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Camille Saint-Saëns is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera 'Samson et Dalila', but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived. This text brings some of his writings to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921, Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921
Other Authors: Nichols, Roger (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
Oxford ; New York : 2008
New York : 2008
Subjects:
Saint-Saëns, Camille, > 1835-1921
Saint-Saëns, Camille, > 1835-1921
1800 - 1899
1800-1899
19th century
Composers > France > Biography
Music > 19th century > History and criticism
Composers
Music
France
Biographies
Biography
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Art for art's sake
  • Harmony and melody
  • The Birmingham Festivals
  • Musical eccentricities
  • Hélène
  • On not writing a preface
  • Musical trends
  • In defence of Opéra-comique
  • The old Conservatoire
  • The organ
  • Meyerbeer
  • Rossini
  • Berlioz I
  • Berlioz II
  • Liszt I
  • Liszt II
  • Wagner : Bayreuth 1876
  • The Wagnerian illusion
  • Gounod
  • Offenbach I
  • Offenbach II
  • Memories of childhood
  • Bizet
  • Massenet
  • Pauline Viardot
  • Four poems to friends
  • Introduction
  • Art for art's sake
  • Harmony and melody
  • The Birmingham Festivals
  • Musical eccentricities
  • Hélène
  • On not writing a preface
  • Musical trends
  • In defence of Opéra-comique
  • The old Conservatoire
  • The organ
  • Meyerbeer
  • Rossini
  • Berlioz I
  • Berlioz II
  • Liszt I
  • Liszt II
  • Wagner : Bayreuth 1876
  • The Wagnerian illusion
  • Gounod
  • Offenbach I
  • Offenbach II
  • Memories of childhood
  • Bizet
  • Massenet
  • Pauline Viardot
  • Four poems to friends
  • Introduction
  • Art for art's sake
  • Harmony and melody
  • The Birmingham Festivals
  • Musical eccentricities
  • Hélène
  • On not writing a preface
  • Musical trends
  • In defence of Opéra-comique
  • The old Conservatoire
  • The organ
  • Meyerbeer
  • Rossini
  • Berlioz I
  • Berlioz II
  • Liszt I
  • Liszt II
  • Wagner : the Ring of the Nibelung and the Bayreuth premiere, August 1876
  • The Wagnerian illusion
  • Charles Gounod
  • Jacques Offenbach I
  • Jacques Offenbach II
  • Memories of childhood
  • Georges Bizet
  • Jules Massenet
  • Pauline Viardot
  • Four poems to friends

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