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Memories of a Musical Life

By William Mason

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MEMORIES OF A MUSICAL LIFE
- CONTENTS
  - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
MEMORIES OF A MUSICAL LIFE
- EARLY DAYS IN NEW ENGLAND
  - LOWELL MASON'S CAREER
  - FIRST BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY IN AMERICA
  - MUSICAL CONVENTIONS
  - EARLY MUSICAL TRAINING
  - WEBSTER AND CLAY
  - FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE
  - LEOPOLD DE MEYER
  - "FATHER HEINRICH"
  - AN EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE
- LOWELL MASON'S CAREER
- FIRST BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY IN AMERICA
- MUSICAL CONVENTIONS
- EARLY MUSICAL TRAINING
- WEBSTER AND CLAY
- FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE
- LEOPOLD DE MEYER
- "FATHER HEINRICH"
- AN EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE
- STUDENT LIFE ABROAD
  - MEETING WITH MEYERBEER
  - LISZT'S FEAT OF MEMORY
  - FIRST MEETING WITH LISZT
  - ARRIVAL AT LEIPSIC
  - MOSCHELES, BEETHOVEN, AND CHOPIN
  - THE INTIMACY OF MOSCHELES AND MENDELSSOHN
  - SCHUMANN
  - SCHUMANN'S "SYMPHONY NO. 1, B FLAT"
  - SCHUMANN'S ABSENT-MINDEDNESS
  - MORITZ HAUPTMANN
  - A VISIT TO WAGNER.
  - WAGNER ON MENDELSSOHN AND BEETHOVEN
  - A WAGNER AUTOGRAPH
  - MOSCHELES
  - JOSEPH JOACHIM
  - SCHUMANN'S "CONCERTO IN A MINOR"
  - CARL MAYER
  - DREYSCHOCK
  - PRINCE DE ROHAN'S DINNER
  - CHOPIN, HENSELT, AND THALBERG
  - ANTON SCHINDLER, "AMI DE BEETHOVEN"
  - SCHINDLER AND SCHNYDER VON WARTENSEE
  - FIRST LONDON CONCERT
- MEETING WITH MEYERBEER
- LISZT'S FEAT OF MEMORY
- FIRST MEETING WITH LISZT
- ARRIVAL AT LEIPSIC
- MOSCHELES, BEETHOVEN, AND CHOPIN
- THE INTIMACY OF MOSCHELES AND MENDELSSOHN
- SCHUMANN
- SCHUMANN'S "SYMPHONY NO. 1, B FLAT"
- SCHUMANN'S ABSENT-MINDEDNESS
- MORITZ HAUPTMANN
- A VISIT TO WAGNER.
- WAGNER ON MENDELSSOHN AND BEETHOVEN
- A WAGNER AUTOGRAPH
- MOSCHELES
- JOSEPH JOACHIM
- SCHUMANN'S "CONCERTO IN A MINOR"
- CARL MAYER
- DREYSCHOCK
- PRINCE DE ROHAN'S DINNER
- CHOPIN, HENSELT, AND THALBERG
- ANTON SCHINDLER, "AMI DE BEETHOVEN"
- SCHINDLER AND SCHNYDER VON WARTENSEE
- FIRST LONDON CONCERT
- WITH LISZT IN WEIMAR
  - ACCEPTED BY LISZT
  - THE ALTENBURG
  - HOW LISZT TAUGHT
  - "PLAY IT LIKE THIS"
  - LISZT IN 1854
  - HIS FASCINATION
  - LISZT'S INDIGNATION
  - OBJECTS TO MY EYE-GLASSES
  - A MUSICAL BREAKFAST
  - LISZT'S PLAYING
  - LISZT AND PIXIS
  - LISZT CONDUCTING
  - LISZT'S SYMPHONIC POEMS—REHEARSING "TASSO"
  - EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY
  - OPPORTUNITIES
  - BRAHMS IN 1853
  - NERVOUS BEFORE LISZT
  - DOZING WHILE LISZT PLAYED
  - "LOHENGRIN" FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LEIPSIC
  - IN STUTTGART—HOTEL MARQUAND
  - THE SCHUMANN "FEIER" IN BONN, 1880
  - BRAHMS'S PIANOFORTE-PLAYING
  - A HISTORICAL ERROR CORRECTED
  - MORE ABOUT LISZT'S WONDERFUL SIGHT-READING
  - LISZT'S MOMENTS OF CONTRITION
  - PETER CORNELIUS
  - SOME FAMOUS VIOLINISTS
  - REMENYI
  - SOME DISTINGUISHED OPERA-SINGERS
  - HENRIETTE SONTAG
  - JOHANNA WAGNER
  - MME. DE LA GRANGE
  - "DER VEREIN DER MURLS"
  - THE WAGNER CAUSE IN WEIMAR
  - RAFF IN WEIMAR
  - DR. ADOLF BERNHARD MARX
  - BERLIOZ IN WEIMAR
  - ENTERTAINING LISZT'S "YOUNG BEETHOVEN"
  - RUBINSTEIN'S OPPOSITION TO WAGNER
- ACCEPTED BY LISZT
- THE ALTENBURG
- HOW LISZT TAUGHT
- "PLAY IT LIKE THIS"
- LISZT IN 1854
- HIS FASCINATION
- LISZT'S INDIGNATION
- OBJECTS TO MY EYE-GLASSES
- A MUSICAL BREAKFAST
- LISZT'S PLAYING
- LISZT AND PIXIS
- LISZT CONDUCTING
- LISZT'S SYMPHONIC POEMS—REHEARSING "TASSO"
- EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY
- OPPORTUNITIES
- BRAHMS IN 1853
- NERVOUS BEFORE LISZT
- DOZING WHILE LISZT PLAYED
- "LOHENGRIN" FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LEIPSIC
- IN STUTTGART—HOTEL MARQUAND
- THE SCHUMANN "FEIER" IN BONN, 1880
- BRAHMS'S PIANOFORTE-PLAYING
- A HISTORICAL ERROR CORRECTED
- MORE ABOUT LISZT'S WONDERFUL SIGHT-READING
- LISZT'S MOMENTS OF CONTRITION
- PETER CORNELIUS
- SOME FAMOUS VIOLINISTS
- REMENYI
- SOME DISTINGUISHED OPERA-SINGERS
- HENRIETTE SONTAG
- JOHANNA WAGNER
- MME. DE LA GRANGE
- "DER VEREIN DER MURLS"
- THE WAGNER CAUSE IN WEIMAR
- RAFF IN WEIMAR
- DR. ADOLF BERNHARD MARX
- BERLIOZ IN WEIMAR
- ENTERTAINING LISZT'S "YOUNG BEETHOVEN"
- RUBINSTEIN'S OPPOSITION TO WAGNER
- AT WORK IN AMERICA
  - TOURING THE COUNTRY
  - "YANKEE DOODLE" AND "OLD HUNDRED"
  - SETTLING DOWN TO TEACH
  - THEODORE THOMAS AT TWENTY
  - THOMAS AS CONDUCTOR
  - KARL KLAUSER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR AT MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL
  - LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
  - PROPAGANDA FOR SCHUMANN'S MUSIC
  - SIGISMOND THALBERG
  - PEDAL AND PEDAL SIGNS—WHY NOT DISPENSE WITH THE LATTER?
  - RUBINSTEIN AND THE AUTOGRAPH-HUNTER
  - EVOLUTION IN MUSICAL IDEAS BEETHOVEN PIANOFORTE RECITALS
  - RUBINSTEIN'S FAVORITE SEAT AT A PIANOFORTE RECITAL
  - BACH'S "TRIPLE CONCERTO" AND "LES AGRÉMENTS"
  - A SIGNIFICANT AUTOGRAPH FROM RUBINSTEIN
  - RUBINSTEIN, PADEREWSKI, AND "YANKEE DOODLE"
  - MEETINGS WITH VON BÜLOW
  - EDVARD GRIEG
  - RATES OF TEMPO—THE PRESENT TIME COMPARED WITH FIFTY YEARS AGO
  - ELECTROCUTING CHOPIN
  - TEMPO RUBATO
  - UNUSUAL PUPILS—TRANSPOSING—POSITIVE AND RELATIVE PITCH
  - APPLEDORE, ISLES OF SHOALS
- TOURING THE COUNTRY
- "YANKEE DOODLE" AND "OLD HUNDRED"
- SETTLING DOWN TO TEACH
- THEODORE THOMAS AT TWENTY
- THOMAS AS CONDUCTOR
- KARL KLAUSER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR AT MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL
- LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
- PROPAGANDA FOR SCHUMANN'S MUSIC
- SIGISMOND THALBERG
- PEDAL AND PEDAL SIGNS—WHY NOT DISPENSE WITH THE LATTER?
- RUBINSTEIN AND THE AUTOGRAPH-HUNTER
- EVOLUTION IN MUSICAL IDEAS BEETHOVEN PIANOFORTE RECITALS
- RUBINSTEIN'S FAVORITE SEAT AT A PIANOFORTE RECITAL
- BACH'S "TRIPLE CONCERTO" AND "LES AGRÉMENTS"
- A SIGNIFICANT AUTOGRAPH FROM RUBINSTEIN
- RUBINSTEIN, PADEREWSKI, AND "YANKEE DOODLE"
- MEETINGS WITH VON BÜLOW
- EDVARD GRIEG
- RATES OF TEMPO—THE PRESENT TIME COMPARED WITH FIFTY YEARS AGO
- ELECTROCUTING CHOPIN
- TEMPO RUBATO
- UNUSUAL PUPILS—TRANSPOSING—POSITIVE AND RELATIVE PITCH
- APPLEDORE, ISLES OF SHOALS
- MUSIC IN AMERICA TO-DAY
- APPENDIX
  - Part I EARLY LIFE OF LOWELL MASON
  - Part II LISZT'S LETTERS
- Part I EARLY LIFE OF LOWELL MASON
- Part II LISZT'S LETTERS
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES: