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CONTENTS

CHAP.

PAGE

PREFACE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

v.

I.

A HUMOROUS NOVEL BY AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MUSICIAN ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

II.

AN ENGLISH AMATEUR (PEPYS'S DIARY) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

21

III.

A PORTRAIT OF HÄNDEL ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

45

IV.

THE ORIGINS OF THE "CLASSIC" STYLE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

69

V.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FORGOTTEN MASTER: TELEMANN, THE SUCCESSFUL RIVAL OF J. S. BACH ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

97

VI.

METASTASIO: THE FORERUNNER OF GLUCK ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

145

VII.

A MUSICAL TOUR ACROSS EUROPE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

163

I.

ITALY

II.

GERMANY