MUSIC & ITS MASTERS _Uniform with this Volume_ SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING BY PHILIP H. GOEPP _12mo. 407 pages. Cloth, $2.00_ This work, now in its third edition, has demonstrated its great usefulness. Taking up the representative symphonies of the great composers, and illustrating his remarks with excerpts from the score, the author shows the individuality, the special intention of the master, and, where possible, the underlying purpose of his art. As an aid in the study of the symphony, and as a companion at symphony concerts, the book is without a rival. [Illustration: WAGNER] Page 134 By permission of E. H. Schroeder, Berlin MUSIC & ITS MASTERS BY O. B. BOISE [Illustration] WITH SIX PORTRAITS PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1902 _Copyright, 1901 By J. B. Lippincott Company_ _Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A._ TO GEORGE W. STOCKLEY, ESQ. PREFACE I have endeavored through showing the true nature of music, and the conditions that are essential to its growth in breadth and significance, to incite amateurs to a more respectful consideration of its claims. O. B. B. BERLIN, March 1, 1901. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF MUSIC 13 II. MUSIC'S FIRST ERA, AND THE INFLUENCES WHICH WERE OPERATIVE IN VARIOUS LANDS DURING ITS CONTINUANCE 26 III. BIBLICAL MENTION OF MUSIC 61 IV. MUSIC FROM THE INVENTION OF NOTATION TO DATE 80 V. WAGNER AND THE MUSIC DRAMA 134