Critical and Historical Essays by Edward MacDowell, edited by W.J. Baltzell, Hardcover

Ex-library but in excellent condition. Pages have no markings, no tears, no creases, no tanning. There is no dust jacket.

An outstanding collection of writings - being lectures delivered at Columbia University in New York City - by the great American pianist-composer, edited by W.J. Baltzell, first published in 1912 by Arthur P. Schmidt - here with a new Introduction by Irving Lowens. CONTENTS: Origin of Music; Origin of Song vs. Origin of Instrumental Music; Music of Hebrews and Hindus; Music of Egyptians, Assyrians, and Chinese; Music of Greece; Music of Romans - early Church; Formation of the Scale - Notation; Systems of Hucbald and Guido d'Arezzo - Beginning of Counterpoint; Musical Instruments; Folk-Song and Nationalism; Troubadours, Minnesingers, and Mastersingers; Early Instrumental Forms; Merging of the Suite into the Sonata; Development of Pianoforte Music; Mystery and Miracle Play; Opera; The Lives and Art Principles of Some 18th and 19th Century Composers; Declamation in Music; Suggestion in Music.