Berlin, 1882.
| CONTENTS. | |
|---|---|
| [IN TAUSIG'S CONSERVATORY.] | |
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| PAGE. | |
| A German Interior in Berlin. A German Party. Joachim. Tausig's Conservatory. | [13] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| Clara Schumann and Joachim. The American Minister's. The Museum. The Conservatory. Opera. Tausig. Christmas. | [25] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| Tausig and Rubinstein. Tausig's Pupils. The Bancrofts. A German Radical. | [37] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| Opera and Oratorio in Berlin. A Typical American. Prussian Rudeness. Conservatory Changes. Easter. | [51] |
| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| The Thier-Garten. A Military Review. Charlottenburg. Tausig. Berlin in Summer. Potsdam and Babelsberg. | [64] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| The War. German Meals. Women and Men. Tausig's Teaching. Tausig Abandons his Conservatory. Dresden. Kullak. | [79] |
| [WITH KULLAK.] | |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | |
| Moving. German Houses and Dinners. The War. Capture of Napoleon. Kullak's and Tausig's Teaching. Joachim. Wagner. Tausig's Playing. German Etiquette. | [95] |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| Concerts. Joachim again. The Siege of Paris. Peace Declared. Wagner. A Woman's Symphony. Ovation to Wagner in Berlin. | [111] |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | |
| Difficulties of the Piano. Triumphal Entry of the Troops. Paris. | [123] |
| [CHAPTER X.] | |
| A Rhine Journey. Frankfort. Mainz. Sail down the Rhine. Cologne. Bonn. The Seven Mountains. Worms. Spire. Heidelberg. Tausig's Death. | [131] |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | |
| Eisenach. Gotha. Erfurt. Andernach. Weimar. Tausig. | [145] |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | |
| Dinner-Party and Reception at Mr. Bancroft's. Audition at Tausig's House. A German Christmas. The Joachims. | [157] |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | |
| Visit to Dresden. The Wiecks. Von Bülow. A Child Prodigy. Grantzow, the Dancer. | [163] |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | |
| A Rising Organist. Kullak. Von Bülow's Playing. A Princely Funeral. Wilhelmi's Concert. A Court Beauty. | [174] |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | |
| The Boston Fire. Aggravations of Music Study. Kullak. Sherwood. Hoch Schule. A Brilliant American. German Dancing. | [182] |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | |
| A German Professor. Sherwood. The Baroness von S. Von Bülow. A German Party. Joachim. The Baroness at Home. | [192] |
| [WITH LISZT.] | |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | |
| Arrives in Weimar. Liszt at the Theatre.—At a Party. At his own House. | [205] |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | |
| Liszt's Drawing-room. An Artist's Walking Party. Liszt's Teaching. | [218] |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | |
| Liszt's Expression in Playing. Liszt on Conservatories. Ordeal of Liszt's Lessons. Liszt's Kindness. | [227] |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | |
| Liszt's Compositions. His Playing and Teaching of Beethoven. His "Effects" in Piano-playing. Excursion to Jena. A New Music Master. | [235] |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | |
| Liszt's Playing. Tausig. Excursion to Sondershausen. | [248] |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] | |
| Farewell to Liszt! German Conservatories and their Methods. Berlin again. Liszt and Joachim. | [263] |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] | |
| Kullak as a Teacher. The Four Great Virtuosi, Clara Schumann, Rubinstein, Von Bülow and Tausig. | [272] |
| [WITH DEPPE.] | |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] | |
| Gives up Kullak for Deppe. Deppe's Method in Touch and in Scale-playing. Fräulein Steiniger. Pedal Study. | [283] |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] | |
| Chord-playing. Deppe no mere "Pedagogue." Sherwood. Mozart's Concertos. Practicing Slowly. The Opera Ball. | [299] |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] | |
| A Set of Beethoven Variations. Fannie Warburg. Deppe's Inventions. His Room. His Afternoon Coffee. Pyrmont. | [311] |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] | |
| The Brussels Conservatoire. Steiniger. Excursion to Kleinberg. Giving a Concert. Fräulein Timm. | [328] |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] | |
| Music in Hamburg. Studying Chamber Music. Absence of Religion in Germany. South Americans. Deppe Once More. A Concert Debut. Postscript. | [331] |
IN TAUSIG'S CONSERVATORY.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANY.
CHAPTER I.
A German Interior in Berlin. A German Party. Joachim.
Tausig's Conservatory.