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CHOPIN

AND

OTHER MUSICAL ESSAYS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO. 12mo, $1.25.

THE PACIFIC COAST SCENIC TOUR. Illustrated. 8vo, $2.50.

CHOPIN, AND OTHER MUSICAL ESSAYS. 12mo, $1.50.

WAGNER AND HIS WORKS. With Portraits. Two Volumes. Crown 8vo, $4.00.

CHOPIN AND OTHER MUSICAL ESSAYS

BY HENRY T. FINCK AUTHOR OF "ROMANTIC LOVE AND PERSONAL BEAUTY"

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1894

COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY, NEW YORK.

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

CHOPIN