Zimmermann Daniel Zimmermann 
Look At Musical Treasures of Bygone Eras [EPUB ebook] 

This edition includes a discussion of the operas of Richard Wagner. It also features an detailed presentation of "The Hard Nut, " which explains how the nutcracker in Tchaikovsky’s ballet became a nutcracker. Also treated are various operas, hymns, and classical music compositions. One article treats musical works inspired by Alexander Pushkin. Another treats the "mighty handful, " of whom Mussorgsky, Borodin, and Rimsky Korsakov are the best known. Special works treated are "Pictures at an Exhibition, " Handel’s "Serse, " Mozart’s "The Magic Flute, " all the symphonic poems of Franz Liszt, Humperdinck’s "Hansel and Gretel, " Gounod’s "Faust, " "Ode to Joy, " "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff, "Tantum Ergo" by Thomas Aquinas and Franz Schubert, "Giselle" by Adolphe Adam, a cantata by J.S. Bach. There are biographical articles on Francesco Maria Veracini, Paul Gerhardt, and several Mexican composers. A separate article discusses and translates a Latin hymn attributed to Saint Secundus.