Musical Development : Or, Remarks on the Spirit of the Principal Music Forms (Paperback)

Preface; 1. The two characters of sentiment, and the two sections of musical effect; 2. The exigency in expression which abstract sentiment involves, and the structural plan of the great modern instrumental forms of composition; 3. A comparative analysis of the spirit of the instrumental music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn; 4. The intellectual position of instrument music; 5. The principles on which the musical and literary plan of an opera, should be based; 6. The spirit of sacred music. Remarks on the oratorio; 7. Some remarks concerning the influence of mental progress upon music; Conclusion.