The Influence of the Organ in History: Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston UniversityBuck, Dudley
History
The Influence of the Organ in History: Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University
Buck, Dudley
Organ (Musical instrument) -- History
=HOW TO UNDERSTAND WAGNER'S "RING OF THE NIBELUNG."= Being the Story and
a Descriptive Analysis of the "Rheingold," the "Valkyr," "Siegfried" and
the "Dusk of the Gods." With Musical Examples of the Leading Motives of
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=WAGNER.= "Ring of the Nibelungen." Being the Story concisely told of
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=LIFE OF WEBER.= With List of his Compositions. By SIR J. BENEDICT.
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=BERLIOZ AND THE ROMANTIC CENTURY.= By J. BARZUN. Two volumes. 18
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HISTORY OF MUSIC, AND OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
=STRINGED INSTRUMENTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.= Their Evolution and
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