. The book presents the eccentric and critical thoughts of a fictional character known as Old Fogy, who expresses his often controversial and humorous opinions about various composers and musical trends of his time. Through a combination of wit and sarcasm, Old Fogy reflects on the state of music, favoring classical composers like Bach and Mozart over modern figures, while offering a colorful commentary on contemporary performances and cultural shifts. The opening portion of the book introduces Old Fogy through an introduction by Huneker, who describes him as a vibrant and irascible character filled with contradictions. Old Fogy's outlook on music is deeply pessimistic, as he laments the perceived decline in artistic quality, arguing that true music cannot evolve positively and instead reveals more of the struggles of the modern era. He critiques various composers, including Wagner, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky, often asserting that they lack the depth and brilliance of past masters. The writing captures his irritable demeanor, eccentricities, and a nostalgic longing for the perceived purity of earlier musical forms, setting the stage for a series of detailed opinions and reflections on the art of music. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Music -- Anecdotes Piano music ML Text Music Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Music 275864 274777 2024-09-09T04:03:16.506032 2023-09-09T06:57:06.961895 text/html text/html 276285 2009-12-04T11:17:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 117404 2009-12-04T11:18:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 183996 2024-09-09T04:03:22.774932 application/epub+zip 186400 2024-09-09T04:03:18.475985 application/epub+zip 182994 2024-09-09T04:03:17.129957 application/epub+zip 383171 2024-09-09T04:03:26.040961 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348329 2024-09-09T04:03:21.882957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250127 2022-09-09T13:00:45.161286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250646 2024-09-09T04:03:15.989051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 250396 2009-12-04T11:16:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 104481 2009-12-04T11:18:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 250326 2009-12-04T11:17:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 104398 2009-12-04T11:18:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 250350 2009-12-04T11:16:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104306 2009-12-04T11:18:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21710 2024-09-09T04:03:26.175924 application/rdf+xml 16461 2024-09-09T04:03:17.884962 image/jpeg 3747 2024-09-09T04:03:17.701084 image/jpeg 178755 2024-09-09T04:03:16.534039 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 en.wikipedia