The classical period of music dominated by the symphony--Its
esthetic purpose defined--A symphonic witticism--Some comment
on form in music--Divisions of the symphony established by
Haydn--Artless grace and beauty of Mozart's
symphonies--Beethoven to the fore--Climaxes and rests--The
Ninth Symphony--Schubert's genius--Mendelssohn and
Schumann--Liszt's symphonies and symphonic poems--Other
symphonists--Wagner not supposed to have been a purely
orchestral composer, yet the greatest of all 197