NEW EDITION IN NEW BINDING. 



In the new edition there are added about forty reproductions 

 in lac-simile of autographs of distinguished singers and instru- 

 mentalists, including Sarasate, Joachim, Sir Charles Halle, 

 Stavenhagen, Henschel, Trebelli, Miss Macintyre, Jean 

 Gerardy, etc. 



Quarto j , cloth elegant ', gilt edges, emblematic design on cover, 6.r. 

 May also be had in a variety of Fancy Bindings. 



The Music of the Poets 



A MUSICIANS' BIRTHDAY BOOK. 



EDITED BY ELEONORE D'ESTERRE KEELING. 



This is a unique Birthday Book. Against each date are given 

 the names of musicians whose birthday it is, together with a. 

 verse-quotation appropriate to the character of their different 

 compositions or performances. A special feature of the book 

 consists in the reproduction in fac-simile of autographs, and 

 autographic music, of living composers. The selections of verse 

 (from before Chaucer to the present time) have been made with 

 admirable critical insight. English verse is rich in utterances 

 of the poets about music, and merely as a volume of poetry 

 about music this book makes a charming anthology. Three 

 sonnets by Mr. Theodore Watts, on the "Fausts" of Berlioz. 

 Schumann, and Gounod, have been written specially for this 

 volume. It is illustrated with designs of various musical in- 

 struments, etc. ; autographs of Rubenstein, Dvorak, Greig, 

 Mackenzie, Villiers Stanford, etc., etc. 



"To musical amateurs this will certainly prove the most 

 attractive birthday book ever published." Manchester 

 Guardian. 



LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, LTD., Paternoster Square. 



