Contents Include THE CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA The Pre-Classical Ochestra Handle's Contribution The English Manner Subscription Concerts Haydn in London THE PHILHARMONIC PERIOD The Founding of the Philharmonic Society of London Temora Et Mores English Relations with Beethoven Why Weber came to London The Mendelssohn Tradition The Ochestra in Low Life Costa and Berlioz Wagnerian Interlude Sir Charles Halle THE NATIONALIST PERIOD Manns and Grove at the Crystal Palace Hans Richter Municipal Music Under Sir Dan Godfrey The Twentieth Century Ochestras Reformation