Musical Studies
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- Musical Studies
- Author
- Ernest Newman
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place
- London
- Year
- 1905
- Extent
- vii, 304 pages
- Language
- English
- Type
- Music criticism / collected essays
- LCCN
- 05032918
SCOPE & CONTENT
Newman’s essays range across Berlioz, Richard Strauss, programme music, Wagner, literary-musical questions and the psychology of criticism. Much of the material originated in periodical writing but was substantially revised for book publication. The result is an important document of early twentieth-century English criticism, notable for its argumentative style and insistence on close intellectual engagement with musical aesthetics.
RESEARCH VALUE
For research use, this record is intended to preserve both bibliographic identity and historical context. Because the book belongs to an earlier phase of musicology or criticism, its factual observations can remain highly useful while broader aesthetic, racial, national or evolutionary assumptions should be checked against modern scholarship and current critical editions.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND SEARCH VALUE
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RESEARCH USE AND LIMITS
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- Catalogue completeness
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