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WILLIAM FOSTER APTHORP (1848–1913)

Hector Berlioz: Selections From His Letters, And Aesthetic, Humorous, And Satirical Writings (1879) · With a "Biographical Sketch Of The Author" by Apthorp

Sheet music on pages 15, 161 & 295.

"IN making the following selections from the prose writings of Hector Berlioz, my main object has been to give to the English-reading public such passages as are most strikingly characteristic of the man." (Translator's Preface)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924022328409/page/n5/mode/2up

Cyclopedia Of Music And Musicians (1888–1890) · With John Denison Champlin Jr. (1834–1915)

Volume 1 (1888)

https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofmusi01cham/page/n7/mode/2up

Volume 2 (1889)

https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofmusi02cham/page/n9/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/cyclopediamusicm02cham/page/n9/mode/2up

Volume 3 (1890)

https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofmusi03cham/page/n9/mode/2up

Musicians And Music-Lovers: And Other Essays (1894)

Sheet music on pages 118–119, 123–126, 162 & 334.

https://archive.org/details/musiciansandmusi006037mbp/page/n3/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/musiciansmusiclo00apthrich/page/n5/mode/2up

By The Way: Being A Collection Of Short Essays On Music And Art In General Taken From The Program-Books Of The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1898)

No sheet music in Volume 1. Sheet music on pages 29–30 in Volume 2.

Volume 1

https://archive.org/details/bywaybeingcollec01apthuoft/page/n10/mode/2up

Volume 2

https://archive.org/details/byway00apthgoog/page/n10/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/bywaybeingcollec02apthuoft/page/n9/mode/2up

The Opera, Past And Present: An Historical Sketch (1901)

No sheet music included.

"In writing the present Historical Sketch of the Opera, I have thrown the whole weight of my endeavour upon giving a clear and connected account of the first establishment and gradual evolution of this form of art, and upon pointing out the general quasi-philosophical rationale of the same. I have, accordingly, considered different schools, composers and works far more with reference to the influence exerted by them in furthering, or retarding, this evolution than to their intrinsic excellence. I have let the historical scythe swing high, cutting off only the most significant heads ; and the most significant have not always been those the world calls greatest." (Preface)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924022384634/page/n11/mode/2up