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A GENERAL SURVEY 11

THE INNOVATORS 34

THE ACADEMICS 145

THE COLONISTS 267

THE WOMEN COMPOSERS 423

THE FOREIGN COMPOSERS 442

POSTLUDE 447

INDEX 449

LIST OF MUSIC.

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AUTOGRAPH OF EDWARD MACDOWELL 34

"CLAIR DE LUNE," BY EDWARD MACDOWELL 46

AUTOGRAPH OF EDGAR STILLMAN KELLEY 58

"ISRAFEL" (fragment), BY EDGAR STILLMAN KELLEY 74

AUTOGRAPH OF HARVEY WORTHINGTON LOOMIS 77

"SANDALPHON" (fragment), BY H.W. LOOMIS 82

AUTOGRAPH OF ETHELBERT NEVIN 93

"HERBSTGEFUeHL" (fragment), BY ETHELBERT NEVIN 102

AUTOGRAPH OF JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 112

A PAGE FROM "EL CAPITAN," BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 127

AUTOGRAPH OF JOHN K. PAINE 145

POSTLUDE TO "OEDIPUS TYRANNUS," BY JOHN K. PAINE 158

"SPRING'S AWAKENING" (fragment), BY DUDLEY BUCK 172

AUTOGRAPH OF HORATIO W. PARKER 174

"NIGHT-PIECE TO JULIA" (fragment), BY HORATIO W. PARKER 180

"DIE STUNDE SEI GESEGNET" (fragment), BY FRANK VAN DER STUCKEN 194

"A LOVE SONG" (fragment), BY W.W. GILCHRIST 205

AUTOGRAPH OF G.W. CHADWICK 210

"FOLK SONG" (NO. 1), BY G.W. CHADWICK 216

AUTOGRAPH OF ARTHUR FOOTE 221

"IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS," BY ARTHUR FOOTE 230

"IDYLLE" (fragment), BY ARTHUR WHITING 287

"BALLADE" (fragment), BY HOWARD BROCKWAY 303

AUTOGRAPH OF HARRY ROWE SHELLEY 304

"SPRING" (fragment), BY GERRIT SMITH 314

"WHEN LOVE IS GONE," BY C.B. HAWLEY 330

"SONG FROM OMAR KHAYYAM," BY VICTOR HARRIS 339

"HYMN OF PAN" (fragment), FRED FIELD BULLARD 352

"PEACE," BY HOMER A. NORRIS 362

AUTOGRAPH OF G.W. MARSTON 367

EXCERPT FROM AN ORCHESTRAL SCORE, BY F.G. GLEASON 378

"IDYLLE" (fragment), BY WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD 385

AUTOGRAPH OF WILSON G. SMITH 395

"ARABESQUE," BY WILSON G. SMITH 404

FRAGMENT OF THE SCORE OF "SALAMMBO," BY JOHANN H. BECK 408

AUTOGRAPH OF JAMES H. ROGERS 412

"BLACK RIDERS" (fragment), BY WILLIAM SCHUYLER 416

"PHANTOMS" (fragment), BY MRS. H.H.A. BEACH 429

"GHOSTS," BY MARGARET RUTHVEN LANG 436

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Edward MacDowell _Frontispiece_

Edgar Stillman Kelley 57

Harvey Worthington Loomis 77

Ethelbert Nevin 92

John Philip Sousa 112

Henry Schoenefeld 128

John Knowles Paine 145

Horatio W. Parker 174

Frank van der Stucken 188

George Whitefield Chadwick 210

Arthur Foote 221

Henry K. Hadley 241

Adolph M. Foerster 248

Charles Crozat Converse 256

Louis Adolphe Coerne 262

Henry Holden Huss 291

Harry Rowe Shelley 304

Frederick Field Bullard 351

Homer A. Norris 357

Frederic Grant Gleason 367

William H. Sherwood 383

A.J. Goodrich 388

Wilson G. Smith 395

Mrs. H.H.A. Beach 426

Margaret Ruthven Lang 432

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN COMPOSERS.