THE NETHERLAND MASTERS _W. J. Henderson_ 11 GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA _Louis C. Elson_ 25 CLAUDIO MONTEVERDE _W. S. B. Mathews_ 33 ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI _W. S. B. Mathews_ 37 GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESE _H. M. Ticknor_ 43 GIOACCHINO ROSSINI _Arthur Pougin_ 51 VINCENZO BELLINI _H. M. Ticknor_ 67 GAETANO DONIZETTI _H. M. Ticknor_ 75 GASPARO LUIGI PACIFICO SPONTINI _Adolphe Jullien_ 83 LUIGI CHERUBINI _Philipp Spitta_ 93 ARRIGO BOITO _Arthur Pougin_ 107 GIOVANNI SGAMBATI _Arthur Foote_ 111 GUISEPPI VERDI _Benj. E. Woolf_ 117 MUSIC IN ITALY _Martin Roeder_ 135 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH _Philipp Spitta_ 163 GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL _Philipp Spitta_ 195 CHRISTOPH WILIBALD GLUCK _W. Langhans_ 219 FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN _Benj. E. Woolf_ 245 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART _Philip Hale_ 269 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (Biography) _Philip Hale_ 309 THE DEAFNESS OF BEETHOVEN _Clarence J. Blake_ 333 BEETHOVEN AS COMPOSER _John K. Paine_ 337 FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT _John Fiske_ 351 LUDWIG SPOHR _W. J. Henderson_ 375 CARL MARIA VON WEBER _H. E. Krehbiel_ 389 HEINRICH MARSCHNER _H. E. Krehbiel_ 409 FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY _John S. Dwight_ 417 ROBERT SCHUMANN _Louis Kelterborn_ 439 ROBERT FRANZ _Louis Kelterborn_ 463 GIACOMO MEYERBEER _Arthur Pougin_ 473 STRAUSS _Henry T. Finck_ 487 JOSEPH JOACHIM RAFF _W. J. Henderson_ 497 JOHANNES BRAHMS _Louis Kelterborn_ 503 CARL GOLDMARK _W. J. Henderson_ 515 MAX BRUCH _Louis C. Elson_ 519 JOSEPH GABRIEL RHEINBERGER _Louis Kelterborn_ 525 RICHARD WAGNER _W. J. Henderson_ 533 MUSIC IN GERMANY _John K. Paine and Leo R. Lewis_ 569 JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY _Oscar Comettant_ 609 JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU _Oscar Comettant_ 615 ANDRÉ ERNEST MODESTE GRÉTRY _Oscar Comettant_ 623 FRANÇOIS ADRIEN BOIELDIEU _Louis C. Elson_ 633 ETIENNE NICOLAS MÉHUL _Geo. P. Upton_ 639 LOUIS JOSEPH FERDINAND HÉROLD _Geo. P. Upton_ 645