The general trend of development: Spohr, Cherubini, Schubert--Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, etc.--New developments: César Franck, d’Indy, Chausson--The characteristics of the Russian schools: Tschaikowsky, Borodine, Glazounoff and others--Other national types: Grieg, Smetana, Dvořák--The three great quartets since Schubert and what they represent; modern quartets and the new quartet style: Debussy, Ravel, Schönberg--Conclusion. XVIII. THE PIANOFORTE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS IN CHAMBER MUSIC 573 The trio--Pianoforte quartets and quintets--Sonatas for violoncello and piano--The piano with wind instruments--Chamber music for wind instruments by the great composers. ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME SEVEN ‘Home Concert’ painting by Fritz von Uhde (in colors) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The Virginal and the Gravicembalo 8 The Clavichord and the Harpsichord 8 Title page of Kuhnau’s ‘Neue Clavier-Übung’ 32 Fac-simile of Bach’s Manuscript of the Prelude in C major (Well-Tempered Clavichord) 80 Harpsichord Composers (D. Scarlatti, Couperin, C. P. E. Bach, Clementi) 110 Beethoven’s Broadwood Piano 156 Pianoforte Classics (Moscheles, Czerny, Hummel, Field) 182 Caricature of Johannes Brahms on His Way to the ‘Red Porcupine’ 238 Frédéric Chopin (after painting by Ary Scheffler) 268 Anton Rubinstein’s Hand 332 Famous Pianists (d’Albert, Busoni, Gabrilowitch, Paderewski) 364 Relatives of the Violin 372 Stradivarius at Work 386 Great Violin Composers (Corelli, Vivaldi, Tartini) 398 Caricature Statuette of Paganini 438 Great Violinists (Wieniawski, Joachim, Vieuxtemps, de Bériot) 448 Modern Violinists (Sarasate, Kreisler, Ysaye, Thibaut) 464 ‘The Concert’; painting by Terborch (in colors) 476 Pioneers of the String Quartet (Boccherini, Haydn, Richter and Dittersdorf) 488 Ludwig Spohr 536 The Flonzaley Quartet 550 Great 'Cellists (Popper, Gerardi, Casals) 596 Arnold Schönberg 602 PIANOFORTE AND CHAMBER MUSIC