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J. S. Bach — Volume II

Albert Schweitzer
Works study / performance practice / aesthetics · 1911 · English, translated from German
Albert Schweitzer. J. S. Bach — Volume II. London / Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1911.

Volume II extends Schweitzer’s discussion across major vocal and instrumental repertories and contains some of the most influential early twentieth-century writing on Bach performance. The work repeatedly links compositional design with theological and rhetorical meaning.

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The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and His Festival Theatre in Bayreuth

Albert Lavignac
Wagner studies / opera guide · 1898 · English
Albert Lavignac. The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and His Festival Theatre in Bayreuth. New York, 1898.

A detailed contemporary guide to Wagner’s music dramas and the Bayreuth Festival, including thematic and theatrical discussion from the period close to the original Wagner tradition.

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Music and Musicians

Albert Lavignac
General music reference / theory / aesthetics / history · 1903 · English
Albert Lavignac. Music and Musicians. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1903.

Published in New York in 1903, this volume belongs to the historical literature through which musicians, critics and teachers organized knowledge about its subject. Its value in Classical Archive is not only bibliographic: the dossier records the edition identity, principal responsibility, publication context and the work's likely research…

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Musical Education

Albert Lavignac
Music education / pedagogy / conservatoire culture · 1902 · English
Albert Lavignac. Musical Education. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902.

Published in New York in 1902, this volume belongs to the historical literature through which musicians, critics and teachers organized knowledge about its subject. Its value in Classical Archive is not only bibliographic: the dossier records the edition identity, principal responsibility, publication context and the work's likely research…

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The Art of Voice-Production, with Special Reference to the Methods of Correct Breathing

Ange Albert Pattou
Vocal pedagogy / breathing treatise · 1882 · English
Ange Albert Pattou. The Art of Voice-Production, with Special Reference to the Methods of Correct Breathing. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882.

Pattou’s treatise concentrates on the physiological and practical foundations of vocal production, giving particular emphasis to breathing and the coordinated use of the vocal mechanism. It represents the nineteenth-century effort to make singing instruction more systematic and anatomically informed.

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Encyclopédie de la musique et dictionnaire du Conservatoire

Albert Lavignac and Lionel de La Laurencie (eds.)
Music encyclopedia / conservatoire reference · 1913–1931 · French
Albert Lavignac and Lionel de La Laurencie (eds.). Encyclopédie de la musique et dictionnaire du Conservatoire. Paris: Delagrave, 1913–1931.

Encyclopédie de la musique et dictionnaire du Conservatoire is treated here as a major reference work for Classical Archive. Its value lies in structured consultation rather than continuous reading: it supports identification of people, works, terminology, genres, instruments, institutions, repertory or recordings according to the scope of the…

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Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti

Alberto Basso (dir.)
General music encyclopedia · 1983–1999 · Italian
Alberto Basso (dir.). Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti. Turin: UTET, 1983–1999.

Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti is treated here as a major reference work for Classical Archive. Its value lies in structured consultation rather than continuous reading: it supports identification of people, works, terminology, genres, instruments, institutions, repertory or recordings according to the scope of the…

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R.D.P. Jones – The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume II

Albert Schweitzer · 1911 · English · 3.4 MB
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R.D.P. Jones – The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume I

Albert Schweitzer · 1911 · English · 12.4 MB
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