MEZZOTINTS IN MODERN
MUSIC

MEZZOTINTS
IN MODERN MUSIC

BRAHMS, TSCHAÏKOWSKY, CHOPIN RICHARD STRAUSS, LISZT AND WAGNER

BY
JAMES HUNEKER

FOURTH EDITION

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1912

Copyright 1899
By CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Affectionately Inscribed
TO
HENRY EDWARD KREHBIEL

CONTENTS

Page
[I.]The Music of the Future[1]
[II.]A Modern Music Lord[81]
[III.]Richard Strauss and Nietzsche[141]
[IV.]The Greater Chopin[160]
[V.]A Liszt Étude[224]
[VI.]The Royal Road to Parnassus[240]
[VII.]A Note on Richard Wagner[285]
[INDEX][299]