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Introduction, 11
Esthetic versus Structural Analysis, 15
Sources of Information Concerning Musical Compositions, 23
Traditional Beethoven Playing, 32
Beethoven: The Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2, 45
Beethoven: Sonata Pathétique, Op. 13, 50
Beethoven: Sonata in A Flat Major, Op. 26, 55
Beethoven: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, 61
Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, 64
Beethoven: Sonata in E Minor, Op. 90, 68
Beethoven: Music to “The Ruins of Athens,” 72
Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65, 81
Weber: Rondo in E Flat, Op. 62, 86
Weber: Concertstück, in F Minor, Op. 79, 90
Weber-Kullak: Lützow’s Wilde Jagd, Op. 111, No. 4, 93
Schubert: (Impromptu in B Flat) Theme and Variations,
Op. 142, No. 3, 99
Emotion in Music, 105
Chopin: Sonata, B Flat, Op. 35, 113
The Chopin Ballades, 118
Chopin: Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23, 123
Chopin: Ballade in F Major, Op. 38, 130
Chopin: Ballade in A Flat, Op. 47, 137
Chopin: Polonaise, A Flat Major, Op. 53, 142
Chopin: Impromptu in A Flat, Op. 29, 147
Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66, 149
Chopin: Tarantelle, A Flat, Op. 43, 152
Chopin: Berceuse, Op. 57, 156
Chopin: Scherzo in B Flat Minor, Op. 31, 158
Chopin: Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15, 161
Chopin: Waltz, A Flat, Op. 42, 168
Chopin’s Nocturnes, 172
Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat, Op. 9, No. 2, 174
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2, 176
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 1, 179
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 37, No. 1, 183
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 37, No. 2, 186
Chopin: Polish Songs, Transcribed for Piano by Franz Liszt, 191
Liszt: Poetic and Religious Harmonies, No. 3, Book 2, 194
Liszt: First Ballade, 199
Liszt: Second Ballade, 201
Transcriptions for the Piano by Liszt, 203
Wagner-Liszt: Spinning Song from “The Flying Dutchman,” 205
Wagner-Liszt: Tannhäuser March, 208
Wagner-Liszt: Abendstern, 209
Wagner-Liszt: Isolde’s Love Death, 210
Schubert-Liszt: Der Erlkönig, 213
Schubert-Liszt: Hark! Hark! the Lark, 216
Schubert-Liszt: Gretchen am Spinnrad, 217
Liszt: La Gondoliera, 219
The Music of the Gipsies and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies, 222
Rubinstein: Barcarolle, G Major, 237
Rubinstein: Kamennoi-Ostrow, No. 22, 241
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46, 247
Grieg: An den Frühling, Op. 43, No. 6, 257
Grieg: Vöglein, Op. 43, No. 4, 260
Grieg: Berceuse, Op. 38, No. 1, 261
Grieg: The Bridal Procession, from “Aus dem Volksleben,”
Op. 19, No. 2, 264
Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d’Omphale, 271
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, 276
Counterparts among Poets and Musicians, 281
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