Modern German Music Volume 1

Contents

• Preface;
• Part I . A North German Festival:
• 1. The journey and the rehearsal;
• 2. First day;
• 3. Second day;
• 4. Third day;
• Part II . In the Harz:
• 1. A night on the Brocken;
• 2. Rubeland;
• 3. The Ross-Trappe;
• Part III . Glimpses of Berlin:
• 1. First impressions of Der Freischutz;
• 2. The court and the opera;
• 3. 'Comic opera' in Berlin;
• 4. Quartetts and amateurs;
• 5. The 'Huldigung' at Berlin;
• 6. The theatre at Berlin from 1840 to 1848;
• Part IV . Glimpses at Dresden:
• 1. The opera and its environs;
• 2. Organ-playing;
• 3. The opera from 1840 to 1848.