Edward Clarence Farnsworth

Three Great Epoch-Makers in Music Edward Clarence Farnsworth

Bearing in mind Emerson's saying that every action admits of being outdone, and around every circle another may be drawn, we none the less believe that a comparison of Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin and Richard Strauss, will show that, because of excellences peculiar to his day, and also individual excellences, no one of these three epoch-makers wholly outdoes, wholly encircles either of the others. Rather is he a link of a chain in which Beethoven, Wagner, and certain others are indispensable. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this book.