RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO
MRS. JEANNETTE M. THURBER

CONTENTS

PAGE
I.[Chopin, the Greatest Genius of the Pianoforte,]1
II.[How Composers Work,]59
III.[Schumann, as Mirrored in His Letters,]111
IV.[Music and Morals,]141
V.[Italian and German Vocal Styles,]183
VI.[German Opera in New York,]233

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