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Wagner, comment on operas, [4];
quality of themes, [8];
motive from the Valkyrie, [12];
polyphonic structure of operas, [13];
motive from Tristan and Isolde, [17];
fugal Prelude to third act of the Mastersingers, [41];
comments on Leonore Overture, [98];
eulogy of Mendelssohn, [185].
Waldesrauschen, Étude of Lizst, [227].
Waldstein, friendship with Beethoven, [125].
Waldstein Sonata, [83].
Walker, E., on English folk-music, [22].
Wallace, estimate of Haydn, [102];
Threshold of Music, [291], [329].
Wallaschek, R., on primitive music, [21].
Wallenstein Trilogy (d'Indy), [281].
waltz, [75].
Weber, Moto Perpetuo, [83];
orchestral treatment in his Overtures, [164]-[165];
account of style, [169]-[172];
Invitation to the Dance, arrangement by Weingartner, [169];
compared with that by Berlioz, [171];
Oberon Overture, analysis of, [170]-[171];
compositions for pianoforte, [171].
Weckerlin, example from Echos du Temps Passé, [71].
Weingartner, eulogy of Berlioz, [206];
comments on the Symphonic Poem, [220];
comments on Brahms's First Symphony, [244], [246].
Whistler, compared with Debussy, [293].
Whiting, Arthur, Scottish Melodies, [28];
Irish Melodies, [29];
Suite Moderne, [80];
Pedal Studies, [193], [194], [329].
Whitman, [1];
quotation from Mystic Trumpeter, [146].
Widor, canon for organ, [36].
Willaert, harmonic basis of choruses, [23].
Williams, Abdy, on Brahms's rhythm, [253].
Williams, Vaughan, [329].
Wordsworth, quotation from, [163].
Wyman, Loraine, [33].
LIST OF COMPOSITIONS REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK
| I. | Sumer is icumen in. Old English Round. |
| II. | To the Green Wood. Round by Byrd. |
| III. | Finale of Wagner's Valkyrie. |
| IV. | Reconnaissance from Schumann's Carnaval. |
| V. | Irish Folk Song. |
| VI. | Epilogue of Strauss's Till's Merry Pranks. |
| VII. | March in Dorian Mode. Guilmant. |
| VIII. | Movement in Lydian Mode. Beethoven. |
| IX. | Canon. Thomas Tallys. |
| X. | Canon from Études Symphoniques. Schumann. |
| XI. | No. VI of the Goldberg Variations. J.S. Bach. |
| XII. | Canon for Pianoforte. Grieg. |
| XIII. | Canon for Pianoforte. Jadassohn. |
| XIV. | Two-voiced Invention in C major. J.S. Bach. |
| XV. | Three-voiced Fugue in E-flat major. J.S. Bach. |
| XVI. | Final portion of Organ Fugue in G major. J.S. Bach. |
| XVII. | Cat Fugue for Pianoforte. D. Scarlatti. |
| XVIII. | Fuga Giocosa for Pianoforte. J.K. Paine. |
| XIX. | Song, The Evening Star. Schumann. |
| XX. | Gavotte in F major. Corelli. |
| XXI. | Waltz in A-flat major. Schubert. |
| XXII. | Träumerei. Schumann. |
| XXIII. | Prelude in A major. Chopin. |
| XXIV. | Lyric Piece in E-flat major. Grieg. |
| XXV. | Nocturne in F major. Chopin. |
| XXVI. | Berceuse in G major. Grieg. |
| XXVII. | Intermezzo in E-flat minor. Heilman. |
| XXVIII. | Sarabande in D major. J.S. Bach. |
| XXIX. | Gavotte from Third English Suite. J.S. Bach. |
| XXX. | Minuet from Don Giovanni. Mozart. |
| XXXI. | Two Minuets from Castor and Pollux. Rameau. |
| XXXII. | Gigue in G major. J.S. Bach. |
| XXXIII. | Gigue in G major. Mozart. |
| XXXIV. | Courante in F minor. D. Scarlatti. |
| XXXV. | French Suite in E major. J.S. Bach. |
| XXXVI. | Soeur Monique. Rondo by Couperin. |
| XXXVII. | Romance in E major. Rondo by Schumann. |
| XXXVIII. | Rondo à Capriccio in G major. Beethoven. |
| XXXIX. | Aria from Dido and Aeneas (Ground bass). Purcell. |
| XL. | Sonata in C major. D. Scarlatti. |
| XLI. | Finale from Sonata in E-flat major. Haydn. |
| XLII. | First Movement from the Surprise Symphony. Haydn. |
| XLIII. | Adagio in B minor. Mozart. |
| XLIV. | First Movement from the Heroic Symphony. Beethoven. |
| XLV. | Sonata in D Major. Beethoven. |
| XLVI. | Finale from Sonata in A-flat major. Beethoven. |
| XLVII. | Portion of Slow Movement of Seventh Symphony. Beethoven. |
| XLVIII. | Slow Movement of Trio in B-flat major. Beethoven. |
| XLIX. | Theme of Slow Movement from Sonata in E major, Op. 109. Beethoven. |
| L. | The Young Nun. Song by Schubert. |
| LI. | Intermezzo from the Euryanthe Overture. Weber. |
| LII. | Portion of Fantasy Piece, Grillen. Schumann. |
| LIII. | Novellette in E major. Schumann. |
| LIV. | Moonlight. Song by Schumann. |
| LV. | Venetian Boat Song. Mendelssohn. |
| LVI. | Barcarolle. Chopin. |
| LVII. | The Carnaval Romain Overture. Berlioz. |
| LVIII. | March of the Pilgrims from the Harold in Italy Symphony. Berlioz. |
| LIX. | Forest Murmurs. Étude by Liszt. |
| LX. | Ballade in G minor. Brahms. |
| LXI. | My Love is Green as the Alder Bush. Song by Brahms. |
| LXII. | Finale of Symphonic Poem, Istar. D'Indy. |
| LXIII. | Chanson triste for Pianoforte. Tchaikowsky. |
| LXIV. | Invocation to Sleep. Song by Tchaikowsky. |
| LXV. | Serenade. Borodin. |
| LXVI. | Cradle Song of the Poor. Moussorgsky. |
| LXVII. | Silhouette. Dvořák. |
| LXVIII. | Spring Song. Grieg. |
| LXIX. | Dance of Spring. Grieg. |
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