Slavonic and Romantic Music: Essays and Studies

Gerald Abraham's reputation as an authority on Russian music has tended to obscure his deep interest in the music of Poland and Czechoslovakia, and of the nineteenth-century generally. From a lifetime's devoted scholarship in these fields Abrahams selected his best work to make up this volume (first published in 1968), one of exceptional breadth and fascination.

The subjects range from the relationship of Slavonic music to the western world, to detailed essays on figures such as Chopin, Dv...