Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator’s Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Sources and Abbreviations Used in the Text and Notes xi
5. Editor’s Note xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 On Imitation in Music (I) 20
8. 2 On Imitation in Music (II) 27
9. 3 Conservatoire de Musique, Ninth Concert: On Beethoven’s Eroica and Taste in General 32
10. 4 Esmeralda: On Fair Artistic Judgement 35
11. 5 Paris Opéra: Revival of Le Siège de Corinthe 38
12. 6 Third Conservatoire Concert (The Critic’s Life) 41
13. 7 Théâtre-Italien, Le nozze de Figaro: Benefit Performance for Lablache 45
14. 8 Second Concert of the Gazette musicale: Mlle Pauline Garcia – Gluck’s Orphée 49
15. 9 Adolphe Nourrit 58
16. 10 Musical Instruments: Exhibition of Industrial Products 63
17. 11 Théâtre de la Renaissance, First Staging of Lucie de Lammermoor: Music by Donizetti, Libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaez 67
18. 12 Letter to Liszt: Music in Paris and London 74
19. 13 Review of Kastner’s Treatise on Instrumentation 83
20. 14 Théâtre de la Renaissance 90
21. 15 First Conservatoire Concert: A Few Words on Early Music (I) 94
22. 16 First Conservatoire Concert: A Few Words on Early Music (II) 101
23. 17 Paris Opéra: Revival of Fernand Cortez; Liszt and Batta in London 108
24. 18 Third Conservatoire Concert 112
25. 19 Paris Opéra: Revival of Don Giovanni (I) 116
26. 20 Liszt’s Concerts 118
27. 21 Paris Opéra: Revival of Don Giovanni (II) 120
28. 22 Liszt’s Concert at the Conservatoire 123
29. 23 Paris Opéra: Poultier’s Debut in Guillaume Tell 126
30. 24 The Saint-Denis Organ 130
31. 25 Fourth Conservatoire Concert 131
32. 26 Cherubini 134
33. 27 Sixth Conservatoire Concert 143
34. 28 Thalberg’s Concerts 145
35. 29 German Theatre: First Performance of Jessonda, Opera in Three Acts by Spohr 147
36. 30 Castor et Pollux; the Score 151
37. 31 Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique: Revival of Le Déserteur, libretto by Sedaine, music by Monsigny 156
38. 32 M. Berlioz’s Concert at the Théâtre-Italien 162
39. 33 Théâtre de l’Odéon: Premiere of Antigone, the Tragedy by Sophocles, Translated by MM. Meurice and Vacquerie, Music by Mendelssohn 166
40. 34 Large-Scale Concert at the Opéra: ‘Le Droit des pauvres’ 169
41. 35 Michel de Glinka 172
42. 36 Conservatoire Concert: Spontini, La Vestale 178
43. 37 Cherubini’s Messe du sacre in Saint-Eustache 190
44. 38 Music Festival in Bonn: The Beethoven Statue 192
45. 39 New Method of Instrumental Practice 203
46. 40 Inauguration of Rossini’s Statue 205
47. 41 Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique: Revival of Zémire et Azor 208
48. 42 On the Harmonium 214
49. 43 Paris Opéra: Premiere of Robert Bruce, a Pastiche in Three Acts, Music by Rossini 218
50. 44 Adolphe Sax’s New Concert Hall 228
51. 45 To M. Friedland in Prague 231
52. 46 Opening of the Théâtre de la Nation: The Théâtre-National, or Opéra (Old Style) 233
53. 47 The Opéra: Mme de Lagrange’s Debut; Duprez, Otello 238
54. 48 Distribution of Prizes at the Paris Conservatoire 244
55. 49 Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique: Premiere of Le Caïd, Comic Opera in Two Acts, Libretto by M. Sauvage, Music by M. Ambroise Thomas 247
56. 50 Second Séance of the Société des Concerts: Beethoven, Haydn, and Others 255
57. 51 Third Séance of the Société des Concerts 259
58. 52 Sixth Séance of the Société des Concerts 264
59. 53 Industrial Exhibition, Musical Instruments: The ‘Droit des Pauvres’ Applied to Instrument- Makers; MM. Érard, Boisselot, Weulfel, Sax, and Vuillaume 266
60. 54 The Death of Johann Strauss 274
61. 55 The Death of Chopin 276
62. 56 A Method of Telephony by M. Sudre 279
63. 57 M. Niedermayer’s Messe solennelle 282
64. 58 Gluck’s Alceste 287
65. Index of Names 293