`It is sad that Gerald Abraham did not live to see the last volume published; but his guiding hand and scholarship mark it strongly. His survey has a magisterial ease.'Times Literary Supplement

• Part 1 New tendencies in orchestral music - 1830-1850, Gerald Abraham. Part 2 Chamber music - 1830-1850, John Horton. Part 3 Romantic opera - 1830-1850 - grand opera and opera comique, David Charlton, (Lecturer in Music, University of East Anglia); Italy opera, David Kimbell; Germany, Siegfried Goslich; Russia and Eastern Europe, Gerald Abraham; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley. Part 4 Romantic piano music - 1830-1850, Willi Kahl. Part 5 Wagner's later stage works, Arnold Whittall. Part 6 Opera - 1850-1890: Germany, Gerald Abraham; France, David Charlton (Lecturer in Music, University of East Anglia); Italy, Julian Budden; Russia and Eastern Europe, Gerald Abraham; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley. Part 7 The symphonic poem and kindred forms, Gerald Abraham. Part 8 Major instrumental forms - 1850-1890, Robert Pascall (Professor of Music, University of Nottingham). Part 9 Solo song: Germany, Leslie Orrey; France, David Tunley (Professor of Music, University of western Australia); Russia, Edward Garden; Poland, Rosemary Hunt; Czechoslovakia, John Clapham; Scandinavia, John Horton; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley; Part 10 Choral music, Gerald Abraham.

`It is sad that Gerald Abraham did not live to see the last volume published; but his guiding hand and scholarship mark it strongly. His survey has a magisterial ease.'Times Literary Supplement

• Part 1 New tendencies in orchestral music - 1830-1850, Gerald Abraham. Part 2 Chamber music - 1830-1850, John Horton. Part 3 Romantic opera - 1830-1850 - grand opera and opera comique, David Charlton, (Lecturer in Music, University of East Anglia); Italy opera, David Kimbell; Germany, Siegfried Goslich; Russia and Eastern Europe, Gerald Abraham; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley. Part 4 Romantic piano music - 1830-1850, Willi Kahl. Part 5 Wagner's later stage works, Arnold Whittall. Part 6 Opera - 1850-1890: Germany, Gerald Abraham; France, David Charlton (Lecturer in Music, University of East Anglia); Italy, Julian Budden; Russia and Eastern Europe, Gerald Abraham; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley. Part 7 The symphonic poem and kindred forms, Gerald Abraham. Part 8 Major instrumental forms - 1850-1890, Robert Pascall (Professor of Music, University of Nottingham). Part 9 Solo song: Germany, Leslie Orrey; France, David Tunley (Professor of Music, University of western Australia); Russia, Edward Garden; Poland, Rosemary Hunt; Czechoslovakia, John Clapham; Scandinavia, John Horton; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley; Part 10 Choral music, Gerald Abraham.

`It is sad that Gerald Abraham did not live to see the last volume published; but his guiding hand and scholarship mark it strongly. His survey has a magisterial ease.'Times Literary Supplement

• Part 1 New tendencies in orchestral music - 1830-1850, Gerald Abraham. Part 2 Chamber music - 1830-1850, John Horton. Part 3 Romantic opera - 1830-1850 - grand opera and opera comique, David Charlton, (Lecturer in Music, University of East Anglia); Italy opera, David Kimbell; Germany, Siegfried Goslich; Russia and Eastern Europe, Gerald Abraham; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley. Part 4 Romantic piano music - 1830-1850, Willi Kahl. Part 5 Wagner's later stage works, Arnold Whittall. Part 6 Opera - 1850-1890: Germany, Gerald Abraham; France, David Charlton (Lecturer in Music, University of East Anglia); Italy, Julian Budden; Russia and Eastern Europe, Gerald Abraham; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley. Part 7 The symphonic poem and kindred forms, Gerald Abraham. Part 8 Major instrumental forms - 1850-1890, Robert Pascall (Professor of Music, University of Nottingham). Part 9 Solo song: Germany, Leslie Orrey; France, David Tunley (Professor of Music, University of western Australia); Russia, Edward Garden; Poland, Rosemary Hunt; Czechoslovakia, John Clapham; Scandinavia, John Horton; Britain and the United States, Nicholas Temperley; Part 10 Choral music, Gerald Abraham.