Concerning the Mysteries of Music
- Essay Nr. 1 Music and Animals
- Essay Nr. 2 On the Music of the Spheres
- Essay Nr. 3 On Pythagoras
- Essay Nr. 4 Curiosities in Music Etymology and Metaphor
Concerning Music and Religion
- Essay Nr. 5 Thoughts on Music and Religion in Ancient Civilizations
- Essay Nr. 6 Thoughts on Music and Religion among the Romans and early Christians
- Essay Nr. 7 Thoughts on Roman Church Music in the Dark Ages
- Essay Nr. 8 Thoughts on Roman Church Music in the Pre-Renaissance
- Essay Nr. 9 Thoughts on Roman Church Music of the 14th Century
- Essay Nr. 10 Thoughts on Roman Church Music of the 15th Century
- Essay Nr. 11 Thoughts on Church Music of the 16th Century
- Essay Nr. 12 Martin Luther on Music
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Essay Nr. 13
Praetorius on 16th Century Performance Practice
Syntagma Musicum, Volume III - Essay Nr. 14 Thoughts on Church Music in the Baroque
- Essay Nr. 15 Thoughts on Music in Heaven
- Essay Nr. 16 Thoughts on Music and Prophesy
Concerning Ancient Definitions of Music
- Essay Nr. 17 What is Music?
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Essay Nr. 18
Music: Theory or Practice?
(Musica speculative versus Musica practica) - Essay Nr. 19 Music Defined as Mathematics
- Essay Nr. 20 Music Defined as Truth
- Essay Nr. 21 On Reason versus Experience
- Essay Nr. 22 On Reason versus Emotion
- Essay Nr. 23 More Early Views of our Bicameral Mind
- Essay Nr. 24 On Right-Hand Preference
- Essay Nr. 25 On Early Views of the Emotions
- Essay Nr. 26 On the Emotions and Music
- Essay Nr. 27 On the Doctrine of the Affections
- Essay Nr. 28 On Catharsis
- Essay Nr. 29 On Composition
- Essay Nr. 30 On Music as a Language
Concerning the Physiological Nature of Music
- Essay Nr. 31 On Movement and Music
- Essay Nr. 32 On Oratory and Music
- Essay Nr. 33 On Early Accounts of Music Therapy
- Essay Nr. 34 "to soothe a savage breast"
- Essay Nr. 35 On Geography and Music
- Essay Nr. 36 Are Musicians Born or Made?
- Essay Nr. 37 Is Music Genetic?
Concerning Music and Ethics
- Essay Nr. 38 Music and Character Formation
- Essay Nr. 39 Music and Manners
- Essay Nr. 40 On the Character of the Performer
- Essay Nr. 41 Women not Allowed!
- Essay Nr. 42 The Ancient Artist and the Public
- Essay Nr. 43 The Renaissance Artist and the Public
- Essay Nr. 44 The Baroque Artist and the Public
- Essay Nr. 45 The 19th Century Artist and the Public
Concerning Performance
- Essay Nr. 46 On Ancient Concert Halls
- Essay Nr. 47 Memories of Ancient Concerts
- Essay Nr. 48 On Early Performers
- Essay Nr. 49 On Ancient Singers
- Essay Nr. 50 On the Ancient Rhapsodist
- Essay Nr. 51 On Women Performers of the Ancient World
- Essay Nr. 52 Ancient Reflections on Repertoire
- Essay Nr. 53 On Ancient Conductors
- Essay Nr. 54 On Early Views of Critics
- Essay Nr. 55 On Music Competition in the Ancient World
- Essay Nr. 56 Entertainment Music in the Ancient World
- Essay Nr. 57 Banquet Music in the Ancient World
- Essay Nr. 58 Wedding Music in the Ancient World
- Essay Nr. 59 Funeral Music in the Ancient World
- Essay Nr. 60 Theater Music in the Ancient World
Concerning Performance Practice
- Essay Nr. 61 On Memorization
- Essay Nr. 62 Weird Science
- Essay Nr. 63 On Acoustics and the Perception of Music
- Essay Nr. 64 On the Pyramid Principle
- Essay Nr. 65 Thoughts on Tempi
- Essay Nr. 66 On Early Musical Instruments and Consorts of Dogs
- Essay Nr. 67 Early Views on Percussion
Concerning Ancient Music
- Essay Nr. 68 On the Ancient Gods of Music
- Essay Nr. 69 On Ancient Muses and Myths
- Essay Nr. 70 What was Ancient Greek Music like?
- Essay Nr. 71 Aon the Ancient Greek Modes
- Essay Nr. 72 On the Ancient Greek Chorus
- Essay Nr. 73 On the Ancient Roman Chorus
- Essay Nr. 74 On the Ancient Oboe (Aulos)
- Essay Nr. 75 The Social Standing of Music in Ancient Societies
- Essay Nr. 76 On Music of Ancient Courts
- Essay Nr. 77 On Secular Music in Ancient Societies
- Essay Nr. 78 On the Secular Festivals of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Essay Nr. 79 On Music of the Ancient Military
- Essay Nr. 80 On the Ancient Trumpet
Concerning Medieval Music
- Essay Nr. 81 Music as Viewed by Medieval Philosophers
- Essay Nr. 82 On the Jongleur
- Essay Nr. 83 On the Minstrel
- Essay Nr. 84 On Music of the Medieval Courts
- Essay Nr. 85 On Medieval Civic Music
- Essay Nr. 86 On the Medieval Chorus
- Essay Nr. 87 St. Augustine on Music
- Essay Nr. 88 Boethius on Music
- Essay Nr. 89 Cassiodorus on Music
- Essay Nr. 90 On Music Treatises of the 9th to 11th Centuries
- Essay Nr. 91 St. Thomas Aquinas on Music
- Essay Nr. 92 The Music of the Troubadours
- Essay Nr. 93 The Music of the French Romances and Chansons de Geste
- Essay Nr. 94 The Music of the Minnesingers
- Essay Nr. 95 The Music of the Goliards
- Essay Nr. 96 On Medieval Military Music
- Essay Nr. 97 On the Medieval Trumpet
Concerning Renaissance Music
- Essay Nr. 98 On Music and Society in the 14th Century
- Essay Nr. 99 Machaut on Music
- Essay Nr. 100 Petrarch on Music
- Essay Nr. 101 Boccaccio on Music
- Essay Nr. 102 Chaucer on Music
- Essay Nr. 103 On Music and Society in the 15th Century
- Essay Nr. 104 Leonardo da Vinci on Music
- Essay Nr. 105 Tinctoris on the Aesthetics of Music
- Essay Nr. 106 On Music and Society in the 16th Century: The Growth of Italian Humanism
- Essay Nr. 107 On the Censure of Polyphony
- Essay Nr. 108 Castiglione on Music
- Essay Nr. 109 On the "Well-Rounded Man"
- Essay Nr. 110 Michelangelo on Art and Music
- Essay Nr. 111 On Academies
- Essay Nr. 112 On Music and Society in the 16th Century: Growing Irrelevance of the Universities
- Essay Nr. 113 Cardano on Music
- Essay Nr. 114 On the 16th Century Music Treatises
- Essay Nr. 115 On Music and Society in the 16th Century: Opposition of the Church
- Essay Nr. 116 Erasmus on Humanism
- Essay Nr. 117 Erasmus on Music
- Essay Nr. 118 On the Music of the Renaissance Court
- Essay Nr. 119 On Music of the Courts of Burgundy
- Essay Nr. 120 On Music of the Courts of France
- Essay Nr. 121 On Music of the Courts of Italy
- Essay Nr. 122 On Music of the Courts of Spain
- Essay Nr. 123 On Music of the German-Speaking Courts
- Essay Nr. 124 On Music of the Court of Henry VIII
- Essay Nr. 125 On Music of the Court of Elizabeth I
- Essay Nr. 126 Shakespeare on Music
- Essay Nr. 127 In Praise of Women
- Essay Nr. 128 Comments on Renaissance Performance
- Essay Nr. 129 Comments on Renaissance Performance Practice
- Essay Nr. 130 Comments on Renaissance Improvisation
- Essay Nr. 131 The Lute in Renaissance Literature
- Essay Nr. 132 On Singers of the Renaissance
- Essay Nr. 133 On Renaissance Civic Music
- Essay Nr. 134 On the Serenade
- Essay Nr. 135 On Occupational Music
- Essay Nr. 136 On Popular Music of the Renaissance
- Essay Nr. 137 Some Comments on Music and Dance
- Essay Nr. 138 Music of the Renaissance Banquet
- Essay Nr. 139 On Music of Renaissance Weddings
- Essay Nr. 140 Music in the Elizabethan Theater
- Essay Nr. 141 Military Music in the Renaissance
- Essay Nr. 142 On the Renaissance Trumpet
Concerning Baroque Music
- Essay Nr. 143 On Defining the Italian Baroque
- Essay Nr. 144 Thoughts on the Beginning of Italian Opera
- Essay Nr. 145 On Court Music of the Italian Baroque
- Essay Nr. 146 On Civic and Military Music of the Italian Baroque
- Essay Nr. 147 On Church Music of the Italian Baroque
- Essay Nr. 148 Italian Views on Baroque Performance Practice
- Essay Nr. 149 Kircher on Music
- Essay Nr. 150 Thoughts of Music of the Spanish Baroque
- Essay Nr. 151 Thoughts on the Musical Scene in Baroque Germany
- Essay Nr. 152 On Emotion in Music in the German Baroque
- Essay Nr. 153 On Court Music in the German Baroque
- Essay Nr. 154 On the Hautboisten
- Essay Nr. 155 On Civic Music of the German Baroque
- Essay Nr. 156 On Instruments in Church Music of Baroque Germany
- Essay Nr. 157 On the Golden Age of the Trumpet in Germany
- Essay Nr. 158 On the Influence of Turkish Music
- Essay Nr. 159 On German Military Music of the Baroque
- Essay Nr. 160 A few Comments on German Performance Practice
- Essay Nr. 161 Mattheson on the Nature of Music
- Essay Nr. 162 Mattheson on Emotion in Music
- Essay Nr. 163 Mattheson on the Composition of Good Melody
- Essay Nr. 164 Mattheson on Performance
- Essay Nr. 165 Leibniz on Music
- Essay Nr. 166 On Court Music in the French Baroque
- Essay Nr. 167 On French Military Music of the Baroque
- Essay Nr. 168 On Some Views of French Baroque Musicians
- Essay Nr. 169 Mersenne on the Nature of Music
- Essay Nr. 170 Mersenne on Performance
- Essay Nr. 171 French Philosophers on Music
- Essay Nr. 172 French Philosophers on the Character of French Musicians
- Essay Nr. 173 French Philosophers on Opera
- Essay Nr. 174 Descartes on Music
- Essay Nr. 175 The French Theater on Music
- Essay Nr. 176 Music in French Fiction
- Essay Nr. 177 Music in French Non-Fiction
- Essay Nr. 178 Voltaire on Music
- Essay Nr. 179 Voltaire on Opera
- Essay Nr. 180 Music at the Jacobean Court
- Essay Nr. 181 Music in the Masque
- Essay Nr. 182 Jacobean Church Music
- Essay Nr. 183 Civic Music in the English Baroque
- Essay Nr. 184 Music in Jacobean Society
- Essay Nr. 185 Entertainment Music in Baroque England
- Essay Nr. 186 Military Music of the English Baroque
- Essay Nr. 187 Views by English Musicians of the Baroque
- Essay Nr. 188 Contemporary Views on Performance Practice
- Essay Nr. 189 North on Music
- Essay Nr. 190 Jacobean Philosophers on Music
- Essay Nr. 191 Bacon on Music
- Essay Nr. 192 Music in Jacobean Poetry
- Essay Nr. 193 Milton on Music
- Essay Nr. 194 Music in the Jacobean Theater
- Essay Nr. 195 Music in English Prose
- Essay Nr. 196 Music in the Restoration Court
- Essay Nr. 197 Music in the Restoration Church
- Essay Nr. 198 Isaac Newton on Music
- Essay Nr. 199 Restoration Philosophers on Music
- Essay Nr. 200 Music in the Restoration Theater
- Essay Nr. 201 Dryden on Music
- Essay Nr. 202 Music in Restoration Poetry
- Essay Nr. 203 Music and English Manners
- Essay Nr. 204 Pepys on Music
- Essay Nr. 205 Restoration Journals on Music
- Essay Nr. 206 English Views on Foreign Opera
- Essay Nr. 207 Dryden on Opera
- Essay Nr. 208 Restoration Journals on Opera
Concerning Education
The following essays are now to be found in the book, David Whitwell, Philosophic Foundations of Education
(Austin: Whitwellpublishing, 2011) and can be ordered on the website www.whitwellbooks.com or on
Amazon.
- Essay Nr. 214: Why the Church closed the Schools
- Essay Nr. 218: Early Renaissance Views on Education in General
- Essay Nr. 221: Views on Education in General in 16th Century Italy
- Essay Nr. 223: Montaigne on Education
- Essay Nr. 225: Vives on Education
- Essay Nr. 226: Erasmus on Education
- Essay Nr. 227: Views on Education in General in 16th Century Germany
- Essay Nr. 231: Views on Education in General in 16th Century England
- Essay Nr. 236: Views on Education in General in Baroque France
- Essay Nr. 239: Jacobean Philosophers on Education in General
- Essay Nr. 241: Restoration Philosophers on Education in General
The following essays are now to be found in the book, David Whitwell, Foundations of Music Education
(Austin: Whitwellpublishing, 2011) and can be ordered on the website www.whitwellbooks.com
or on Amazon.
- Essay Nr. 209: Music Education before Plato
- Essay Nr. 210: Plato on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 211: Aristotle on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 212: Greek Views on Music Education after Aristotle
- Essay Nr. 213: Music Education in Ancient Rome
- Essay Nr. 215: How the Church Reinvented Music Education
- Essay Nr. 216: Music Education in the Dark Ages
- Essay Nr. 217: Music Education in the Pre-Renaissance
- Essay Nr. 219: Music Education in the 14th Century
- Essay Nr. 220: Music Education in the 15th Century
- Essay Nr. 222: Music Education in 16th Century Italy
- Essay Nr. 224: Music Education in 16th Century France
- Essay Nr. 228: Views on Music Education in 16th Century Germany
- Essay Nr. 229: Music Education Treatises of 16th Century Germany
- Essay Nr. 230: Martin Luther on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 232: Music Education in 16th Century England
- Essay Nr. 233: On Music Education in Baroque Italy
- Essay Nr. 234: On the Philosophical Roots of German Music Education
- Essay Nr. 235: The Music Education Scene in Baroque Germany
- Essay Nr. 237: On the Philosophical Roots of French Music Education
- Essay Nr. 238: The Music Education Scene in Baroque France
- Essay Nr. 240: The Music Education Scene in Jacobean England
- Essay Nr. 242: On Music Education in Restoration England
- Essay Nr. 243: Schumann on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 245: Chopin on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 246: Mendelssohn on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 247: Liszt on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 248: Berlioz on Music Education
- Essay Nr. 249: Wagner on Music Education
Music Education of the Future
The following essays are now to be found in the book, David Whitwell, Music Education of the Future
(Austin: Whitwellpublishing, 2011) and can be ordered on the website www.whitwellbooks.com or on
Amazon.
- Essay Nr. 252: On the Roots of Music Education
- Essay Nr. 253: Some Thoughts on the Perception of Music
- Essay Nr. 254: Purpose and Meaning in Music Education
- Essay Nr. 255: Music Education of the Future Must be Experiential and not Conceptual
- Essay Nr. 256: The Music Education of the Future must Educate ALL Children
- Essay Nr. 257: The Music Education of the Future must Educate the REAL Child
- Essay Nr. 258: Music Education of the Future: Two Paramount New Purposes
Concerning the Aesthetics of Music
- Essay Nr. 250 On the Definition of Aesthetics in Music
- Essay Nr. 251 On the Classification of the Musical Experience
Whitwell on the History and Role of the Band
- Bands, Nr. 1 Forgotten Wind Music (1966)
- Bands, Nr. 2 Band Music from an Historical Perspective (1967)
- Bands, Nr. 3 The CBDNA in the Future (1975)
- Bands, Nr. 4 CBDNA and the Bicentennial (1976)
- Bands, Nr. 5 On the State of the Profession (1977)
- Bands, Nr. 6 On the Roots of the Modern Wind Band (1984)
- Bands, Nr. 7 A Letter to California High School Band Directors (1989)
- Bands, Nr. 8 A Letter to California High School Band Directors (1991)
- Bands, Nr. 9 A Recommendation for the ABA (1993)
- Bands, Nr. 10 Recommendations for WASBE (1999-2000)
Making Masterpieces Musical
- Interp. Nr. 1 Holst, First Suite for Military Band
- Interp. Nr. 2 Holst, Second Suite in F for Military Band
- Interp. Nr. 3 Hindemith, Symphony in Bb
- Interp. Nr. 4 Wagner, Trauermusik
- Interp. Nr. 5 Milhaud, Suite Francaise
- Interp. Nr. 6 On 19th Century Italian Sinfonias for Band
- Interp. Nr. 7 The Reicha Symphony for Band
- Interp. Nr. 8 Beethoven's Symphony for Band
- Interp. Nr. 9 Special Variation Collections for Band
- Interp. Nr. 10 On the other Wagner Band Compositions
- Interp. Nr. 11 Special Memorial Compositions for Band
- Interp. Nr. 12 On the Five Whitwell Symphonies
Whitwell on Performance Practice
- Whitwell Nr. 1 Whitwell on Seating Plan Theory
- Whitwell Nr. 2 A Whitwell Proposal for a new Festival Format
- Whitwell Nr. 3 On the Performance of the Berlioz Symphony for Band
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Whitwell Nr. 4
Thoughts on Possible Mozart Cadential Retards
(K. 388 and the Gran Partita) -
Whitwell Nr. 5
The Forgotten Man
(in the Music Department) - Whitwell Nr. 6 On the Selection of Repertoire
- Whitwell Nr. 7 On the Nature of the Present Tense in Music
- Whitwell Nr. 8 Forgotten Band Repertoire?
- Whitwell Nr. 9 Why do some Conductors feel they must TALK to the Audience?
- Whitwell Nr. 10 Where is the Value in Conducting Clinics?
- Whitwell Nr. 11 On our Fatal Error in Commissioning
- Whitwell Nr. 12 What shall we do with Marches?
- Whitwell Nr. 13 On Improvisation in Harmoniemusik Literature
The Portrait Gallery
- Portrait Nr. 1 Eugene Ormandy
- Portrait Nr. 2 Aaron Copland
- Portrait Nr. 3 Ernst Krenek
- Portrait Nr. 4 Vaclav Nelhybel
- Portrait Nr. 5 Frank Erickson
- Portrait Nr. 6 Karel Husa
Stories I Share with Friends
- Stories Nr. 1 On Honor Bands and Orchestras
- Stories Nr. 2 On Competition
- Stories Nr. 3 On the Difficulty of Staying Awake
- Stories Nr. 4 On University Life
- Stories Nr. 5 Innocents Abroad
- Stories Nr. 6 The Soldier-Scholar
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Stories Nr. 7
Mozart and me
(ghost stories)
The Gallery of Miniatures
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Miniatures 1
Miniature Portraits of Conductors, Part I
Bernstein, Solti, Stokowski & Giulini -
Miniatures 2
Minature Portraits of Conductors, II
Karajan, Maazel, Barenboim & Boulez -
Miniatures 3
Miniature Portraits of Conductors, III
Reiner, Szell, Walter & Barbirolli - Miniatures 4 Miniature Portraits of some Bandsmen
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Miniatures 5
Miniature Portraits of some Composers
Hovhaness, Stravinsky, Villa-Lobos & Orff - Miniatures 6 Whitwell: European Conducting Reviews
Philosophical Letters
- Letter Nr. 1 Townsend on the Band Music of the Donizetti Brothers
- Letter Nr. 2 Henk Badings on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 3 Aram Kachaturian on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 4 Benjamin Britten on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 5 Ingolf Dahl on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 6 David Diamond on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 7 Alan Hovhaness on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 8 Walter Piston on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 9 Ross Lee Finney on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 10 William Schuman on Wind Music
- Letter Nr. 11 Fennell "in Irons"
- Letter Nr. 12 James Neilson on the Ethical Responsibilities of the Band Director
- Letter Nr. 13 James Neilson on "the Changing Scene"
- Letter Nr. 14 James Neilson on Ethics in Performance
- Letter Nr. 15 Geoffrey Emerson on Ethics in Publication
- Letter Nr. 16 A Young Composer Reflects on the Band
- Letter Nr. 17 Fennell Reflects on the Eastman Wind Ensemble
- Letter Nr. 18 Fennell on Recording with the Kosei Wind Orchestra
- Letter Nr. 19 On the Search for the Longy Club Performance Materials
- Letter Nr. 20 On Whitwell's Music Education Book
- Letter Nr. 21 On "The Art of Musical Conducting"
- Letter Nr. 22 On "Friends"
The Sousa Oral History Project NOW AVAILABLE AT www.whitwellbooks.com
Composers Corner
- Nr. 1 Mozart through the Eyes of his Friends
- Nr. 2 Mendelssohn as he saw himself
- Nr. 3 Mendelssohn defines Great Music
- Nr. 4 Mendelssohn on his Creative Process
- Nr. 5 Mendelssohn on his Employment
- Nr. 6 Mendelssohn on his own Performance
- Nr. 7 Mendelssohn on Current Performance Practice
- Nr. 8 Mendelssohn on other Composers
- Nr. 9 Mendelssohn on National Characteristics
- Nr. 10 Mendelssohn's Outlook on Life
- Nr. 11 Chopin on his Creative Process
- Nr. 12 Chopin on National Characteristics
- Nr. 13 Chopin on Personalities of the Day
- Nr. 14 Chopin as he Viewed Himself
- Nr. 15 Chopin on his Health
- Nr. 16 Chopin on his Career
- Nr. 17 Chopin on his Daily Life
- Nr. 18 Schumann on his Personality and Character
- Nr. 19 Schumann on his Health and Mental Attitude
- Nr. 20 Schumann on Talent versus Genius
- Nr. 21 Schumann on Composition in General
- Nr. 22 Schumann on his Creative Process
- Nr. 23 Schumann on his Compositions
- Nr. 24 Schumann on the Public and Criticism
- Nr. 25 Schumann on other Composers
- Nr. 26 Schumann on National Characteristics
- Nr. 27 Schumann's Outlook on Life
- Nr. 28 Schumann on Clara
- Nr. 29 Liszt Looks in a Mirror
- Nr. 30 Liszt on Philosophy
- Nr. 31 Liszt on the Nature of Man
- Nr. 32 Liszt on Faith
- Nr. 33 Liszt Comments on his Daily Life
- Nr. 34 Liszt in Discontent
- Nr. 35 Liszt on his Leisure Activities
- Nr. 36 Liszt on the Aristocracy and Politics
- Nr. 37 Liszt on his Health
- Nr. 38 Liszt on Women
- Nr. 39 Liszt on National Characteristics
- Nr. 40 Liszt on Berlioz
- Nr. 41 Liszt on Wagner
- Nr. 42 Liszt on other German Composers
- Nr. 43 Liszt on other Pianists
- Nr. 44 Liszt on Russian Composers
- Nr. 45 Liszt on Various Personalities
- Nr. 46 Liszt on his Career as a Performing Pianist
- Nr. 47 Liszt on his Conducting Experience
- Nr. 48 Liszt on the Public
- Nr. 49 Liszt on Criticism
- Nr. 50 Liszt on his Creative Process
- Nr. 51 Liszt on his own Compositons
- Nr. 52 Liszt on his Arrangements of Beethoven
- Nr. 53 Liszt on his Acceptance as a Composer
- Nr. 54 Liszt on Music and Art in General
- Nr. 55 Liszt on Aesthetics
- Nr. 56 Liszt on New Music
- Nr. 57 Liszt on Contemporary Music Literature
- Nr. 58 Liszt on Performance in General
- Nr. 59 Liszt on Piano Performance in General
- Nr. 60 Liszt on Virtuosity
- Nr. 61 Berlioz on Composition
- Nr. 62 Berlioz on Orchestration
- Nr. 63 Berlioz on other Composers
- Nr. 64 Berlioz on National Characteristics
- Nr. 65 Berlioz on his Experience as a Conductor
Jean-Francois Sudre's La Telephonie and the Universal Musical Language
- Sudre 1 Introduction
- Sudre 2 The Musical Language
- Sudre 3 La Telephonie, including Berlioz's recommendation and prediction of airplanes
- Sudre 4 The Universal Musical Language
- Sudre 5 After the Death of Sudre
The Longy Club is NOW AVAILABLE on www.whitwellbooks.com
Early Extraordinary Women
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Women 1
La Maupin, Cuzzoni, Bordoni, Gabrielli, Sontag, Lind
Women of the Stage - Soprani -
Women 2
Le Couvreur, Woffington, Neuber, Mlle Clairon
Women of the Stage -- Actresses -
Women 3
Szmanowska, Randles, Clara Schumann
Women of the Stage -- Pianists -
Women 4
Brief Notices, 328 BC -- 1861 AD
Women of the Stage -
Women 5
Poets of the Ancient World, Sappo and Sulpicia
Women of the Pen -
Women 6
Medieval Prose, including Hrotsvitha, Murasaki and Hildegard von Bingen
Women of the Pen -
Women 7
Poets of the Renaissance, including Marie de France and Christine de Pizan
Women of the Pen -
Women 8
16th & 17th Century Prose, including Bradstreet, de Sevigne & Motte-Guyon
Women of the Pen -
Women 9
18th & 19th Century Prose, including George Sand, Browning & Dickinson
Women of the Pen -
Women 10
Brief Notices, 6th Century BC -- 19th Century AD
Women of the Pen -
Women 11
Early Women Generals, including Boudicca, Zenobia and Matilda
Women of the Sword -
Woman 12
Military Leaders of the Renaissance, including the pirate, Grainne O'Malley
Women of the Sword -
Women 13
Joan of Arc
Women of the Sword -
Women 14
Military Leaders of the Baroque, including the Indian War chief, Esther
Women of the Sword -
Women 15
Brief Notices, 3rd Century BC -- 19th Century AD
Women of the Sword -
Women 16
Mistresses of the Ancient World, including Aspasia, Clodia and Cynthia
Famous Mistressses -
Women 17
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Famous Mistresses -
Women 18
Renaissance Mistresses, including Farnese, Poitiers, Montespan & Nell Gwynn
Famous Mistresses -
Women 19
Mistresses of the 18th Century, including Pompadour & Comtesse du Barry
Famous Mistresses -
Women 20
Brief Notices, 6th Century BC -- 19th Century AD
Famous Mistresses -
Women 21
Famous Murderesses of the Ancient World, including Ta-Ki and Agrippina
Les femmes fatale -
Women 22
Famous Murderesses of the Christian World, including Charlotte Corday
Les femmes fatale -
Women 23
Brief Notices of Women Murderers, 3rd Century BC -- 17th Century AD
Les femmes fatale -
Women 24
Tragic Women of the Ancient World, including Virginia Verginius & Octavia
Tragic Stories -
Women 25
Tragic Women of the Late Middle Ages, including Héloïse & Francesca di Rimini
Tragic Stories -
Women 26
The Wives of Henry VIII
Tragic Stories -
Women 27
Tragic Ladies of Merry Ole England, including Mary Queen of Scots
Tragic Stories -
Women 28
Tragic Women on the Continent, including Marie Antoinette & Josephine
Tragic Stories -
Women 29
Brief Notices of Tragic Women, 4th Century BC -- 19th Century AD
Tragic Stories -
Women 30
Early Martyrs, including Hypatia, Felicitas and Valeria
Martyrs -
Women 31
Lady Martyrs of the Renaissance, including Joanna "La Loca" of Castile
Martyrs -
Women 32
Brief Notices of Women Martyrs, 3rd Century AD -- 17th Century
Martyrs -
Women 33
Early Women of Extraordinary Culture
Women of Extraordinary Culture -
Women 34
Renaissance Women of Extraordinary Culture, including Lucrezia Borgia
Women of Extraordinary Culture -
Women 35
Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua, 1474 -- 1539
Women of Extraordinary Culture -
Women 36
Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1474 -- 1497
Women of Extraordinary Culture -
Women 37
18th & 19th Century Women of Extraordinary Culture
Women of Extraordinary Culture -
Women 38
Brief Notices of Women of Extraordinary Culture, 6th Century BC -- 19th C.
Women of Extraordinary Culture -
Women 39
Women of the Early Salons, including Catherine de Vivonne & de Scudery
Women of the Salons -
Women 40
Women of the 18th Century Salons, including du Deffand & de Boufflers
Women of the Salons -
Women 41
Women of the Napoleonic Salons, including de Stael & Recamier
Women of the Salons -
Women 42
Exemplary Women of the Ancient World, including Livia and Calpurnia
Exemplary Women -
Women 43
Exemplary Women of the Renaissance, including Eleanor of Aquitaine
Exemplary Women -
Women 44
Exemplary Women after the Renaissance, including Maintenon
Exemplary Women -
Women 45
Brief Notices of Exemplary Women, 4th Century -- 19th Century
Exemplary Women -
Women 46
Early Reformers, including St. Catherine of Siena and Mary Wortley
Reformers -
Women 47
Women Reformers of the 19th Century, including Harriet Beecher Stowe
Reformers -
Women 48
Early Exemplary Rulers, including Pulcheria, Irene, Berenguela & Blanche
Exemplary Rulers -
Women 49
Zoe and Theodora, 11th Century Byzantine Empresses
Exemplary Rulers -
Women 50
Exemplary Renaissance Rulers, inc. Isabella & Margaret of the Netherlands
Exemplary Rulers -
Women 51
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Exemplary Rulers -
Women 52
Christina of Sweden and Elizabeth of Russia
Exemplary Rulers -
Women 53
Early Despots, including the Empress Theodora and Brunhilda
Women Despots -
Women 54
Women Despots of the Renaissance, including Catherine de Medicis
Women Despots -
Women 55
Despots of the 18th Century, inc. Catherine of Russia and Maria Theresa
Women Despots -
Women 56
Catherine II, "the Great," Empress of Russia
Women Despots -
Women 57
Victoria, Queen of England
Women Despots -
Women 58
Tzu Hsi, Empress of China, 1835 -- 1908
Women Despots