How to Listen to Music

This book is "not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art". It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues - and when to believe the critics.

Henry Edward Krehbiel (March 10, 1854–March 20, 1923) was an American music critic and musicologist.

By : Henry Edward Krehbiel (1854 - 1923)

01 - Introduction



02 - Recognition of Musical Elements



03 - The Content and Kinds of Music



04 - The Modern Orchestra



05 - At an Orchestral Concert



06 - At a Pianoforte Recital, Part 1



07 - At a Pianoforte Recital, Part 2



08 - At the Opera



09 - Choirs and Choral Music



10 - Musician, Critic and Public

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