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The Creation Of French Opera; Lulli and the Early Writers; The Development of French Opera; The Rise of Opera Comique; French Opera from Herold to Gounod and Bizet; English Opera; English Music down to the Restoration; After the Restoration to the Death of Purcell; From the Death of Purcell to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century; The Taste of the English for Ideal Drama. The Special Influence of Handelian Oratorio; The Help of a Strong Native School. Our Influence upon Sacred Musical Drama; Sir Edward Elgar; Wagner And Contemporary Dramatic Work. With Some Considerations On Debussy And Modern Art Forms; Some Tendencies of Contemporaneous Dramatic Work; Index
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