A Century of Music

Introduction 9 Part One: The Age of Romanticism I Romantic Principles 15 II The Wagnerian Synthesis 22 III Liszt and the Virtuoso 38 IV The Nationalist Groups V Interlude: Le Anglais 56 VI The Late Romantic Symphonists VII Richard Strauss and the Decline of Romaticism Part Two: The Renaissance in France and Great Britain VIII The Revolt Against Bayreuth 77 IX Impressionist Achievement 82 X Elgar and British Music 92 XI The Russian Invasion of Paris 96 Part Three: The War and its Aftermath XII Sibelius and the Symphonic Revival 107 XIII Atonal Preliminaries: Schönberg 113 XIV Stravinsky and Neo-classicism 118 XV The Later Nationalists 124 XVI The Development of British Music 133 XVII The Isolationists 141 XVIII Hindemith and Utility Music 144 XIX The Jazz Age 150 Part Four: The Return to Stability XX Sibelius and the Future of Symphonic Music 159 XXI The Soviet Outlook on Music 165 XXII William Walton and Modern British Music 173 XXIII Atonal Achievement: Alban Berg 178 XXIV Mechanical Music and the Cinema 185 Part Five: Trends for the Future XXV The Remnants of Nationalism 193 XXVI The American Development 201 XXVII The Future of British Music 205 XXVIII The Summing-up 212 Bibliography and Suggested Reading 227