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| [GAZING AT ITS COVERS THROUGH THE LATTICE DOORS OF THE CUPBOARD] | 4 |
| [BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON HE BEGAN HIS TASK] | 9 |
| [CHRISTOPH SEIZED THE MANUSCRIPT BOOK AND THE COPY] | 10 |
| [DURING THE WINTER MONTHS THE SCHOLARS WERE SENT OUT TO SING IN THE STREETS] | 12 |
| [THE KING EXCLAIMED REPEATEDLY: 'ONLY ONE BACH! ONLY ONE BACH!'] | 30 |
| [HANDEL'S BIRTHPLACE, HALLE, SAXONY] | 38 |
| [BECKONED SILENTLY TO THE REST TO FOLLOW HIM] | 41 |
| [HE CALLED TO THE COACHMAN TO STOP] | 44 |
| [THE DUKE PRAISED HIS PERFORMANCE] | 46 |
| [A RESORT TO SWORDS] | 55 |
| [A GRAND PROCESSION OF DECORATED BARGES FROM WHITEHALL TO LIMEHOUSE] | 63 |
| [THE STROKES OF HIS HAMMER ON THE ANVIL KEPT TIME TO HIS SONG] | 66 |
| ['DID NOT YOU SAY YOU COULD SING AT SIGHT?' 'YES, SIR, BUT NOT AT FIRST SIGHT!'] | 76 |
| [HE WAS IMITATING THE PLAYING OF A VIOLIN] | 94 |
| [ST. STEPHEN'S CATHEDRAL, VIENNA] | 101 |
| [HE MANAGED TO SAVE SUFFICIENT TO PURCHASE TWO VOLUMES] | 104 |
| [THE TANTALISING PIGTAIL] | 109 |
| ['WHOSE MUSIC IS THAT WHICH YOU WERE PLAYING JUST NOW?'] | 117 |
| [HAYDN ENJOYED HIS FIRST SIGHT OF THE WAVES] | 133 |
| [LISSON GROVE A CENTURY AGO] | 135 |
| [HAYDN'S EYES FILLED WITH TEARS] | 145 |
| [HE PAID NO HEED TO THE ENTRY OF A SERVANT] | 152 |
| [THEY REMAINED STANDING, ROOTED TO THE SPOT] | 160 |
| [PLAYED BEFORE THE COURT AT VERSAILLES] | 164 |
| [CHELSEA AT THAT TIME WAS A RIVERSIDE VILLAGE] | 167 |
| [THE CARRIAGE WHICH WAS TO CONVEY THE TRAVELLERS DREW UP AT THE DOOR] | 188 |
| ['THERE IS THE DOOR!'] | 199 |
| ['NOW THEN, LUDWIG, TIME FOR PRACTICE!'] | 220 |
| ['PAY ATTENTION TO THIS YOUNG MAN, FOR HE WILL MAKE A NOISE IN THE WORLD SOME DAY'] | 228 |
| [SEATED BEFORE AN OLD, WORN-OUT PIANO] | 230 |
| [HAYDN PRAISED THE COMPOSITION HIGHLY] | 233 |
| [TAKING HIS HAND, TURNED HIM ROUND TO THE AUDIENCE] | 255 |
| [THEY INDULGED IN JOKES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SPECTACLED BOY] | 273 |
| [HIS CLEVER PLAYING ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE LEADER] | 275 |
| [MANY EVENINGS WERE PASSED IN MUSICAL ENJOYMENT] | 282 |
| [THEY FOUND SCHUBERT HARD AT WORK] | 291 |
| [SCHUBERT FLED FROM THE ROOM] | 302 |
| ['HERE IS A GENTLEMAN WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE NEW OPERA'] | 325 |
| [THE TUTOR'S CARRIAGE MET THEM] | 330 |
| ['THE SUCCESS WAS BEYOND WHAT I COULD HAVE DREAMED'] | 348 |
| ['WOULD NOT THAT BE SPLENDID FOR AN ORATORIO!'] | 362 |
| PORTRAITS |
| [BEETHOVEN] | Frontispiece |
| [BACH] | 5 |
| [HANDEL] | 39 |
| [HAYDN] | 91 |
| [MOZART] | 153 |
| [SCHUBERT] | 271 |
| [MENDELSSOHN] | 317 |
