E-text prepared by Colin Bell, Sam W., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) The Camelot Series. Edited by Ernest Rhys. GREAT MUSICAL COMPOSERS German, French, and Italian by GEORGE T. FERRIS Edited, with an Introduction by Mrs. William Sharp London Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane Paternoster Row 1887 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 [Decoration] _Introduction._