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Get the newest additions to Music of Yesterday delivered to your inbox every week.Whether you're looking for composer biographies, historical music articles or public domain sheet music, Music of Yesterday has what you are looking for. We update content daily and link the best articles on this page weekly to keep you up to date on what's new.
Our content consists of article extracts from newspapers, magazines and books written and published prior to 1923 bringing to you the flavor of early music history as it was presented by prominent people in the music industry at that time including articles written by famous composers about other famous composers as well as articles written by opera stars and the top music educators of the time.
Also included in our archive are articles concerning the teaching of various musical instruments as well as music theory and what the best methods were for teaching students of all ages.
Most of our biographies include not only birth dates and places but more personal information on the lives and times of the person being studied and in some cases the interaction between composers of their time. Learn about their struggles, successes and more.
Are you interested in information about a particular opera? Read a short description of some of the most famous operas; feel the drama.
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New music history articles - May 3, 2008
New Sheet Music - May 3, 2008
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Stories of the Operas
In this section of Music of Yesterday you can read the stories about the linked operas. Learn the plots and get caught up in the drama.
- Ernani
- Esmeralda
- Eugen Onegin
- Gounod's Masterpiece "Faust"
- Ballo in Maschera or Gustavus The Third
- Cavellaria Rusticana
- Cosi Fan Tutte
- Dinorah
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