The story of chamber music

How Chamber Music began—Early Chamber Music compositions—Musical position of England—Purcell—J.S. Bach—Great violin makers—Haydn and Mozart—Corelli and the compass of the violin...

John Banister’s concerts—Thomas Britton, the musical coalman—Britton’s concerts—“Music Meetings”—Oxford Music School—_Pepys’s Diary_—_Evelyn’s Diary_—Frederick the Great—Bach an...

J.S. Bach—Joseph Haydn—Philipp E. Bach—Dittersdorf—Early quartetts of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven—Silence as an effect in music—Haydn’s quartetts—Haydn’s Kaiser Quartett—Haydn’...

Schubert as song-writer—Schubert’s chamber music—Mendelssohn— Mendelssohn’s position in England—Mendelssohn’s character— Mendelssohn’s chamber music—Schumann—Schumann as absolut...

Opinions of Brahms—Weingartner—H.T. Finck—Bülow on Rubinstein—H. Davey—Schumann—W.J. Henderson—Philip Spitta—Sir Hubert Parry—W.H. Hadow—Piano Trio, op. 8: two versions—Horn Tri...

Russian chamber music—Glinka—Quartett by Ippolitoff-Ivanoff—Quartett by Gretchaninoff—Mozart on melody—Russian schools of musical thought—Belaieff—String Quartett on name Belaie...

Position with regard to classical form—Strauss’s chamber music—Bruckner’s character and individuality—Bruckner’s symphonies—String quintett in F major—Hanslick on Bruckner’s wor...

Trio by E. Schütt—Trio by Kirchner—Raff’s C minor Trio—Balfe’s Trio in A major—Trio: C. Hubert Parry—Trio: Bargiel—Sterndale Bennett’s Trio, op. 26—Trio, D minor: F.E. Bache—Tri...

How Chamber Music began—Early Chamber Music compositions—Musical position of England—Purcell—J.S. Bach—Great violin makers—Haydn and Mozart—Corelli and the compass of the violin...

John Banister’s concerts—Thomas Britton, the musical coalman—Britton’s concerts—“Music Meetings”—Oxford Music School—_Pepys’s Diary_—_Evelyn’s Diary_—Frederick the Great—Bach an...

J.S. Bach—Joseph Haydn—Philipp E. Bach—Dittersdorf—Early quartetts of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven—Silence as an effect in music—Haydn’s quartetts—Haydn’s Kaiser Quartett—Haydn’...

“I declare to you before God, as a man of honour, that your son is the greatest composer that I know either personally or by reputation; he has taste, and, beyond that, the most...

The opening of Mozart’s Quartett No. 6 in C major, which has already been quoted on page 60, has sometimes been referred to as illustrating this mysterious kind of effect; but,...

“Beethoven[19] (1770-1827) was the first great democrat among musicians. He would have none of the shackles which his predecessors wore, and he compelled the aristocracy of birt...

Schubert as song-writer—Schubert’s chamber music—Mendelssohn—Mendelssohn’s position in England—Mendelssohn’s character—Mendelssohn’s chamber music—Schumann—Schumann as absolute...

Opinions of Brahms—Weingartner—H.T. Finck—Bülow on Rubinstein—H. Davey—Schumann—W.J. Henderson—Philip Spitta—Sir Hubert Parry—W.H. Hadow—Piano Trio, op. 8: two versions—Horn Tri...

Russian chamber music—Glinka—Quartett by Ippolitoff-Ivanoff—Quartett by Gretchaninoff—Mozart on melody—Russian schools of musical thought—Belaieff—String Quartett on name Belaie...

Position with regard to classical form—Strauss’s chamber music—Bruckner’s character and individuality—Bruckner’s symphonies—String quintett in F major—Hanslick on Bruckner’s wor...

Trio by E. Schütt—Trio by Kirchner—Raff’s C minor Trio—Balfe’s Trio in A major—Trio: C. Hubert Parry—Trio: Bargiel—Sterndale Bennett’s Trio, op. 26—Trio, D minor: F.E. Bache—Tri...