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Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. It is usually expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound (which includes timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture). Music may also involve generative forms in time through the construction of patterns and combinations of natural stimuli, principally sound. Music may be used for artistic or aesthetic, communicative, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. The definition of what constitutes music varies according to culture and social context.

Within "the arts", music can be classified as a performing art, a fine art, or an auditory art form.

—Excerpted from Music on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

Contents 1 Musicians / Biographies 2 Music Collections 3 Music History 4 Music Instruction 5 Music Literature 6 Opera 6.1 Opera Librettos 6.2 Opera Excerpts (Recordings) 6.3 Opera Plot Summaries, etc. 6.4 Opera History and Commentary 6.5 Opera Fiction 6.6 Plays Adapted as Operas 7 Other

Musicians / Biographies

• Beethoven  (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)

by Fischer, George Alexander

• Beethoven's Letters Vol 1 , Vol 2  (HTML) (English)

compiled by Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von and Nohl, Ludwig. Translated by Wallace, Grace, Lady

• Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday  (HTML) (English)

by Lahee, Henry C.

• Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 - Great Musicians  (HTML) (English)

by Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915

• Story-Lives of Great Musicians  (HTML, MIDI) (English)

by Rowbotham, Francis Jameson

• The World's Great Men of Music; Story-Lives of Master Musicians  (HTML) (English)

by Brower, Harriette, 1869-1928

Music Collections

• Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads  (HTML, PDF, Finale, MIDI) (English)

by Various

• The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65  (HTML, PDF, MIDI) (English)

by Oldroyd, Osbourne H.

• Slavery's Passed Away and Other Songs  (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)

by Various

The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties  (HTML, MIDI) (English) (A DP 10K title)

by Terry, Richard Runciman

• The Liberty Minstrel  (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI, PDF) (English)

by Clark, George W.

Music History

• Critical & Historical Essays; Lectures delivered at Columbia University  (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)

by MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908; edited by Baltzell, W. J.

• A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present  (HTML, PDF, MIDI) (English)

by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock), 1837-1912

• Woman's Work in Music  (HTML) (English)

by Elson, Arthur

• The Pianoforte Sonata  (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)

by Shedlock, J.S.

Music Instruction

• Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing  (HTML) (English)

by Mathews, W. S. B.

• How to Listen to Music, 7th ed.; Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art  (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)

by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923.

• Lessons in Music Form; A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition  (HTML) (English)

by Goetschius, Percy, 1853-1943

• Music As A Language; Lectures to Music Students  (HTML) (English)

by Home, Ethel

• Music Notation and Terminology  (HTML, MIDI) (English)

by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson, 1882-1975

• The Psychology of Singing  (HTML) (English)

by Taylor, David Clark 1871-1918

• A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons  (HTML) (English)

by Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 and Tetrazzini, Luisa, 1871-1940

• Essentials in Conducting  (English)

by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson, 1882-1975

• The Child-Voice in Singing; treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs 

by Howard, Francis E.

• The Pianolist; A Guide for Pianola Players 

by Kobbé, Gustav, 1857-1918

Music Literature

• Charles Dickens and Music  (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)

by Lightwood, James T.

• Old Fogy; His Musical Opinions and Grotesques  (HTML) (English)

by Huneker, James, 1860-1921

Opera

Opera is a form of musical and dramatic work in which singers convey the drama. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. An opera performance incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes incorporates dance. The performance is usually given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.

—Excerpted from Opera on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

Opera Librettos

• The Beggar's Opera : to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song  (English)

by Gay, John, 1685-1732

• The Beggar's Opera  (English)

by Gay, John, 1685-1732

• La Bohème  (English)

by Giacosa, Giuseppe and Illica, Luigi

• The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan  (English)

by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir, 1836-1911; and Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900

• Tristan and Isolda : Opera in Three Acts  (English)

by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

• Zanetto and Cavalleria Rusticana  (English, Italian)

by Mascagni, Pietro; Menasci, Guido; and Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni

Opera Excerpts (Recordings)

• Ah! Fors' é Lui (from La Traviata)  (Italian) (Music recording)

by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Bori, Lucrezia (soprano) [Performer]

• La Gioconda (excerpt)  (Italian) (Music recording)

by Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886; Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918; Benedetti, Preste [Performer]; Koraleck, Paola [Performer]

• Höchstes Vertrauen (from Lohengrin)  (German) (Music recording)

by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Knote, Heinrich [Performer]

• M'appari (from Martha)  (Italian) (Music recording)

by Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883; Friedrich, W., 1820-1879; Bonci, Alessandro, 1870-1940 [Performer]

• Ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walküre)  (Music recording)

by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; performed by the American Symphony Orchestra

• Sei Forse L'Angelo Fedele (from Eugene Onegin)  (Italian) (Music recording)

by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893; Muzio, Claudia (soprano) [Performer]

• William Tell Overture, Pt. 2  (Music recording)

by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868; Sodero's Band [Performer]

Opera Plot Summaries, etc.

• A Book of Operas : Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music  (English)

by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923

• A Second Book of Operas  (English)

by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923

• Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande : A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score  (English)

by Gilman, Lawrence

• Opera Stories from Wagner  (English)

by Akin, Florence, 1878-

• Parsifal : A Mystical Drama By Richard Wagner Retold In The Spirit Of The Bayreuth Interpretation  (English)

by Huckel, Oliver, 1864-1940

• Parsifal : Story and Analysis of Wagner's Great Opera  (English)

by Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901

• The Standard Operas (12th edition) : Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers  (English)

by Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919

• Stories of the Wagner Opera  (English)

Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline), 1859-1929

Opera History and Commentary

• Chapters of Opera : Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time  (English)

by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923

• Old Scores and New Readings : Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians  (English)

by Runciman, John F., 1866-1916

• The Opera : A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory  (English)

by Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919; and Fuller-Maitland, J. A. [Commentator]

• The Perfect Wagnerite : Commentary on the Ring  (English)

by Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950

• Richard Wagner : Composer of Operas  (English)

by Runciman, John F., 1866-1916

• Some Forerunners of Italian Opera  (English)

by Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937

• Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" : an essay on the Wagnerian drama  (English)

by Hight, George Ainslie, 1851-

Opera Fiction

• Madame Flirt : A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'  (English)

by Pearce, Charles Edward, -1924

• The Phantom of the Opera  (English)

by Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927

• The Song of the Lark  (English)

by Cather, Willa Sibert, 1873-1947

Plays Adapted as Operas

• La Tosca : Drame en cinq actes  (French)

by Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908

Other

• The Standard Oratorios; Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers 

by Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919

• Chopin and Other Musical Essays  (HTML) (English)

by Finck, Henry Theophilus, 1854-1926