A musical tour through the land of the past

vi p., 1 leaf, 235 p. ; 23 cm "The majority of these papers appeared in the Revue de Paris (1st July, 1900, 13th August, 1903. 13th February, 1906, 15th April, 1910)" Preface.--A humorous novel by an eighteenth-century musician.--[Der musicalische quack-salber (The musical charleton) by J. Kuhnau]--An English amateur (Pepys's diary)--A portrait of Händel.--The origins of the "classic" style in eighteenth-century music.--The autobiography of a forgotten master: Telemann, the successful rival of J. S. Bach.--Metastasio: the forerunner of Gluck.--A musical tour across Europe in the eighteenth century