Modern musicians : a book for players, singers and listeners / by J. Cuthbert Hadden

Edinburgh : T. N. Foulis Ltd., 1923. Reprint. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of previous owner remains. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 7 preliminary leaves, 3-266 [1] pages : 21 portrait mounted photographs, 21 cm. Notes: ""First edition published October 1913. Reprinted July 1914.""""A companion volume to the writer's Master musicians, published in 1909. Like that work, it concerns itself rather with the musicians themselves than with their compositions or their achievements""--Preface.Contents: Partial contents Richard Strauss -- Claude Debussy -- Saint-Sa�ns -- Edward Elgar -- Granville Bantock -- Paderewski -- Pachmann -- Emil Sauer -- Moritz Rosenthal -- Mark Hambourg -- Siloti -- D'Albert and Carreno -- Busoni -- Backhaus -- Melba -- Tetrazzini -- Caruso -- Clara Butt -- Emma Calv� -- Kirkby Lunn -- Plunkett Green -- Ysaye -- Kubelik -- Franz von Vecsey -- Marie Hall -- Mischa Elman -- Jacques Thibaud -- Kreisler -- Willy Burmester -- Cesar Thomson -- Jean Gerardy -- Pablo de Casals -- Hugo Becker -- Arthur Nikisch -- Felix Weingartner -- Henry J. Wood -- Landon Ronald.Subjects: Albert, Eugen d' 1864-1932 Backhaus, Wilhelm 1884-1969Balling, MichaelBantock, Granville 1868-1946 Becker, Hugo 1863-1941 Burmester, WillyBusoni, Ferruccio 1866-1924 Butt, Clara 1872-1936 Calve, Emma 1858-1942 Carreno, Cayetano 1774-1836 Caruso, Enrico 1873-1921 Casals, Pablo 1876-1973 Debussy, Claude 1862-1918Elgar, Edward 1857-1934Elman, Mischa 1891-1967Gerardy, Jean 1877-1929Greene, Plunket 1865-1936Hall, Marie Hambourg, Mark 1879-1960 Kreisler, Fritz 1875-1962 Kubelik, Jan 1880-1940 Lunn, Louise Kirkby 1873-1930 Melba, Nellie 1861-1931 Mengelberg, Willem 1871-1951 Mlynarski, Emil 1870-1935 Nikisch, Arthur 1855-1922 Pachman, Vladimir de 1848-1933 Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860-1941Ronald, Landon 1873-1938Rosenthal, Moriz 1862-1946. Safonov, Vasili Il'ich 1852-1918 Saint-Saens, Camille 1835-1921Sauer, Emil von 1862-1942Strauss, Richard 1864-1949 Thibaud, Jacques 1880-1953 Thomson, Cesar 1857-1931Tetrazzini, Luisa 1871-1940Vecsey, Franz von 1893-1935 Weingartner, Felix 1863-1942. Wood, Henry J. 1869-1944. Ysaye, Eugene 1858-1931. Ziloti, Alexander Il'yich 1863-1945 Composers. Musicians.Aesthetics Conductors (music) - BiographyConducting Musicians.Composers ; Biography.