Music Books

Music and Some Highly Musical People

James M. Trotter

James Monroe Trotter (1842-1892) was born into slavery in Mississippi. His mother escaped with Trotter and his brother via the Underground Railroad, and they settled in Cincinnati, where Trotter becam..

Chapters of Opera

Henry Edward Krehbiel

The making of this book was prompted by the fact that with the season 1907-08 the Metropolitan Opera House in New York completed an existence of twenty-five years. Through all this period at public re..

Contemporary American Composers

Rupert Hughes

One day there came into Robert Schumann's ken the work of a young fellow named Brahms, and the master cried aloud in the wilderness, "Behold, the new Messiah of music!" Many have refused to accept Bra..

Amadis of Gaul

Nicola Francesco Haym

Amadís de Gaula is a landmark work among the chivalric romances which were in vogue in sixteenth-century Spain, although its first version, much revised before printing, was written at the onset of th..

Among the Great Masters of Music

Walter Rowlands

Among the GreOne of the most ancient legends handed down to us by the early Church is that of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. She is known to have been honoured by Christians as far..

Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians

Robert Schumann

The cultivation of the Ear is of the greatest importance.—Endeavour early to distinguish each several tone and key. Find out the exact notes sounded by the bell, the glass, the cuckoo, etc.Practise fr..

Piano Tuning - A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs

J. Cree Fischer

In the consideration of Piano Tuning as a profession, one should first determine if he possesses the necessary qualifications, the most important of which are a musical ear and some degree of mechanic..

Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing

Enrico Caruso

Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing is a book written by Enrico Caruso, an Italian operatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a..