Wanhal-Vanhall, 190
Weber, Dionysius, 191
Weber, C. M., 206, 218
Weitzmann, 28, 328
Wendling, 309
Westermayer, 310
Widor, 319
Willaert, 79
Wilmers, 191
Wölffl, 161, 183, 190
Wolfsohn, 300
Wüllner, 306
Zimmermann, 317
Zumpe, 133
List of Full-page Engravings
PAGE
Title-page. Portrait of Franz Liszt. Pastel by F. von
Lenbach, of the year 1881, in the possession of
Madame Cosima Wagner in Bayreuth _Frontispiece_
Young scholar and his wife. Painting by Gonzales
(1614-1684), in the Royal Gallery at Cassel 8
Lady at the clavier. Painting by Dirk Hals, ✝ 1656,
in the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam 14
Le Maître de Musique, painting by Jan Steen, 1626-1679, in
the National Gallery, London 44
Concert. Painting by Gerard Terborch, 1617-1681, in the
Royal Museum at Berlin 56
J. Ph. Rameau. Engraving by J. G. Sturm (Nürnberg,
1742-1793) 62
A clavier lesson. Painting by an unknown Dutch Master,
17th century, in the Royal Gallery at Dresden 78
Domenico Scarlatti. Lithograph by Anon 86
J. S. Bach. Bust by Carl Seffner. Modelled on the actual
skull. After His, J. S. Bach (Vogel, Leipsic) 100
Facsimile of title-page of Bach’s Manuscript of the
Wohltemperiertes Klavier, in the Royal Musikbibliothek,
Berlin 110
George Frederick Handel, engraved by Thomson 136
Joseph Haydn, engraved by Quenedey 148
W. A. Mozart, engraved in 1793 by C. Kohl (1754-1807) 150
Mozart at the age of seven with his father and sister.
Engraved 1764, by J. B. Delafosse (b. 1721) after L. C. de
Carmontelle (✝ about 1790) 154
L. van Beethoven. Lithograph by C. Fischer, after the
original portrait of 1817, by A. Kloeber (1793-1864) 168
J. N. Hummel. Engraved by Fr. Wrenk (1766-1830), after the
portrait by Catherine von Escherich (beginning of 19th
century) 210
Franz Schubert. Lithograph of 1846, by J. Kriehuber
(1801-1876) 228
Robert Schumann. Engraving by M. Lämmel 236
Chopin. Anonymous Lithograph, after portrait by Ary
Scheffer (1795-1858) 256
Thalberg. Lithograph of 1835 by Staub 276
Liszt at Weimar, 1884, from a Photograph 290
Eugene d’Albert, portrait by H. Katsch 298
Johannes Brahms. Photograph from life by Marie Fellinger,
Vienna 322
List of other Illustrations and Facsimiles
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Guido of Arezzo and his protector, Bishop Theodal, playing on a
Monochord 1
Orlando Gibbons. After Grignon’s engraving in Hawkins 7
Title-page of the first English engraved Clavier Music, 1611 17
From the Weimar “Wunderbuch,” a Clavichord of about 1440 20
From the Weimar “Wunderbuch,” Primitive Spinet, of about 1440 21
A Concerted Performance 25
Page from “Parthenia,” the first English engraved Clavier Music,
1611 29
John Bull, at the age of 26 33
Henry Purcell, 1658-1695 36
The so-called “Hand” of Guido of Arezzo 38
D’Anglebert, Chamber Musician to Louis XIV., after Mignard 40
François Couperin, “Le Grand” 54
Portrait of Louis Marchand 66
Rameau, out walking 67
Old engraving after Wagniger’s design 68
Adrian Willaert, of Venice 72
Frescobaldi 73
Virginal in shape of a work-box 81
The same opened 81
The instrument taken out 81
Italian cembalo, from a monastery, of the 18th century 83
Old engraving representing Scarlatti playing a Harpsichord with
two rows of keys 85
An Octave Spinet 90
German Clavichord, 17th century, “gebunden” 91
Konrad Pau(l)mann, the first German writer for keyed instruments 95
Skull of Sebastian Bach 98
The Fifteenth Sinfonia of John Sebastian Bach, from the Royal
Musikbibliothek, Berlin 105
John Mattheson, at the age of 37 115
Pedal-clavichord 120
“Bundfrei” Clavichord 124
Philip Emanuel Bach 126
F. W. Marpurg, Theoretician and Clavier Teacher. 1718-1795 130
Streicher’s Pianoforte and Concert Saloon 135
Mary Coswey with the Orphica 146
Beginning of Mozart’s A minor Sonata 153
Upright Hammer-clavier, called the “Giraffe” 156
Beethoven at the age of 31 157
Dussek (portrait) 165
Cast of Beethoven’s living face, 1812 167
Specimen from Beethoven’s A flat major Sonata, Op. 26 173
Lyser’s Sketch of Beethoven 176
Beethoven’s last Grand Piano, by Graf, Vienna 182
Viennese pianoforte players about 1800. Eberl, Gelinek, Wölffl 183
The Brothers Pixis. 1800 187
Ludwig Berger. Pupil of Clementi 191
John Field, 1782-1837. Steel engraving by C. Mayer 193
Marcelline Czartoryska, _née_ Princess Radziwill 194
Prince Louis Ferdinand 195
Marie Charlotte Antoine Josephe, Countess of Questenberg 197
Clementi (portrait) 208
Hummel in his later years 213
A Canonic Impromptu, by J. N. Hummel 215
Czerny. Lithograph by Kriehuber, 1833 217
Carl Maria von Weber. Lithograph by Eichens, after Vogel, 1825 219
Moscheles in his youth 220
Moscheles, later, 1859 221
Parisian and London Pianists at the beginning of the 19th century.
L. Adam, Kalkbrenner, Cramer 223
Waltz by Schubert 224
Clara Schumann, _née_ Wieck 239
Louis Böhner, the original of Hoffmann’s Kreisler 246
The last piece in Schumann’s “Kreisleriana,” main movement 247
Head of Mendelssohn, after Hildebrand 251
George Sand, in man’s dress 259
Chopin’s Hand. From a marble in the National Museum at Budapest 270
An afternoon with Liszt. Kriehuber, Berlioz, Czerny, Liszt, the
violinist Ernst 271
Photograph of Liszt, taken in Budapest 271
Title-page of Hofmeister’s Edition of Liszt’s Op. 1. 273
Liszt in his youth 275
After Dantan’s Caricature of Thalberg 276
After Dantan’s Caricature of Liszt 277
Facsimile of Liszt’s Hungarian Storm-March 279
The “jeune école” of Parisian Pianists 280
Liszt in his youth 281
Cartoon representing Liszt and his Works. 1842 283
“General” Bass surprised and overcome in his fortress by Liszt 284
Liszt and Stavenhagen 285
Plaster Cast of Liszt’s Hand 287
Liszt lying in state 288
Music-room in the “Altenburg” at Weimar 289
Döhler. Lithograph by Mittag 291
Sophie Menter in her youth 292
Clotilde Kleeberg, 1888 292
Madame de Belleville 293
Carl Filtsch 293
Rubinstein at twelve 294
Hans von Bülow 295
Last Portrait of Rubinstein 296
Bülow on his deathbed 297
Reinecke in his youth 298
Carl Tausig 299
Paula Szalit 300
Eduard Risler 301
Josef Hofmann 302
Madame Carreño 303
Ferruscio B. Busoni 305
Hand of Eugene d’Albert 307
J. G. Paderewski 311
Upright Hammerclavier 312
Bechstein Cottage piano 313
Bechstein Grand Piano _de luxe_ 315
Joachim Raff 317
Stephen Heller 318
Ferdinand Hiller 318
Adolf Henselt 318
Tschaïkowski 319
Richard Strauss 320
Philip Scharwenka 321
Dr Wilhelm Kienzl 323
Maurice Moskowski 325
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This book was written in a period when many words and names had
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spelling variations or inconsistent use of diacriticals and
hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged. Dialect,
obsolete and alternative spellings were left unchanged. Words and
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Obvious printing errors, such as letters in the wrong order,
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abbreviations and sentences were added.
Footnotes were numbered in order and moved to the end of the chapter
in which the related anchors occur. Footnote [4] has two anchors.
Changes:
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