Around Music

Foreword by A. R. Orage - ix
Praeludium - xiii
1. Composers and the recognition of their contemporaries - 17
2. Busoni - 21
3. Opera in the Vernacular - 31
4. Animadversions on Singing in General, with Remarks on the Misuse of the Term \'Coloratura\' - 38
5. The Modern Piano Sonata - 52
6. The Modern Piano Concerto - 66
7. The Decline of the Public Concert - 78
8. The Voice in Contemporary Composition - 92
9. On Neglected Works - 99
10. Attitudes of Mind towards Music - 107
11. \'Musical Appreciation\' - 112
12. Of Simplicity - 115
13. Towards an Ideal Opera House - 120
14. The Judgment of Posterity - 127
15. Fashions in Piano Methods, with Animadversions on \'the Beautiful Tone\' Fetish - 129
16. Medtner - 132
17. Against Women Instrumentalists - 138
18. \'Although No Longer in the Fashion\' - 142
19. Oriental Atmosphere - 147
20. An Enquiry into the Claim that the Public Taste in Music has Improved - 152
21. The Singing and Playing of Bach - 159
22. The Contralto and the Gallon-jug - 164
23. On the Value of Professional Criticism - 167
24. Gesture and Action in the Wagner Music Dramas - 172
25. Pachmann and Chopin - 176
26. Notes on the Symphonies of Mahler - 178
27. The Opera Fantasies of Liszt - 194
28. Performance versus Celebration - 198
29. Against Italian Opera Singers - 201
30. Towards a New Keyboard Instrument of the Piano Type - 206
31. Charles Henri Valentin Morhange (Alkan) - 213 [Originally said the incorrect Victorin, Valentin was written over it. The inclusion of Henri is also a mistake]
32. The Organ Works of Reger - 220
33. Music and Sex - 227
34. The Operatic Situation - 232
Postludium \'The Good - the Beautiful - the True\' - 243