Opinions of Brahms—Weingartner—H.T. Finck—Bülow on Rubinstein—H. Davey—Schumann—W.J. Henderson—Philip Spitta—Sir Hubert Parry—W.H. Hadow—Piano Trio, op. 8: two versions—Horn Trio, op. 40—String Sextett in B♭—String Sextett in G major—Piano Quartett in G minor—Quintett in F minor—String Quartetts—Thematic resemblances—String Quintetts—Clarinet Quintett—Dvořák—Revival of Bohemian music—Birthplace and early career—Criticisms on his works—His symphonic poems for orchestra—An American national style of music—The Negro Quartett—String Quartetts—Piano Quartetts—Piano Trios—String Sextett—Other chamber music 101 CHAPTER VIII. CHAMBER MUSIC OF THE RUSSIAN COMPOSERS. Russian chamber music—Glinka—Quartett by Ippolitoff-Ivanoff—Quartett by Gretchaninoff—Mozart on melody—Russian schools of musical thought—Belaieff—String Quartett on name Belaieff—Arensky—Trio in D minor: Arensky—Sokoloff—Tanyeëff— Kopyloff—Tschaïkovsky 133 CHAPTER IX. RICHARD STRAUSS AND ANTON BRUCKNER. Position with regard to classical form—Strauss’s chamber music—Bruckner’s character and individuality—Bruckner’s symphonies—String quintett in F major—Hanslick on Bruckner’s works—Krehbiel on Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony—Weingartner’s opinion 177 CHAPTER X. CHAMBER MUSIC OF RECENT TIMES. Trio by E. Schütt—Trio by Kirchner—Raff’s C minor Trio—Balfe’s Trio in A major—Trio: C. Hubert Parry—Trio: Bargiel—Sterndale Bennett’s Trio, op. 26—Trio, D minor: F.E. Bache—Trio, E flat: Nawratil—Trio: Goetz—Trio: Schmidt—Other Trios—String Trios—Quartett: Mackenzie—E flat Quartett: Rheinberger—Quartett: W. Rabl—Quartett: Prout—Quartett: Verdi—Quartett: Onslow—Quartett: W.H. Veit—Unusual combinations 191 APPENDIX A.—Chronological and Biographical 209 APPENDIX B.—Glossary of Terms 244 INDEX 249 List of Illustrations. PAGE “CHANT D’AMOUR”: Photogravure after Sir E. Burne-Jones’s Painting _Frontispiece_ A GROUP OF MUSICIANS 15 THE JOACHIM QUARTETT _Face_ 32 BEETHOVEN _Face_ 71 BRAHMS _Face_ 101 THE BOHEMIAN QUARTETT _Face_ 123 IPPOLITOFF-IVANOFF AND ARENSKY _Face_ 135 RICHARD STRAUSS 178 The Story of Chamber Music. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHAMBER MUSIC.