Includes index.
Introduction
Art for art's sake
Harmony and melody
The Birmingham Festivals
Musical eccentricities
Hélène
On not writing a preface
Musical trends
In defence of Opéra-comique
The old Conservatoire
The organ
Meyerbeer
Rossini
Berlioz I
Berlioz II
Liszt I
Liszt II
Wagner : Bayreuth 1876
The Wagnerian illusion
Gounod
Offenbach I
Offenbach II
Memories of childhood
Bizet
Massenet
Pauline Viardot
Four poems to friends.
Camille Saint-Saëns on music and musicians by Camille Saint-Saëns. ISBN 9780195320169. Published by Oxford University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.