Transcriber's Note
Apparent printer's errors have been retained, unless stated below.
Missing page numbers are attributed to blank or unnumbered pages in the original text.
Punctuation, capitalization, accents and formatting markup have been made consistent.
Illustrations have been moved to be closer to their discussion in the text.
Page [vi], "Geheimrathe" changed to "Geheimrath" for consistency. (Geheimrath Gille)
Page [11], "Weiner" changed to "Wiener". ('The serenade, a fine, interesting, and intellectual work, deserved warmer acknowledgment,' wrote Speidel in the Wiener Zeitung.)
Page [13], "music alnature" changed to "musical nature". (Though he could not stoop to the attempt to dazzle his public by phenomenal feats of virtuosity, the grace, tenderness, and truth of his musical nature appealed to his southern audience, whilst the significance of his genius dawned on the perception of one or two discerning musicians.)
Page [54], "Weiner" changed to "Wiener". (The musical critic of the Wiener Zeitung writes that Herr Brahms was cordially received by his "party.")