Mezzotints in modern music /

by James Huneker

• Napoleon prophesies of Russia, [81].
• Nationalists in Music, [83].
• Neo-Buddhism, [291].
• Neo-Russia, [83].
• New York Philharmonic Society, [105].
• Neupert, Edmund, [240].
• — Études, [250].
• Nicodé, [241].
• — Studies, [263].
• Niecks, Frederick, [168], [213].
• — Biography of Chopin, [211].
• Niedzwiecki, Leonard, [215].
• Nietzsche, [141]-[158], [168], [286], [287], [288], [291].
• — Atheism of, [146].
• — Dialectics of, [141].
• — Philosophy, [154].
• — Preferences in music, [149].
• — Strauss’ homage to, [145].
• Nirvana, [138].
• Nordau, Max, [288], [297].
• Nowakowski, [241].
• Omphale, [142].
• Ophelia, [127].
• Orchestration, Brahms’, [19].
• — of Chopin’s concertos, [186], [192].
• — Strauss’, [19].
• Osborne, G. A., [215].
• Ottima (Browning), [96].
• Our Ladies of Sorrow, [205].
• Ouverture Solennelle (“1812”), [118], [132].

• Pachmann, Vladimir de, [167], [259].
• — Idealism of, [226].
• Paderewski, [226], [241].
• — The Desert, [281].
• — Variations in A minor, [38].
• Paganini studies, [39], [51].
• — Variations, [48], [56].
• Paradies, [241].
• Paris, [196].
• Parsifal, [238], [290]-[291], [292].
• Parsons, Albert R., [246].
• Pascal, [6].
• Pater, Walter, on music, [219], [220].
• — Definition of true living, [199].
• Pauer, Ernst, [241].
• Père la Chaise, [39].
• Petersilyea, C., [241], [282].
• Philadelphia, [201].
• Philharmonic Festival, [116].
• Philipp, Isidor, [241], [245], [274], [275], [276], [279], [280].
• — Études for left hand, [276]-[277].
• — Étude d’octaves, [279].
• — Studies, [271]-[282].
• Piano:
• — Action of, in Chopin’s time, [183].
• — Doubled bass of, [19]-[20], [22].
• — Études, [240].
• — Nuance in, [229]-[230].
• — Of the past, [227].
• — Orchestral development of, [227]-[228].
• — Organ, [162].
• — Playing, modern, [227], [229]-[230], [258].
• — Pleyel, the, [183].
• — Possibilities of the, [228].
• — Realism of, [226].
• — Recitals, [266].
• — Recitals, decadence of, [31].
• — Technic, [242]-[244].
• — Viennese, [227].
• — Virtuosity, [265].
• Pierné, [275].
• Pixis, [241].
• Plaidy, [240], [245].
• Planté, [240].
• Plato, [19].
• Pleyel piano, [183].
• Poe, David, [195].
• Poe, Edgar Allan, [161], [162], [185], [195].
• — Aristocratic nature of, [204].
• — Compared with Chopin, [196]-[210].
• — Euphony of, [206].
• — Influence of, [207].
• — Unpatriotic, [209].
• — Wife of, [200].
• — Women of, [205].
• Poe, Elizabeth, [195].
• Poet, musical and literary contrasted, [161].
• Potocki, Count, [251].
• Programmes, monotony of, [31].
• Programme music, [155].
• Prudent, [240].
• Przybyszewski, S., [168].
• Pudor, Heinrich, [286], [287].
• Pugno, [279].
• Pushkin, [81], [84], [93], [131].

• Radziwill, Prince, [202].
• Raff, [6], [107], [136], [254].
• — La Fileuse, [254].
• — Lenore Symphony, [107].
• Raiding, [225].
• Raif, O., [241], [245].
• Ranz des Vaches, [119]-[120].
• Raphael, [247].
• Raven, The (Poe), [206].
• Ravina, [240].
• — Études, [255].
• Realism of Berlioz, Liszt, and Wagner, [142].
• Realism in piano-music, [226], [256].
• — piano-playing, [227]-[228].
• Reinecke, [240].
• Rheinberger, [240].
• Rhythm, [7], [13].
• Richards, Brinley, [215].
• Richardson, [242].
• Riemann, [147], [148], [240], [254].
• Ries, F., [241], [250].
• Rimski-Korsakoff, [83], [275].
• Ritter, Theodore, [279].
• Rivé-King, Julie, [118].
• Rodin, [82].
• Romantic Movement, the, [230].
• Romeo and Juliet, [93].
• Rosenthal, [241], [226], [278], [283].
• Rosenthal-Schytte studies, [271].
• Rossini, [83], [149], [174], [228].
• Rubens, [162].
• Rubinstein, Anton, [6], [40], [84], [86], [92], [100], [103], [104], [109], [128], [139], [189], [226], [230], [241], [247], [275], [280].
• Works:
• — C major study, [244], [279].
• — Concerto in D minor, [105], [111], [274].
• — Études, op. 23, [270]-[271].
• — Étude (staccato), [253].
• — Melody in F, [100].
• Rubinstein, Nicholas, [116], [118].
• Rubio, Mme., [215].
• Rummel, Franz, [116].
• Russia, [81], [82], [100].
• — Napoleon’s prophecy of, [81].
• Russian piano music, [82].

• Saint-Saëns, [1], [97], [107], [139], [142], [158], [175], [234], [241], [275], [279].
• — Études, [263], [271], [273].
• — Exercises Journalières, [271].
• — Fondness for Liszt, [230], [231].
• — On Philipp’s Études, [276].
• — Scherzo of G minor concerto, [175].
• — Symphonic poems (Phaeton and Rouet d’Omphale), [142].
• Salle Erard, [193].
• Salvator Rosa, [170].
• Sand, George, [160], [162], [213], [221].
• — Winter in Majorca, [213].
• Sartain, John, [201].
• Scarlatti, [264], [266].
• Scharwenka, Xaver, [109], [241], [269], [270].
• — Concerto in B flat minor, [109].
• — Études, [263].
• — Polish dance, [100]-[101].
• — Prelude, E flat minor, [263].
• Scharwenka, Philip, [241], [263], [269].
• Schlaf sanft, mein kind, [71].
• Schmidt, [240].
• — Exercises, [244].
• Scholtz, [212].
• Schopenhauer, [146], [147], [149], [287], [289], [291], [294].
• Schubert, [11], [16], [41], [129], [232].
• — Momen Musicale, [29], [43]-[44].
• Schuett, [241].
• — Étude Mignonne, [254].
• Schumann, [5], [6], [11], [12], [15], [16], [17], [19], [21], [26], [27], [36], [43], [59], [62], [64], [92], [102], [110], [128], [129], [144], [146], [148], [177], [184], [189], [194], [203], [226], [227], [229], [232], [239], [240], [283].
• — Contrasted with Brahms, [25].
• Schumann, on Brahms, [23], [24], [25], [265], [268]-[269].
• — On Chopin, [194], [196], [210].
• — On Chopin’s polonaises, [209].
• — On Kessler, [252].
• Works:
• — Abegg variations, [25].
• — Albumblätter, [37].
• — Aufschwung, [62].
• — Bunten Blättern, [38].
• — Carneval, [42], [194].
• — Davidsbündler, Die, [43], [60], [76].
• — Études Paganini, [268].
• — Études Symphoniques, [37], [268].
• — Fantasy in C, [15].
• — Faschingschwank aus Wien, [126].
• — Pièces Caractéristiques, [43].
• — Sonatas in F minor and F sharp minor, [15], [26].
• — Sonntags am Rhein, [29].
• — Toccata, [18], [22], [250], [268], [277].
• — Variations, [35]-[36].
• Schytte-Rosenthal, [241].
• Scribner musical library, [213].
• Seebold (Browning), [96].
• Seeling, Hans, [241], [262].
• — Gnomentanz, [263].
• — Loreley, Die, [262].
• Seidl, Anton, [116], [165].
• Seiss, Isidor, [241].
• — Preludes, [254].
• Senancour, [203].
• Sermon on the Mount, The, [148].
• Seroff, Alexander, [83].
• Sgambati, [241], [263].
• Shakespeare, [95], [127], [148], [294], [296].
• Shelley, [203], [205].
• Siegfried, [137].
• Siegfried Funeral March, [132].
• Siloti, [117], [131].
• Silence (Poe), [162], [185]-[186], [209].
• Sloper, Lindsay, [215].
• Socrates, [19].
• Solomon, Songs of, [148], [294].
• Sordello, [22].
• Sowinski, Albert, [213].
• Speidel, [241].
• — Octave study, [262].
• Spinoza, [6].
• Spitta, [12], [13], [35]-[36], [38].
• Spleen (Poe), [185]-[186].
• St. Anthony, [236].
• Stassoff, V., [83].
• Stcherbatcheff, [83].
• Steibelt, [251].
• Steinbrecher, Werner, [213].
• Stendhal, [231].
• Sternberg, Constantin von, [240].
• — Story about Brahms-Chopin Étude, [269].
• — Study in F, [255].
• Stevenson, Robert Louis, [180].
• St. Petersburg, [86], [87], [140].
• — Conservatory, [104].
• Strauss, Richard, [5], [19], [94], [138], [141]-[159].
• — Abnormal brain of, [155].
• — Atheism of, [146].
• — Attempts the impossible, [143].
• — Cacophony of, [156].
• — Compared with Brahms, [157].
• — Contrapuntal ingenuity of, [156].
• — Hysteria of, [153], [156].
• — Melodies of, [157].
• — On his symphonic poem, [145].
• — Score of Zarathustra, [158]-[159].
• Works:
• — Also Sprach Zarathustra, [141], [145]-[146], [149], [152]-[154], [155]-[156], [157], [158].
• — Death and Apotheosis, [143], [155].
• — Don Juan, [143], [153], [155].
• — Macbeth, [143].
• — Till Eulenspiegel, [143], [153], [155].
• Streicher, Mme., [215].
• Sternau, [28].
• Strelezki, Anton, [241].
• — Concert studies, [271].
• — The Wind, [271].
• Swift, [204].
• Swinburne, [22], [207], [294].
• Symphony Society, [132].
• Szopen, Fryderyk, [210].
• Szulc, [210], [214].

• Tasso, [204].
• Tatjana, [89].
• Tausig, [189], [190], [191], [192], [214], [226], [227], [241], [248], [268], [278], [279], [281].
• — Daily Studies, [51], [59], [269], [271].
• — Edition of Clementi, [243].
• — Use of studies, [243].
• — Version of Chopin’s concertos, [187]-[192].
• Tennyson, [22], [207].
• Thackeray, [214].
• Thaddeus of Warsaw, [221].
• Thalberg, [192], [193], [225], [241], [265], [274].
• — Clementi, [244].
• — Scale playing of, [225].
• — Studies, [250], [251].
• — Theme and Variations, op. 45, [275].
• — Touch of, [258].
• — Tremolo study in C, [275].
• Thomson, James, [207].
• Tolstoy, [82], [85]-[86], [93], [95], [100], [115].
• Trilby, [163].
• Trilogy, [290].
• Tristan, [146], [148]. [157], [165], [295].
• Tschaïkowsky, Piotor Ilyitch, [6], [12], [16], [81]-[140], [84], [87], [91], [93], [96], [97], [100], [107], [120], [127], [140], [142], [143], [146], [275].
• — Calmuck in, [93].
• — Compared to Brahms, [92], [95].
• — Compared to Dvorák, [95], [96].
• — Compared to Turgenev, [84]-[85].
• — Contrapuntal skill, [124], [126].
• — Dislike of Brahms, [139].
• — Favorite symphony, [105]-[106].
• — Form, [135].
• — Love for Mozart, [120], [139].
• — Love for Russia, [98].
• — Manual of Harmony, [130].
• — Moods of, [97].
• — Morbidness of, [120].
• — Operas, [139]-[140].
• — Orchestral works, [119].
• — Orchestration, [94], [106], [107], [110].
• — Piano music, [101]-[103], [108], [109]-[112], [115], [116]-[117], [128], [134].
• — Resemblance to Wagner, [131]-[132].
• — Scoring, ingenious, [137], [138].
• — Songs, [129].
• — Suicide story, [140].
• — Symphonies, Dvorák’s opinion of, [137].
• — Tastes in music, [139].
• — Themes, [95], [106]-[107], [121].
• — Use of flute, [94].
• — Variationist, [95].
• — Versatility of, [85]-[86].
• Works:
• — Ave Maria, [129].
• — Barcarolle, [102].
• — Belle au Bois Dormant, La, op. 66, [126].
• — Capriccio, Italian, op. 45, [117]-[118].
• — Capriccio for piano, op. 8, [103].
• — Choruses à capella, [87].
• — Concerto for piano, op. 23, [87], [109]-[112].
• — Concerto for piano, op. 44, [116]-[117].
• — Concerto for piano, op. 75, [132], [133].
• — Concerto for violin, op. 35, [114].
• — Caprice D’Oksane, Le, [129].
• — Casse-Noisette, [127].
• — Chanson Sans Paroles, [100], [101].
• — Chanson Triste, [116].
• — Dame de Pique, La, op. 68, [127].
• — Don Juan, op. 38, [115]-[116].
• — Doumka, op. 59, [120].
• — Elegy for Nicholas Rubinstein, [118].
• — Eugene Onegin, [89], [112].
• — Fantasie for piano and orchestra, op. 56, [116], [118].
• — Fille de Neige, La, [104].
• — Foggy Landscape, op. 13, [105].
• — Francesca da Rimini, op. 32, [93], [104], [108], [114], [143].
• — Hamlet, op. 67, [104], [108], [125], [126]-[127], [130], [143].
• — Jeanne d’Arc, [129].
• — Lac de Cygnes, Le, [109].
• — Lieder, op. 57, [119].
• — Magicienne ou La Charmeuse, La, [129].
• — Manfred Symphony, op. 58, [119]-[120], [143].
• — Marche Slave, op. 31, [113].
• — Mazeppa, [129].
• — Melodies for voice, op. 73, [129].
• — Messe Russe, op. 41, [116].
• — Mouvement perpétuel, [130].
• — Mozarteana, op. 61, [120].
• — Nocturne for piano, [132].
• — Nur wer die Sehnsucht Kennt, [94], [129].
• — Overture Solennelle, [118], [132].
• — Overture Triomphale, [106].
• — Pezzo capriccioso, op. 62, [121].
• — Piano Album, op. 39, [102], [116].
• — Piano compositions, [103], [109], [115], [118], [128].
• — Pourquoi (Heine), [129].
• — Romances and Songs for voice, [103], [106], [113], [118], [120], [121], [126], [129].
• — Roméo et Juliette, [104], [114], [132], [133], [143].
• — Russian Mass, op. 52, [118].
• — Scherzo, op. 34, [114].
• — Seasons, The, [102].
• — Serenade for strings, op. 48, [118].
• — Snegourotschka, [104].
• — Song without Words, op. 3, [103].
• — Souvenir de Florence, [127].
• — Souvenir de Hapsal, [102].
• — Souvenir d’un lieu triste, op. 42, [116].
• — String quartets, [104], [109].
• — Suites for orchestra, [87], [116], [118].
• — First Symphony, op. 13 (G minor), [104]-[105].
• — Second Symphony, op. 17 (C minor), “the Russian,” [106]-[107].
• — Third Symphony, op. 29 (in D major), [113].
• — Fourth Symphony, op. 36 (F minor), [94], [95], [114]-[115], [123]-[126].
• — Fifth Symphony, op. 64 (E minor), [94], [95], [121]-[123], [136].
• — Sixth Symphony, op. 74 (B minor), [86], [94], [132], [134]-[138].
• — Tempest, op. 18, [108].
• — Tscharodeika, La, [129].
• — Vakoula, [106].
• — Valse Caprice, [103].
• — Valse-Scherzo, [103].
• — Variations in F, [38], [108], [109].
• — Variations, op. 19, [102].
• — Variations, op. 33, [114].
• — Winter Journey, [104]-[105].
• — Witch of the Alps, [119].
• — Yolande, [127].
• Turgenev, [84]-[85], [94], [100].
• — On Russia, [98].
• — The Beggar, [99], [100].

• Ulalume (Poe), [198]-[199].

• Valkyrie, [228].
• Van Cleve, John, [213].
• Van Der Stucken, Frank, [108].
• Variations, [35]-[36], [38], [108]-[109], [231].
• Venino, Albert, [261].
• Verdi, [1].
• Verlaine, Paul, [207], [227], [230].
• Verstohlen geht der Mond, [25].
• Viardot, Louis, [192].
• Vienna, [251].
• Vinci, Leonardo da, [247].
• Virgil, [114].
• Virgil clavier, [246].
• Vogel der heut’ sang, Dem, [29].
• Vogrich, Max, [51], [241].
• — On Brahms’ cradle-song, [70].
• — On playing Brahms, [76]-[77].
• — Staccato études, [262].
• Vogt, [241].
• Von Bülow, [109], [212], [251], [264].
• — Edition of Cramer, [244].
• — List of études, [244].
• — Playing of Brahms Sonata in C, [24].
• — “Three B’s,” [11], [248].
• Von Schlözer, [241].
• — Études, [270].
• Votinsk, [87].
• Voyévode, [130], [132].

• Wagner, Richard, [3], [7], [8], [9], [12], [20], [82], [126], [131]-[132], [139], [146], [153], [155], [158], [164], [165], [188], [195], [208], [228], [231], [238], [239], [245], [264], [285]-[297].
• — As artist, [288]-[290].
• — Christianity of, [289], [291]-[292].
• — Contrasted with Brahms, [9].
• — Fascination of Wagner’s music, [297].
• — Hatred of Jews, [285].
• — Jewish descent of, [285]-[286], [287]-[288].
• — Judenthum in der Musik, Das, [285].
• — Philosophy of, [289], [292].
• — Poet of passion, [294], [296].
• — Temperament of, [10].
• — Theatrical tendency of, [10].
• — Turn, idealizes the, [7], [19].
• — Die Busser (The Penitents), [290].
• — Die Sieger (The Victors), [292].
• — Die Walküre, [157], [164].
• — Eine Faust Overture, [126], [155], [156].
• — Meistersinger, Die, [29], [157], [188], [289].
• — Ring, The, [146], [164], [195], [288].
• — Tristan and Isolde, [145], [162], [274], [288], [290], [293]-[294], [296].
• Wahnfried, [286].
• Wallner, [140].
• Warsaw, [249], [252].
• Warum sind denn die Rosen so Blass, [129].
• Washington Hospital, [195].
• Weber, [16], [83], [176], [193], [274], [277], [283].
• — Rondo (Perpetual Motion), [50], [130], [269], [278], [281].
• — Sonata in C major, [130], [269].
• Weimar, [23], [249].
• Well-Tempered Clavichord, [247].
• Whistler, [162].
• Whitman, Emerson’s remark on, [11].
• Whittingham, Alfred, [213].
• Widor, [279].
• Willeby, Charles, [213], [222].
• Willis, N. P., [201].
• Willmers, [273], [275].
• Wodinski, Count, [213].
• Wolff, Edouard, [215].
• Women playing Chopin, [170], [171].
• Wood, Charles, [213].
• Wordsworth, [205].
• Wotan, [164].

• Zãl, [209], [218].
• Zarembski, [266].
• — and B flat minor étude, [270].
• Zichy, [241].
• Zimmermann, [193].
• Zelazowa-Wola, [195].
• Zwintscher, [245].

Transcriber’s Notes