What Is Good Music - Suggestions to Persons Desiring to Cultivate a Taste in Musical Art (Paperback)

1898. Contents: The Qualities of Good Music: The Essentials of Form; Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony; Polyphonic Forms; Monophonic Forms; Romantic Forms; Fundamental Forms. Vocal Forms: Church Counterpoint; Simple Song Forms; Operatic Forms. The Content Of Music: The Sensuous; The Intellectual; The Emotional; Aesthetics of Music. The Performance of Music: The Orchestra; Chamber Music; The Piano; The Violin. Vocal Performance: The Works of a Chorus; Solo Singing.