An incomparable composer--Liszt's definition of tempo
rubato--The Wagner of the pianoforte--Clear melody and weird,
entrancing harmonies--Racial traits--Friends in Paris--Liszt
the first to recognize him--The Etudes--Vigor, passion,
impetus--Von Buelow on the great C minor Etude--The
Preludes--Schumann's opinion of them--Rubinstein's playing of
the Seventh Prelude--The Nocturnes--Chopin and Poe--The
Waltzes--Liszt on the Mazurkas--The Polonaises--Chopin's battle
hymns--Other works--"A noble from head to foot"--Huneker on
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