Produced by Andrés V. Galia, special thanks to Astronomer for having produced the music archives. Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) 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 CHAPTER I THE PERIODS OF MUSICAL HISTORY