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BEETHOVEN AND HIS FORERUNNERS
[Illustration]
BEETHOVEN
AND HIS
FORERUNNERS
BY
DANIEL GREGORY MASON
AUTHOR OF “FROM GRIEG TO BRAHMS”
NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1911
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
COPYRIGHT, 1904,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1904. Reprinted
August, 1911.
Norwood Press:
Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
CONTENTS
PAGE
I THE PERIODS OF MUSICAL HISTORY 1
II PALESTRINA AND THE MUSIC OF
MYSTICISM 43
III THE MODERN SPIRIT 79
IV THE PRINCIPLES OF PURE MUSIC 123
V HAYDN 173
VI MOZART 211
VII BEETHOVEN 249
VIII BEETHOVEN (CONTINUED) 289
IX CONCLUSION 333
CHAPTER I
THE PERIODS OF MUSICAL HISTORY