CONTENTS Introduction Recognition of Musical Elements The Content and Kinds of Music The Modern Orchestra At an Orchestral Concert At a Pianoforte Recital At the Opera Choirs and Choral Music Musician, Critic and Public Henry Edward Krehbiel (1854-1923) was a music critic for the Cincinnati Gazette from 1874 to 1880. He then moved to New York where he became music critic for the Tribune. He championed the music of Wagner, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky when they were little known in the United States, and was the author of many books on music.