Dedicated to
C. F.

CONTENTS

OUTLINES OF MUSICAL FORM
CHAP.PAGE
I.—FACULTIES OF APPRECIATION,[3]
II.—STYLE AND STRUCTURE,[26]
III.—FUNCTION,[57]
FREDERICK CHOPIN
I.—WARSAW,[79]
II.—PARIS—AND AN EPISODE,[111]
III.—A LYRIC POET,[147]
ANTONIN DVOŘÁK
I.—DAYS OF PREPARATION,[173]
II.—DURCH KAMPF ZU LICHT,[190]
III.—NATIONAL AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS,[210]
JOHANNES BRAHMS
I.—GROWTH,[229]
II.—MATURITY,[250]
III.—THE DIRECTION OF THE NEW PATHS,[274]
[INDEX],

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
FREDERICK CHOPIN, from a drawing by Winterhalter,[Frontispiece]
FREDERICK CHOPIN, from a drawing made after death, by Graefle,[144]
ANTONIN DVOŘÁK, from a photograph by Duras,[190]
JOHANNES BRAHMS, from a photograph,[250]

NOTE