Herter Norton, M. D. (Mary Dows) 1892-1985

Overview

Works:	103 works in 320 publications in 3 languages and 9,553 library holdings
Genres:	Personal correspondence Criticism, interpretation, etc Poetry Sonnets Records and correspondence Fiction Autobiographies Music Autobiographical fiction Diary fiction
Roles:	Translator, Author, Arranger, Creator, Editor, Adapter
Classifications:	PT2635.I65, 831.912

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about M. D Herter Norton

The mysticism of Rilke: Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated by M.D. Herter Norton ... by George Zabriskie( )
Rilke as Letter Writer by Hermann J Weigand( Book )
Enlarged horizons ; Translations from the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke ; by M.D. Herter Norton ... by Louis Untermeyer( )
by W.W. Norton & Company( )

Most widely held works by M. D Herter Norton

Classic and romantic music : a comprehensive survey by Friedrich Blume( Book )

13 editions published between 1970 and 1979 in English and German and held by 1,238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book examines the concepts of?classic? and?romantic? in their historical contexts and discusses the varying interpretations they have undergone, separately and in relation to each other. For each period, the author surveys the development of style characteristics, the treatment of rhythm, meter, and temp, of harmony and tonality, of motive and theme, genres and forms. He also considers such problems as national styles and the social position of music

Translations from the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

15 editions published between 1938 and 1993 in English and German and held by 1,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The four ages of music by Walter Wiora( Book )

1 edition published in 1965 in English and held by 891 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

23 editions published between 1942 and 2006 in English and German and held by 864 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rilke's 'Sonnets to Orpheus' appear simple, even casual, at first reading, but have a content which resonates far beyond the familiar legend of Orpheus and Eurydice

The art of string quartet playing : practice, technique, and interpretation by M. D Herter Norton( Book )

31 editions published between 1962 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

13 editions published between 1934 and 2004 in English and German and held by 715 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters written to F.X. Kappus during the years 1903-1908. In 1903, Rilke replied in a series of 10 letters to a student who had submitted some verses to the well-known Austrian poet for an assessment. Written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, these letters contain many of the themes that later appeared in his best works

The notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

15 editions published between 1930 and 2009 in English and held by 714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Living in Paris as he attempts to write a novel, Brigge, a young Danish aristocrat and poet obsessed with death, muses on his family, his background, and his observations of Parisian life

The story of music : an historical sketch of the changes in musical form by Paul Bekker( Book )

10 editions published between 1927 and 2013 in English and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hauptbeschreibung In Paul Bekkers ""Musikgeschichte"" verdichten sich die in seinen unmittelbar vorangehenden Schriften entwickelten Teilaspekte zu einer musikgeschichtlichen Gesamtschau, in die auch die Musik seiner Gegenwart integriert ist. Bekker ging es nicht um die Entfaltung musikgeschichtlichen Faktenreichtums, sondern sein Anliegen war es, dem Laien vorzuführen, ""wie wir Musikgeschichte überhaupt zu sehen und zu begreifen haben"", und so die ""innere Gesetzlichkeit der geschichtlichen Erscheinung begreiflich zu machen."" Ausdrücklich setzte er sich von der ""darwinistischen"" Vorstell

Wartime letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1914-1921 by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

9 editions published between 1940 and 1968 in English and German and held by 523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

in English and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stories of God by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

13 editions published between 1932 and 1992 in English and German and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rainer Maria Rilke felt that the world and all its joys most truly belonged to the young, and in 'Stories of God' he captured for them the magic, charm and wisdom of fairy and folk tales

Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

2 editions published between 1948 and 1969 in English and held by 191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910 by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

5 editions published between 1945 and 2007 in English and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The art of the fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach( )

4 editions published in 1936 and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Renaissance and Baroque music : a comprehensive survey by Friedrich Blume( Book )

10 editions published between 1967 and 1978 in English and German and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

String quartet playing; a new treatise on chamber music, its technic and interpretation by M. D Herter Norton( Book )

6 editions published in 1925 in English and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The lay of the love and death of Cornet Christopher Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

5 editions published between 1959 and 1963 in English and held by 105 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke( Book )

4 editions published in 1932 in English and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The short story of the death in action of Cornet Rilke of Langenau, standard-bearer of an Austrian calvary regiment in Hungary during the Great Turkish War of 1663

The art of the fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach( Recording )

4 editions published between 1935 and 2005 and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contrapunctus I; Contrapunctus II; Contrapunctus III; Contrapunctus IV; Contrapunctus V; Contrapunctus VI a 4 im stille francese; Contrapunctus VII, a 4, per Augmentationem et Diminutionem; Contrapunctus VIII a 3; Contrapunctus IX, a 4, alla Duodecima; Contrapunctus X, a 4, alla Duodecima; Contrapunctus XI, a 4 ; Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu; Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta; Canon alla Decima, Contrapuncto alla Terza; Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu; Contrapunctus XIII, a 3, rectus, inversus; Contrapunctus XII, a 4, rectus, inversus; Fuga a 3 Soggetti (unfinished); Choral: "Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sing" Joseph and Grete Dichler, two pianos

Lovesongs : for soprano, violin and piano by Donald Waxman( )

1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide