A survey of music from the late nineteenth century ('modern' at the time), including references to style, comments on traditionalism and nationalism, the latter being a core feature of music at that time. Also included are a number of composers you have probably never heard of. (Summary by The Reader)
Chapters
1 Introduction 33 min 2 Chapter One: By and After Currents of the Romantic Movement 1 h 14 min 3 Chapter Two: The Russian Romanticists 43 min 4 Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part One 51 min 5 Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part Two 46 min 6 Chapter Four: The Russian Nationalists 59 min 7 Chapter Five: The Music of Contemporary Russia 58 min 8 Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part One 46 min 9 Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part Two 29 min 10 Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part One 40 min 11 Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part Two 37 min 12 Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part One 39 min 13 Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part Two 38 min 14 Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part One 40 min 15 Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part Two 41 min 16 Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part One 54 min 17 Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part Two 51 min 18 Chapter Eleven: The Operatic Sequel to Verdi 39 min 19 Chapter Twelve: The Renaissance of Instrumental Music in Italy 50 min 20 Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part One 26 min 21 Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part Two 44 min
