Johann Nepomuk Hummel, A Complete Theoretical and Practical Course of Instructions on the Art of Playing the Piano Forte (1827). (English translation, PDF download.)
Carl Czerny, Complete Theoretical and Practical Piano Forte School (1839). (English translation.)
Carl Guhr, Paganini's Art of Playing Violin (1830) (in German.) Below is an excerpt from Guhr's treatise on Paginini's tuning:
Berlioz's Traité d'instrumentation (1855, second edition). Excerpts from Berlioz's treatise, in English
Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum (1868 edition, orig. 1826)
Video of Liszt's virtuoso showpiece "La Campanella":
Recordings of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso:
The finale of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique played on early nineteenth-century instruments, using techniques from the period:
Video about the ophicleide, with footage of its use in Symphonie fantastique:
All links to WorldCat entries except where specified.
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Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich. Production of Presence: What Meaning Cannot Convey. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004.
Hamilton, Kenneth. After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Koury, Daniel J. Orchestral Performance Practices in the Nineteenth Century: Size, Proportions, and Seating. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986.
Millington, Barry and Stewart Spencer, eds. Wagner in Performance, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992.
Musgrave, Michael and Bernard Sherman, eds. Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Philip, Robert. Early Recordings and Musical Style: Changing Tastes in Instrumental Performance, 1900–1950. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
James Parakilas, ed. Piano Roles: 300 Years of Life with the Piano. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
Potter, John. Tenor: History of a Voice. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.
Taruskin, Richard. The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009.
Taruskin, Richard. Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performance. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Composer: Hector Berlioz
Work: Symphonie fantastique
Album Title: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Performer: John Eliot Gardiner, cond. Orchestre revolutionnaire et romantique
Label: Philips (1993)
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Composer: Johannes Brahms
Work: Four symphonies
Album Title: Brahms: The four Symphonies, in the style of the original Meiningen performances; Academic festival overture; Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn
Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras, cond. Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Label: Telarc (1997)
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