1891 The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers

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Leather Binding

‘The Standard Cantata’ was one book in George Upton’s series looking at the history of character of music. This series included two other books, ‘The Standard Oratorios’ and ‘The Standard Symphonies’. ‘Cantata’ takes a look at some of the famous vocal compositions by some of the greatest composers of all time. These include ‘Ein’ Feste Burg’ by Bach, ‘The Ruins of Athens’ by Beethoven, ‘Acis and Galatea’ by Handel’, ‘The Bells of Strasburg’ by Liszt, and ‘Oedipus at Colonos’ by Mendelssohn. With a library plate to the recto of the front endpaper from Hampshire County Library, and further library stamps to the verso of the title page from Hampshire Country Library and Winchester Public Library. Library stamp to pages 50 and 367, however doesn’t affect any text.