Author Description

Opera in Italy and the Holy Roman empire. Promotion and patronage; Italian opera; German opera; The operas of Mozart / Anna Amalie Abert -- The operas of Haydn / H.C. Robbins Landon -- Opera in France / Martin Cooper -- Opera in other countries: English opera / Roger Fiske -- The rise of Russian opera / Gerald Seaman -- Opera in Spain / Gerald Abraham -- Church music and oratorio / Edward Olleson -- Solo song / Rosemary Hughes -- The early symphony / Egon Wellesz and F.W. Sternfeld -- The concerto / Egon Wellesz and F.W. Sternfeld -- The divertimento and cognate forms / Günther Hausswald --The rise of chamber music / Karl Geiringer -- Keyboard music / Philip Radcliffe -- Instrumental masterworks and aspects of formal design / F.W. Sternfeld.