INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
GREAT MUSICIANS
BY GEORGE T. FERRIS
1891
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE GREAT GERMAN COMPOSERS
## GREAT ITALIAN AND FRENCH COMPOSERS
## GREAT MUSICAL COMPOSERS
## GREAT VIOLINISTS AND PIANISTS
## GREAT SINGERS, FIRST SERIES
## GREAT SINGERS, SECOND SERIES
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE GREAT GERMAN COMPOSERS
By George T. Ferris
CONTENTS
NOTE.
BACH.
HANDEL.
GLUCK
HAYDN.
MOZART.
BEETHOVEN.
SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, AND FRANZ.
CHOPIN.
WEBER.
MENDELSSOHN.
RICHARD WAGNER.
GREAT ITALIAN AND FRENCH COMPOSERS
By George T. Ferris
CONTENTS
NOTE.
THE GREAT ITALIAN AND FRENCH COMPOSERS.
PALESTRINA.
PICCINI, PAISIELLO, AND CIMAROSA
ROSSINI.
VERDI.
CHERUBINI AND HIS PREDECESSORS.
MÉHUL, SPONTINI, AND HALÉVY.
BOÏELDIEU AND AUBER.
MEYERBEER.
GOUNOD AND THOMAS.
BERLIOZ.
GREAT MUSICAL COMPOSERS
GERMAN, FRENCH, AND ITALIAN
By George T. Ferris
Edited, With An Introduction By Mrs. William Sharp
CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction vii
Bach 1
Handel 7
Gluck 36
Haydn 46
Mozart 59
Beethoven 70
Schubert and Schumann 87
Chopin 103
Weber 115
Mendelssohn 124
Wagner 131
Palestrina 147
Piccini, Paisiello, and Cimarosa 154
Rossini 175
Donizetti and Bellini 200
Verdi 213
Cherubini and his Predecessors 226
Méhul, Spontini, and Halévy 260
Boïeldieu and Auber 273
Meyerbeer 281
Gounod 297
Berlioz 310
Appendix: Chronological Table 335
GREAT VIOLINISTS AND PIANISTS
By George T. Ferris
CONTENTS
NOTE
THE GREAT VIOLINISTS AND PIANISTS.
THE VIOLIN AND EARLY VIOLINISTS.
VIOTTI.
LUDWIG SPOHR.
NICOLO PAGANINI.
DE BÉRIOT
OLE BULL.
MUZIO CLEMENTI
MOSCHELES.
THE SCHUMANNS AND CHOPIN.
THALBERG AND GOTTSCHALK.
FRANZ LISZT.
GREAT SINGERS
FAUSTINA BORDONI TO HENRIETTA SONTAG
By George T. Ferris
1891
CONTENTS
NOTE.
DETAILED CONTENTS.
GREAT SINGERS, FROM FAUSTINA BORDONI TO HENRIETTA SONTAG.
FAUSTINA BORDONI.
CATARINA GABRIELLI.
SOPHIE ARNOULD.
ELIZABETH BILLINGTON AND HER CONTEMPORARIES.
ANGELICA CATALANI.
GIUDITTA PASTA.
HENRIETTA SONTAG.
GREAT SINGERS
MALIBRAN TO TITIENS
By George T. Ferris
1891
CONTENTS
NOTE.
DETAILED CONTENTS.
GREAT SINGERS, SECOND SERIES, MALIBRAN TO TITIENS.
MARIA FELICIA MALIBRAN.
WILHELMINA SCHRÖDER-DEVRIENT.
GIULIA GRISI.
PAULINE VIARDOT.
FANNY PERSIANI.
MARIETTA ALBONI.
JENNY LIND.
SOPHIE CRUVELLI.
THERESA TITIENS.
