FOREWORD

I. PALESTRINA

II. JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH

III. GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL

IV. CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK

V.  JOSEF HAYDN

VI. WOLFGANG MOZART

VII. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

VIII. CARL MARIA VON WEBER

IX. FRANZ SCHUBERT

X. FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

XI. ROBERT SCHUMANN

XII. FREDERIC CHOPIN

XIII. HECTOR BERLIOZ

XIV. FRANZ LISZT

XV. GIUSEPPE VERDI

XVI. RICHARD WAGNER

XVII. CÉSAR FRANCK

XVIII. JOHANNES BRAHMS

XIX. EDWARD GRIEG

XX. PETER ILYITCH TSCHAIKOWSKY

XXI.EDWARD MACDOWELL

XXII. CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY

XXIII. ARTURO TOSCANINI

XXIV. LEOPOLD STOKOWSKY

XXV. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY