The Art of Music

Modern Music

A survey of music from the late nineteenth century ('modern' at the time), including references to style, comments on traditionalism and nationalism, the latter being a core feature of music at that time. Also included are a number of composers you have probably never heard of. (Summary by The Reader)

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Introduction 32:52 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter One: By and After Currents of the Romantic Movement 1:14:27 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Two: The Russian Romanticists 42:43 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part One 51:22 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part Two 46:19 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Four: The Russian Nationalists 58:41 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Five: The Music of Contemporary Russia 57:32 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part One 45:48 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part Two 28:42 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part One 39:35 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part Two 36:58 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part One 39:29 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part Two 38:10 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part One 39:45 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part Two 41:22 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part One 54:02 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part Two 50:46 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Eleven: The Operatic Sequel to Verdi 39:10 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Twelve: The Renaissance of Instrumental Music in Italy 49:42 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part One 25:45 Lu par Edmund Bloxam
Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part Two 43:41 Lu par Edmund Bloxam