*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 60012 *** INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG GREAT MUSICIANS BY GEORGE T. FERRIS 1891 Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS ## THE GREAT GERMAN COMPOSERS ## GREAT ITALIAN AND FRENCH COMPOSERS ## GREAT MUSICAL COMPOSERS ## GREAT VIOLINISTS AND PIANISTS ## GREAT SINGERS, FIRST SERIES ## GREAT SINGERS, SECOND SERIES TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES THE GREAT GERMAN COMPOSERS By George T. Ferris CONTENTS NOTE. BACH. HANDEL. GLUCK HAYDN. MOZART. BEETHOVEN. SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, AND FRANZ. CHOPIN. WEBER. MENDELSSOHN. RICHARD WAGNER. GREAT ITALIAN AND FRENCH COMPOSERS By George T. Ferris CONTENTS NOTE. THE GREAT ITALIAN AND FRENCH COMPOSERS. PALESTRINA. PICCINI, PAISIELLO, AND CIMAROSA ROSSINI. VERDI. CHERUBINI AND HIS PREDECESSORS. MÉHUL, SPONTINI, AND HALÉVY. BOÏELDIEU AND AUBER. MEYERBEER. GOUNOD AND THOMAS. BERLIOZ. GREAT MUSICAL COMPOSERS GERMAN, FRENCH, AND ITALIAN By George T. Ferris Edited, With An Introduction By Mrs. William Sharp CONTENTS PAGE Introduction vii Bach 1 Handel 7 Gluck 36 Haydn 46 Mozart 59 Beethoven 70 Schubert and Schumann 87 Chopin 103 Weber 115 Mendelssohn 124 Wagner 131 Palestrina 147 Piccini, Paisiello, and Cimarosa 154 Rossini 175 Donizetti and Bellini 200 Verdi 213 Cherubini and his Predecessors 226 Méhul, Spontini, and Halévy 260 Boïeldieu and Auber 273 Meyerbeer 281 Gounod 297 Berlioz 310 Appendix: Chronological Table 335 GREAT VIOLINISTS AND PIANISTS By George T. Ferris CONTENTS NOTE THE GREAT VIOLINISTS AND PIANISTS. THE VIOLIN AND EARLY VIOLINISTS. VIOTTI. LUDWIG SPOHR. NICOLO PAGANINI. DE BÉRIOT OLE BULL. MUZIO CLEMENTI MOSCHELES. THE SCHUMANNS AND CHOPIN. THALBERG AND GOTTSCHALK. FRANZ LISZT. GREAT SINGERS FAUSTINA BORDONI TO HENRIETTA SONTAG By George T. Ferris 1891 CONTENTS NOTE. DETAILED CONTENTS. GREAT SINGERS, FROM FAUSTINA BORDONI TO HENRIETTA SONTAG. FAUSTINA BORDONI. CATARINA GABRIELLI. SOPHIE ARNOULD. ELIZABETH BILLINGTON AND HER CONTEMPORARIES. ANGELICA CATALANI. GIUDITTA PASTA. HENRIETTA SONTAG. GREAT SINGERS MALIBRAN TO TITIENS By George T. Ferris 1891 CONTENTS NOTE. DETAILED CONTENTS. GREAT SINGERS, SECOND SERIES, MALIBRAN TO TITIENS. MARIA FELICIA MALIBRAN. WILHELMINA SCHRÖDER-DEVRIENT. GIULIA GRISI. PAULINE VIARDOT. FANNY PERSIANI. MARIETTA ALBONI. JENNY LIND. SOPHIE CRUVELLI. THERESA TITIENS. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George T. Ferris, by George T. Ferris *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 60012 ***