# Art of Music - Volume 03: Modern Music

An audiobook by The National Society of Music, read by LibriVox volunteers (15 h 37 min, English).

A survey of music from the late nineteenth century ('modern' at the time), including references to style, comments on traditionalism and nationalism, the latter being a core feature of music at that time. Also included are a number of composers you have probably never heard of. (Summary by The Reader)

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## Chapters

1. Introduction (32:52): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_01_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
2. Chapter One: By and After Currents of the Romantic Movement (1:14:27): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_02_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
3. Chapter Two: The Russian Romanticists (42:43): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_03_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
4. Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part One (51:22): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_04_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
5. Chapter Three: The Music of Modern Scandinavia, Part Two (46:19): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_05_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
6. Chapter Four: The Russian Nationalists (58:41): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_06_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
7. Chapter Five: The Music of Contemporary Russia (57:32): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_07_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
8. Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part One (45:48): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_08_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
9. Chapter Six: Musical Development in Bohemia and Hungary, Part Two (28:42): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_09_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
10. Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part One (39:35): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_10_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
11. Chapter Seven: The Post-Classical and Poetic Schools of Modern Germany, Part Two (36:58): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_11_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
12. Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part One (39:29): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_12_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
13. Chapter Eight: German Opera after Wagner and Modern German Song, Part Two (38:10): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_13_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
14. Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part One (39:45): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_14_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
15. Chapter Nine: The Followers of César Franck, Part Two (41:22): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_15_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
16. Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part One (54:02): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_16_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
17. Chapter Ten: Debussy and the Ultra-Modernists, Part Two (50:46): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_17_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
18. Chapter Eleven: The Operatic Sequel to Verdi (39:10): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_18_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
19. Chapter Twelve: The Renaissance of Instrumental Music in Italy (49:42): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_19_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
20. Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part One (25:45): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_20_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3
21. Chapter Thirteen: The English Musical Renaissance, Part Two (43:41): https://archive.org/download/theartofmusic-volume03modernmusic_2607_librivox/artofmusic3modern_21_nationalsocietyofmusic_64kb.mp3