Lawrence Gilman 
Stories of Symphonic Music [PDF ebook] 
A Guide to the Meaning of Important Symphonies, Overtures, and Tone-Poems From Beethoven to Debussy

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. No exclusively musical analysis of the works dis cussed is attempted, since it is aimed merely to give the concert — goer such information concerning their illustrative purpose as will enable him to place himself in an intelligent attitude towards their performance. Nor has the author indulged in speculative interpretations of any sort regard ing the poetic content of these works; he has con fined himself in every case to setting forth only such facts and Clews as have been ascertained or justifiably inferred.