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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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THE MASTERPIECES of song and piano music, edited with authority, and issued for lovers of the best in music
in a series of beautifully made volumes of uniform size, binding and price, each complete in itself, and sold by itself.
VOLUMES ISSUED
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Fifty Piano Compositions
FIFTY MASTERSONGS
Edited by HENRY T. FINCK.
The fifty best songs of the world's twenty greatest song composers, ar-
ranged in chronologic order from Mozart to MacDowell; with nine portraits,
and elaborate critical introduction by the editor, and 186 pages of music in
. full folio size.
Issued in Tzvo Editions. For High Voice. For Low Voice.
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Forty Songs
Edited by
Contains fifty characteristic
disciple. The introduction is
and 188 pages of music, folio
XAVEK SCHARWENKA.
works selected and edited by an enthusiastic
in German, with English translation. Portrait
size.
SELECTIONS FROM THE MUSIC DRAMAS
OF RICHARD WAGNER
Edited by JAMES HUNEKER.
The forty best songs of Brahms, with his portrait, a critical introduction
of rare insight and charm, and 158 pages of music, folio size.
Issued in Two Editions. For High Voice. For Low Voice.
Arranged for the Piano by OTTO SINGER.
Twenty-five numbers representing every opera, in arrangements faithful
to the score and playable, by one who knows both Wagner's music and piano
technic. Introductory essay by Richard Aldrich. Portrait and 194 pages ot
music.
FREDERIC CHOPIN: Forty Piano Compositions
RICHARD WAGNER: Lyrics for Soprano
Edited by JAMES HUNEKER.
Edited by CARL ARMBRUSTER.
Contains twenty-nine numbers—eight songs, all the well-known soprano
arias in the earlier works., and the more lyric episodes from the later music-
dramas, with portrait, biographical and critical essay, chronological table,
bibliography, and 137 pages of music, folio size.
Contains a portrait of Chopin, an elaborate essay by the editor, the com-
poser's forty most beautiful numbers, and 184 pages of music in full folio
size.
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ROBERT FRANZ: Fifty Songs
Edited by William FOSTER APTHORP
The fifty best songs of Franz, with his portrait, a manuscript in facsimile,
elaborate introduction, and 137 pages of music, full folio size.
Issued in Tzvo Editions. For High Voice (original key).
For Low Voice (transposed).
SONGS AND AIRS BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Edited by El'.KNEZER PROUT.
Vol. I for High Voice.
Vol. II for Low Voice
Volume I contains forty songs for soprano or tenor and 197 pages of
music; Volume I I forty songs for contralto or bass and 201 pages of
music. The accompaniments have been specially arranged for these volumes,
and the introductory matter is very complete. Each volume contains a
portrait of Handel.
FRANZ LISZT : Twenty Original Piano Compositions
Edited by AUGUST SPANUTH.
The twenty most attractive numbers (excluding those of great length),
with a portrait of Liszt, biographical and critical introduction, bibliography,
hints to players, and 147 pages of music, folio size.
FRANZ LISZT: Twenty Piano Transcriptions
Edited by AUGUST SPANUTH.
Contains a portrait of Liszt, biographical and critical introduction, bibliog-
raphy, advice to the player, and 156 pages of music, folio size.
FRANZ LISZT: Ten Hungarian Rhapsodies
RICHARD WAGNER: Lyrics for Tenor
Edited by CARL ARMBRUSTER.
Contains the twenty-eight principal tenor numbers from "Rienzi" to
"Parsifal," with a portrait of Wagner, biographical essay, complete chrono-
logical tablei and full bibliography, and 164 pages of music, full folio size.
FIFTY SHAKSPERE SONGS
Edited by DR. CHARLES VINCENT.
The settings of songs from the plays cover the period from Shakspsre's
day to the present time, arranged chronologically, with full introduction,
portrait, and Iu7 pages of music, folio size.
Issued in 'Two Editions. For High Voice. For Lozu Voice.
SONGS BY THIRTY AMERICANS
Edited by RUPERT HUGHES.
Thirty songs by thirty representative American composers, arranged in
chronological order, a biographical and critical sketch of each composer,
together with his portrait and autograph, and 137 pages of music in full
folio size.
Issued in Two Editions. For High Voice. For Lozv Voice.
MODERN FRENCH SONGS: Vol.1: BembergtoFranck
Edited by PHILIP HALE.
Thirty songs of modern French composers, with a biographical sketch of
each composer, portraits of nine, and 143 pages of music in full folio size.
Issued in Two Editions. For High Voice. For Low Voice.
MODERN FRENCH SONGS: Vol. II: Georges to Widor
The best known and most valuable Rhapsodies, A portrait of Liszt, a
critical introduction, and 152 pages of music, folio size.
Edited by PHILIP HALE.
Thirty songs of modern French composers, with a biographical sketch
of each composer, portraits of nine, and 142 pages of music in full folio
size.
Issued in Two Editions. For High Voice. For Low Voice.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Thirty Piano Compositions
SEVENTY SCOTTISH SONGS
Edited by AUGUST SPANUTH and JOHN ORTH.
Edited by PERCY GOETSCHIUS, with an Introduction by DANIEL
GREGORY MASON.
The composer's thirty most characteristic numbers, with hints on inter-
pretation, introduction by Daniel Gregory Mason, portrait, bibliography,
and 187 pages of music, folio size.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
Twenty Piano Compositions
Edited by CARL REINECKE.
A presentation of Mozart by his chief interpreter, including a masterly
introduction, an essay on interpretation, bibliography, portrait of Mozart,
and 181 pages of music, folio size.
Edited by HELEN HOPEKIRK.
The beauty of these Northern folk-melodies is greatly enhanced, and their
atmosphere preserved, by the musicianly and sympathetic accompaniments.
Contains introductory essay, portrait, and 189 pages of music.
Issued in Tzvo Editions. For High Voice. For Low Voice.
ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH PIANO MUSIC
Edited by ISIDOR PHILIPP.
VOL. I: EARLY COMPOSERS.
VOL. II: MODERN COMPOSERS
The first volume contains forty-eight numbers from the French composers
of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, biographical notes, portraits,
and 171 pages of music. The second volume contains thirty-five numbers
by the modern composers from Alkan to Leroux, biographical notes, por-
traits, and 190 pages of music.
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Fifty Songs
EARLY ITALIAN PIANO MUSIC
Edited by HENRY T. FINCK.
The fifty best songs of Schubert, with his portrait, a critical introduction,
and estimate of each song, a full bibliography, and 219 pages of music in
folio size.
Issued in Tzvo Editions. For High Voice. For Low Voice.
A collection of pieces written originally for the Harpsichord and Clavichord
Edited by M. ESPOSITO.
Forty-nine numbers from the Italian composers of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, with biographical sketches, five illustrations, and
180 pages of music, folio size.
TWENTY-FOUR NEGRO MELODIES
ROBERT SCHUMANN : Fifty Songs
Edited by W. J. HENDERSON.
The fifty best songs of Schumann, with his portrait, critical introduction,
bibliography, and 1/4 pages of music in folio size.
Issued in Two Editions. For High Voice. For Low Voice.
Transcribed
Folk-melodies,
compositions in
T. Washington,
for the Piano by S. COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Op. 59.
both African and American, used as themes for masterly
the style of fantasias. Biographical introduction by Booker
portrait of the composer, and 127 pages of music.
Each volume in heavy paper, cloth back, $1.50; in full cloth, gilt, $2.50. Copies mailed post-paid.
Other volumes in preparation. For free booklet, giving full particulars, send to the publishers.
OLIVER DITSON COMPANY, Boston
C. H. DITSON &• CO., New York
LYON & HEALY, Chicago
J. E. DITSON & CO., Philadelphia