Musicians of Today

<p>"All in all, Mr. Rolland, thanks to his rare equipment, is justly to be considered the most interesting of living musical critics." -The Bookman, Volume 42, 1915</p> <p>"That Romain Rolland is an interesting and stimulating writer is abundantly demonstrated. The author is professor of musical criticism in the Sorbonne, and among his other books are biographies of Beethoven and Hugo Wolf, a history of opera before Lulli and Scarlatti, and two volumes of essays on composers of the past and the present. One of these has now been given to readers of English under the title of 'Musicians of Today.' In France this volume has already passed through five editions, and there is no reason why it should not be equally in demand here, for even if many disagree with some of the author's opinions, all must find his pages informative and illuminating....Informative in many directions." -The Nation, Volume 100, January 7, 1915</p> <p>Romain Rolland, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915, was a writer whose mind was sculpted by a passion for music and admiration for exceptional musicians. The famous novelist who was at the same time a reputed pacifist with interest in socialism and Eastern mysticism has also authored a history of opera and a biography of Beethoven, maybe the best we have so far. In between, he wrote this wonderful volume on some of his contemporary giants in the realm of music, such as Wagner, Berlioz, Debussy, Strauss, and Saint-Saens. A book that still fascinates today, and which can be the perfect introduction to the musical works of these great luminaries.</p> <p>CONTENTS</p> <p>INTRODUCTION</p> <p>BERLIOZ I, BERLIOZ II</p> <p>WAGNER: "SIEGFRIED" "TRISTAN" CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS</p> <p>VINCENT D'INDY</p> <p>RICHARD STRAUSS</p> <p>HUGO WOLF</p> <p>DON LORENZO PEROSI</p> <p>FRENCH AND GERMAN MUSIC</p> <p>CLAUDE DEBUSSY: "Pelléas et Mélisande"</p> <p>THE AWAKENING: A SKETCH OF THE MUSICAL MOVEMENT IN PARIS SINCE 1870</p> <p>PARIS AND MUSIC</p> <p>MUSICAL INSTITUTIONS BEFORE 1870</p> <p>NEW MUSICAL INSTITUTIONS</p> <p>THE PRESENT CONDITION OF FRENCH MUSIC</p> <p>FOOTNOTES</p>