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Gustav Kobbé

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in New York City, The United States

March 04, 1857

Died

July 27, 1918

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Gustav Kobbé, M.A. was an American music critic and author, best known for his guide to the operas, The Complete Opera Book, first published (posthumously) in the United States in 1919 and the United Kingdom in 1922.

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	The Complete Opera Book The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation 4.11 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1918 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Loves of Great Composers 3.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1905 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Appreciate Music 3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1906 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Kobbe's Opera Guide by Gustav Kobbé, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Harewood 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1889 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Understand Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung; Being the Story & a Descriptive Analysis of the "Rhinegold," the "Valkyr," "Siegfried," and the "Dusk of the Gods." With a Number of Musical Examples really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Signora: A Child Of The Opera House (1902) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Operas of Vincenzo Bellini - An Account of the Life and Work of This Distinguished Composer, with Particular Attention to His Operas it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kobbe's Illustrated Opera by Gustav Kobbé, Earl Of Harewood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Jersey Coast and Pines by Gustav Kobbé, Feraud (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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― Gustav Kobbé, The Complete Opera Book The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation

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“With a musical work, no matter how intellectual or dramatic its foundation, its test ever will be its value as pure music.”
― Gustav Kobbé, How to Appreciate Music

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“All art begins with a groping after form, then attains form, and then emancipates itself from too great insistence upon rigidity of form without, however, reverting to its early formless condition.”
― Gustav Kobbé, How to Appreciate Music

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