Volume 2 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the Classical and Romantic periods, encompassing: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, opera in Italy and France, Romanticism, song literature, pianoforte and chamber music, orchestral literature, romantic opera, choral song, Wagner and Wagnerism, Brahms, Franck, Verdi and other contemporaries. - Summary by Jake Malizia
Chapters
1
Introduction Read by Verla Viera 9:23
2
The Regeneration of the Opera - Part 2 Read by czandra 28:05
3
The Regeneration of the Opera - Part 3 Read by czandra 28:05
4
The Foundations of the Classic Period - Part 1 Read by czandra 25:56
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The Foundations of the Classic Period - Part 2 Read by czandra 34:04
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The Viennese Classics: Haydn and Mozart - Part 1 Read by czandra 36:13
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The Viennese Classics: Haydn and Mozart - Part 2 Read by czandra 31:54
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The Viennese Classics: Haydn and Mozart - Part 3 Read by Jake Malizia 37:25
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Part 1 Read by Louis Hehman 51:31
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Part 2 Read by Louis Hehman 26:55
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Part 3 Read by Louis Hehman 39:14
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Operatic Development in Italy and France - Part 1 Read by jenno 34:15
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Operatic Development in Italy and France - Part 2 Read by jenno 46:21
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The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 1 Read by Peach 39:02
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The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 2 Read by Jake Malizia 31:26
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The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 3 Read by Peach 25:17
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The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 4 Read by Peach 25:25
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Song Literature of the Romantic Period - Part 1 Read by Sarah Rothwell 17:43
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Song Literature of the Romantic Period - Part 2 Read by Sarah Rothwell 26:24
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Pianoforte and Chamber Music of the Romantic Period - Part 1 Read by Jake Malizia 22:33
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Pianoforte and Chamber Music of the Romantic Period - Part 2 Read by Verla Viera 37:28
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Pianoforte and Chamber Music of the Romantic Period - Part 3 Read by Adrian Stephens 26:40
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Orchestral Literature and Orchestral Development - Part 1 Read by Adrian Stephens 31:48
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Orchestral Literature and Orchestral Development - Part 2 Read by Jake Malizia 31:35
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Orchestral Literature and Orchestral Development - Part 3 Read by Jake Malizia 21:31
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Romantic Opera and the Development of Choral Song - Part 1 Read by Adrian Stephens 30:47
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Romantic Opera and the Development of Choral Song - Part 2 Read by Adrian Stephens 24:55
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Wagner and Wagnerism - Part 1 Read by jenno 34:30
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Wagner and Wagnerism - Part 2 Read by jenno 24:12
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Wagner and Wagnerism - Part 3 Read by Jake Malizia 31:27
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Neo-Romanticism: Johannes Brahms and César Franck - Part 1 Read by Adrian Stephens 31:42
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Neo-Romanticism: Johannes Brahms and César Franck - Part 2 Read by hbradio 45:59
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Verdi and His Contemporaries - Part 1 Read by czandra 26:12
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Verdi and His Contemporaries - Part 2 Read by Fern 28:24
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