Acknowledgments are due to Mr. Otto Fleishner, of the Boston Public Library, for his kindness in furnishing lists of periodical articles bearing on the subject of this book.

The Author.

Contents

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I.ANCIENT AND MYTHICAL[11]
II.MEDIÆVAL[35]
III.WIVES OF THE COMPOSERS[61]
IV.CLARA AND ROBERT SCHUMANN[90]
V.OTHER MUSICAL ROMANCES[111]
VI.ENGLAND[132]
VII.GERMANY[154]
VIII.FRANCE[174]
IX.AMERICA[195]
X.OTHER COUNTRIES[211]
XI.CONCLUSION[234]

List of Illustrations

Clara (Wieck) Schumann.[Frontispiece]
Eleanor of Aquitaine[50]
Richard and Cosima Wagner.[88]
Marie Wieck[90]
Marie Antoinette[114]
Sybil Sanderson[130]
Maggie Okey[144]
Louisa Adolpha Lebeau[164]
Adele Aus Der Ohe[170]
Cécile-Louise-Stephanie Chaminade[174]
Augusta Mary Ann Holmes[178]
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach.[196]
Julia Rivé-King[204]
Ingeborg Von Bronsart[220]
Teresa Carreño[232]