A Look At Musical Treasures of Bygone Eras Third Edition

Featured in this edition are notes on various works of Thomas Tallis, “The Seasons” of Vivaldi, and “Jephte” by Carissimi. The latter contains an English paraphrase of the Latin text. Also treated are a cavatina from “Semiramide,” various arias from the opera “Turandot,” “St. Matthew’s Passion,” Liszt’s symphonic poems and transcendental etudes, Paderewski, Veracini, Paul Gerhardt, Gounod’s “Faust,” Moussorgsky, Borodin, operas inspired by Alexander Pushkin, etc.