HENRY T. FINCK
Reading edition
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