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The Great musicians . 'Jl Series of biographies of flje <& teat Musicians . EDITED BY DR . FRANCIS HUEFFER / Small post 8 vo . cloth , extra , price 3 s . each . From the TIMES' First Notice of tlie Series . 1 Of the many series or collections of primers and manuals whereby the acquisition of knowledge is now made so easy , that of-which the first four parts are now before us bids fair to prove the jnost generally attractive For the taste for music is ever spreading more widely among us , and with it a wish for the knowledge which elevates its enjoyment from a merely sensuous into an intellectual pleasure . Mr . Hueffer contributes a most valuable study of Wagner ' s works ; Sir Julius Benedict devoting himself with a favourite pupil ' s attachment to his old master , Carl Maria von Weber ; and H . F . Frost telling well the sad tale of Schubert ' s brief career . Italian music in its modern form finds a sympathetic exponent in Mr . Sutherland Edwards , who writes with general brilliance about " Rossini and his School . " We have but little space left for a notice of the other volumes of the series , but we can recommend them all heartily . We look forward with no slight interest to the publication of the other Tolumes of this series of small but valuable books . ' MENDELSSOHN " . By W . S . Rockstro . * * It The may volume safely is one be asserted of the most that interesting hi- * sketch ( of Mr the . Rookstro series to ' tj which ) of Mendelssohn it belongs . ' — is The worthy Queen of . his reputation , and forms the most valuable volume of the series . '—Scotsman . MOZART . By Dr . F . Gehiung . * There is every reason to believe that Dr . G-ehring ' a excellently compiled biography will obtain a large Musica circulation l Times . . ' HANDEL . By Mrs . Julian Marshall . * Mrs . Julian Marshall's " Handel" is a model of what a short biographical handbook should be . '—Pall Mall Gazette . "WAGNER . By the Editor . Second Edition , with additional matter , bringing the history down to the end of 1882 . on real ly * Full y Wagne com of prehend r inte the rest m the , and , aims but , we Wagner of may Wagner add the , ; of musician but instruction , after , and reading , for also the this the ^ e admirable work are still he has a littl great accomplished e work many , in lovers which , none of w music can e seem complain who to Fee do that nob not ; they achieved do . '— not Era understand . what Wagner aims at , neither can they say that they are ignorant of what he has WEBER . By Sir Julius Benedict . neglected * Will probably nothing of go importance down to posterity in Weber as ' s a life standard , "while work tne entire within narrative the range is to m which ade attractive it ia confined by great . Sir , and Julias , under has the circumstances , surprising grace of style and purity of language . '—Musical Times . SCHTJBERT . By H . F . Frost . * Giving Schubert's life-story succinctly and consecutively . '—Musical Times . t ROSSINI , and the Modern Italian School . By H . Sutherland Edwards . * At once sound and attractive . Mr . Edwards' book is fall of instruction . ' —Saturday Review . PURCELL . By W . II . Cumminqs . put * forward So indefatigable . '—Musical have Times been . the author ' s researches , that we doubt whether much can be added to the facts here ENGLISH CHURCH COMPOSERS . By War . Alex . Barrett , Mus . Bac . Oxon . ; Vicar Choral of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . * The subject is one requiring special knowledge , and Mr . Barrett is one of the very few who maybe presumed to possess this , together with the critical acumen and licerary ability necessary for the accomplishment Monthly of the Musica present l Record task . . ' JOHN SEBASTIAN" BACH . By Reginald Lane Poole . careful * Mr . reading Poole . ' is —Mo evidently nthly Musical an earnest Record student . of Bach literature , and his book exhibits tt & impress of intelligence and SCHUMANN . By J . A . Fuller Maitland . * Deserves success . '—Saturday Review . HAYDN . By Miss Townshend . * Thoroughly and conscientiously done . ' —Graphic . 1 these dainty volumes , under the able superintendence of Mr . Hueflfer , musical authorities of note describe the lives and criticise the masterpieces of the Great Musicians , conveying just such information as is most required , and thereby satisfying a desire ' which has lately been making itself more and moro felt . '—Times . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE & RIVfNGTON , Limited , St . Dunstan ' s House , Fetter Lane , Fleet Street , E . C .

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