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Frederick Chopin

INDEX

Charles Bayly translation

Abélard, 260

Academy of Singing (Berlin), 27

Académie Royale (Paris), 57

Adagio in E major (Chopin), 37

Adagio of Concerto in F minor (op. 21) (Chopin), 34, 50, 173

Adélaïde, Madame, 177

Agnes (Paër), 35

Agoult, Countess Marie d’, 93, 101–103, 171–172

Aix-la-Chapelle, 71

Albert, Prince, 233

Alexandre, Czar (Emperor), 23

Allard, Monsieur, 229, 230

Allegro (Moschelès), 23

Allgemeine Musikalisches (Vienna), 32

Amboise, 67

America, 64

Ancona, 218

Andante Spianato, 73

Antonin, Château d’, 23–24, 35

Appassionata, The (Beethoven), 19

Apollonius of Tyre, 160

Apponyi, Count, 68

Arago, 153, 203

Archbishop of Paris, 55

Artillery and Engineers, School of (Warsaw), 20

Auber, Daniel François Esprit, 70

Augusta, Princess (Infante), 43–44

Augustine, 197–198, 214, 237

Aulary, Monsieur, 231

Austerlitz, battle of, 18

Avignon, 127

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 33, 69, 150, 174, 229

Baillot, violinist, 62

Balearic Isles, see also Majorca, Palma, Valdemosa, 127–142

Ballade in G minor (op. 23) (Chopin), 85–86, 132, 145

Balzac, Honoré de, 19, 103–107

Barberini, Place (Rome), 190

Barber of Seville, The (Rossini), 57

Barbès, 230

Barcarolle (op. 60) (Chopin), 230–231

Barcelona, 128, 142

Baudelaire, Pierre-Charles, 163

Bayer, Mme. Constance, 48

Beauvau, Hôtel de (Marseilles), 145

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 19, 26, 31, 32, 35, 51, 62, 69, 74, 165, 174

Bellini, Vincenzo, 73

Belvédère, Palais de (Warsaw), 45

Berceuse (op. 57) (Chopin), 230–231

Berlin, 27

Berlioz, Hector, 19, 65, 68, 72, 101, 165, 169, 258

Berry (France), 147 et seq., 240

Berry, Mme. la Duchesse de, 56

Bertram (Meyerbeer), 109

Blache, Dr., 251 et seq.

Blanc, Louis, 195, 203

Böhmischen Köchin, Café zur (Vienna), 47

Bologna, 228

Bona Sforza, 77

Bonstetten, Charles-Victor de, 77

Bossuet, Jaques Bénigne, 19

Bourges, Michel de, 100–101

Brault, Adèle, 197

Breslau, 33, 43

Brest, 229

Broadwood, piano, 232

Broadwood, piano manufacturer, 235

Bruhl, 79

Buloz, publisher, 131, 153

Bulwer, Lord, 234

Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 19, 159, 285

Byron, Lady, 234

Calamatta, Louis, 156

Calder House (Scotland), 235

Callot, Jacques, 176

Carlist Party (Paris), 55

Carlsbad, 76

Carlyle, Thomas, 234

Carthusians, Order of, 130

Castellan, Mme., 258

Catalani, Angelica, 243

Cauvières, Dr., 145

Chaillot, rue de (Paris), 246

Chambres des Députés (Paris), 249

Champs Elysées (Paris), 248

Chartreuse of Valdemosa. See Valdemosa

Chateaubriand, François-René, Vicomte de, 56

Chatiron, Hippolyte, 149, 181

Chaussée d’Antin (Paris), 68, 154

Cherubini, Marie-Louis-Charles-Zénobi-Salvador, 58

Chmiel, improvisation from (Chopin), 31

Chopin: Compositions, Pieces, Transcriptions, etc.

Adagio of Concerto in F minor (op. 21), 34, 50, 173

Adagio in E major, 37

Ballade in G minor (op. 23), 85–86, 132, 145

Barcarolle (op. 60), 231

Berceuse (op. 57), 231

Chmiel, improvisation from, 31

Concerto In E minor (op. 11), 40, 50, 58, 70, 72

Concerto in F minor (op. 21), 34, 37, 50, 62, 84

Etude (no. 5), 176

Etude in C minor (op. 10, no. 12), 53

Etude in E major (no. 3), 70

Etude in G sharp minor, 161

Fantasia in E minor, 178

Fantasia on Polish Airs, 40

Funeral March, 150, 259

Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs, 70

Grande Polonaise, 84

Grande Valse in E flat major, 70

Impromptu (op. 29), 108

Mazurkas (op. 41), 149

Mazurka in A flat major, 150

Mazurka in B major, 150, 202

Mazurka in B minor (op. 30), 108

Mazurka in C minor (op. 30), 108

Mazurka in C sharp major (op. 30), 108

Mazurka in C sharp minor (op. 63), 150, 202

Mazurka in D flat major (op. 30), 108

Mazurka in E minor, 150

Mazurka in F minor (op. 63), 202

Mazurka in G major, 150

Mazurka in G minor (op. 30), 108

Nocturne (op. 37, no. 2), 149

Nocturne in C minor (op. 48), 150, 190–191

Nocturne in G major, 150

Polonaise Brillante, 73

Polonaise in F minor, 36

Polonaise for piano and violoncello, 36

Potpourri on the setting moon, 41

Prelude in B minor (no. 6), 258

Prelude in E minor (no. 4), 258

Prelude in B minor (op. 6), 139

Premier Rondo, in C minor (op. 1), 23

Revolutionary, The (Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12), 53

Rondeau in E flat major, 70

Rondo à la Krakoviak, 31, 37, 70

Second Scherzo (op. 31), 108

Siberian, The, 161, 162

Sonata in B flat minor, 150

Sonata in E flat minor, 149

Sonata in G flat minor, 178

Sonata in G minor, for piano and violoncello, 230

Sonata with violoncello, 202

Tarantella, 178

Three Mazurkas (op. 33), 108

Trio, for piano, violin, and violoncello, 70

Twelve Etudes (2nd vol., op. 25), 70

Two Nocturnes (op. 32), 108

Valses Brillantes (op. 34), 108, 178

Valse de l’Adieu, in A flat major (op. 69, no. 1), 81

Variations on the La ci darem, 26–27, 31, 32, 62

Waltz in D flat major (op. 70, no. 3), 34, 50

Waltz of the Little Dog, The (op. 64, no. 1), 231

White Lady, The, variations from, 31

Chopin, Emilie, 20

Chopin, Isabelle, 20, 66

Chopin, Louise, 18, 20, 60–62.

See also Jedrzeïewicz, Louise

Chopin, Nicolas, 18, 20, 22, 26, 30, 46, 59, 76–77, 80, 193–194

Chopin, Mme. Nicolas, 18, 19, 76–77, 194, 247–251.

See also Krzyzanowska, Justine

Cichowski, Monsieur, 82

Cimarosa, Domenico, 27

Clary, Prince, 33

Clary, Princess, 33

Clésinger, Jean-Baptiste-Auguste-Stello, 205–227, 233, 256, 260 et seq.

Clésinger, Mme., 214–227, 233, 237, 239, 241.

See also Sand, Solange

Coignet, Jules-Louis-Philippe, 186

Cologne, 71

Concerto in E minor (op. 11) (Chopin), 40, 50, 58, 70, 72

Concerto in F minor (op. 21) (Chopin), 34, 37, 50, 62, 84

Congress of Naturalists (Berlin), 27

Conservatory of Music (Paris), 73, 258

Conservatory of Music (Warsaw), 22, 23, 30

Constantin, Grand Duke, Governor of Warsaw, 21, 45

Cramer, pianist, 58

Crans, Mlle. Saladin de, 77

Cruveillé, Dr., 251 et seq.

Custine, Marquis de, 71, 93

Czartoryski, Prince Adam, 68, 159, 195, 205, 243, 259

Czartoryska, Princess Marceline, 195, 205, 208, 240, 243, 252–255

Czerny, Charles, 32, 33

Czosnowska, Countess, 202

Daguerry, Monsieur, 258

Daily News (London), 234

Dantan, Jean-Pierre, 182, 185

Dante, Alighieri, 46, 159

Danube, The, 41

Dautremont, tailor (Paris), 154

da Vinci, Leonardo, 67

de Garaudé, Monsieur, 231

Delacroix, Eugène, 156, 158, 163–167, 173, 180, 195, 205, 218, 243–246, 257, 259

de Laprade, Victor, 203

Delaroche, Hippolyte-Paul, 243

Desdemona (see also Othello), 58

des Préaulx, M., 205–206

Dickens, Charles, 234

Dictionnaire Philosophique (Voltaire), 252

di Mondi, Mlle. Antonia Molina, 230

Dobrzyçka, Mme., 43–44, 79

Don Juan (Mozart), 175

Douglas, Marquis of, 234

Dover Street (London), 232 et seq.

Dresden, 33, 43, 77–81

Dudevant, Aurore. See Sand, George

Dudevant, Casimir, 101, 197, 214, 222

Dudevant, Maurice. See Sand, Maurice

Dudevant, Solange. See Sand, Solange

Dupont, Alexis, 258

Duport, hatmaker (Paris), 154

Düsseldorf, 71, 86

Duteil, family of, 149

Duvernet, Théophile-Imarigeon, 149, 222

Dziady (The Feast of the Dead) (Miçkiewicz), 159

Ecole de Médecine. See School of Medicine (Paris)

Edinburgh, 235, 238, 241

Elbe, 79

Elizabeth, Queen, 67

El Mallorquin, 128

Elsner, Joseph-Xavier, 22, 37, 41, 60–62

Enfer, rue d’ (Paris), 56

Erard, piano, 171, 232

Erard, Salle, 72

Erskine, Mrs. See also Stirling, family, 232 et seq.

Etienne, Mme., 244

Etude (no. 5) (Chopin), 176

Etude in C minor (op. 10, no. 12) (Chopin), 53

Etude in E major (no. 3) (Chopin), 70

Etude in G sharp minor (Chopin), 161

Eusebius, 26

Euterpe, 78

Everard. See Bourges, Michel de

Faber, Monsieur, 202

Falmouth, Lord, 233–234

Fantasia in E minor (Chopin), 78

Fantasia on Polish Airs (Chopin), 40

Farewells, The (Sonata in E flat major) (Beethoven), 19

Faust (Gounod), 35

Ferdinand Cortez (Spontini), 27

Festival of Music (Aix-la-Chapelle), 71

Fétis, music critic, 63

Fidélio (Beethoven), 19

Field, pianist, 58, 70

Fleury, family of, 149

Fontana, Jules, 21, 127, 128, 132, 141, 145–146, 150, 153, 154–155, 159, 182, 185, 261

Fouquet, Nicolas, 67

France, Hôtel de (Paris), 102

Franchomme, violoncellist, 62, 159, 229, 230, 243, 251–252, 259

François I, 67

Françoise, the chambermaid, 200

François Le Champi (Sand), 224

Frankfurt-am-Oder, 28

Frauenkirche, The (Dresden), 80

Frère, Charles-Théodore, 186

Freyschutz Die (Handel), 27

Funeral March (Chopin), 150, 259

Gainsborough, Lady, 233–234

Gallenberg, Count, 30

Gaubert, Dr., 126

Gautier, Théophile, 258

Gavard, Charles, 252

Gavard, Mlle., 252, 255

Gazette Musicale (Paris), 178–180, 232

Geneva, 77, 102, 171

Genoa, 147

Geological Museum (Berlin), 28

Germany (Heine), 91

Giotto, Ambrogio, 157

Giraud, Monsieur, 258

Gladkowska, Constance, 30, 33–42, 44, 46, 48–50, 66

Glasgow, 238

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 19, 159

Gomez, Señor, 128, 132

Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs (Chopin), 70

Grande Polonaise (Chopin), 84

Grande Polonaise (Kalkbrenner), 62

Grande Valse in E flat major (Chopin), 70

Grenoble, 134

Grzymala, Count Albert, 65, 108–125, 127, 143, 153, 159, 205, 209–213, 235, 239–240, 242, 244

Gutmann, Monsieur, 70, 241, 243, 252–255, 259

Habeneck, conductor, 57

Hamilton, Duke of, 241

Handel, George Friedrich, 27

Hanska, Countess, 104, 107

Hartmann, Caroline, 70

Haslinger, music publisher (Vienna), 30, 44

Haydn, Joseph, 19, 202

Heine, Heinrich, 91, 102, 159, 173

Heller, Stephen, 168

Héloïse, 260

Hiller, Ferdinand, 62, 71, 102

Histoire de ma Vie (Sand), 221, 227

Hogarth, William, 234

Holy Cross, Church of (Warsaw), 259

Hortense, Queen, 77

House of the Wind, The (Majorca), 128–132

Houssaye, Arsène, 206

Hugo, Victor, 19

Hummel, Jean-Népomucène, 46, 50

Imperial Theatre (Vienna), 31

Infernal Comedy (Miçkiewicz), 161

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 163

Inquisition, Palace of (Barcelona), 128

Invalides, Hôtel des (Paris), 249

Invitation to the Waltz (von Weber), 187

Isambert, Mlle., singer, 62

Italian Opera House (Paris), 57

Italienne à Alger, L’ (Rossini), 57

Italy, 52, 218

Jagellons, dynasty of, 77

Janin, 258

Jardin des Plantes (Paris), 201

Jaroçki, Professor, 27–28

Jean, Prince of Lucca, future King of Saxony, 43–44

Jedrzeïewicz, Calasante, 193, 196, 247–250

Jedrzeïewicz, Louise, 193–195, 237–238, 247–250.

See also Chopin, Louise

Jelowiçki, Abbé Alexandre, 252–255

Jéna, battle of, 20

Jésuites, rue des (Warsaw), 22

Journal (Delacroix), 218, 244–246

Journal des Débats (Paris), 224

Journal Intime (Sand), 99–100, 169, 208

Jules II, 67

Kalerji, Mme., 245

Kalisz, 43

Kalkbrenner, Frédéric-Guillaume, 58–63, 70, 243

Karol, Prince (Sand), 185, 227.

See also Lucrezia Floriani

Keats, John, 19

Keir, The Stirlings of, 236, 239

Kisting, piano factory, 27

Kleczynski, Professor, 170

Klengel, Alexandre, composer, 33

Krakoviak. See Rondo à la Krakoviak (Chopin)

Krasinski, 159

Kreutzer Sonata (Beethoven), 19

Kronprinz, Hôtel du (Berlin), 27

Krzyzanowska, Justine, 18.

See also Chopin, Mme. Nicolas

Kurpinski, 37

Kwiatkowsky, 159, 256

Lablache, Mme. Louis, 57, 258

La Châtre (France), 207

Lady of the Lake, The (Rossini), 41

Laffitte, rue (Paris), 102

La Fontaine, Jean de, 19, 67, 172

Lambert, Hôtel (Paris), 205

Lamennais, Abbé de, 97, 102

Lannes, Maréchale, 68

Lefébure-Wély, 258

Légion d’Honneur, La, 258

Legouvé, Monsieur, 243

Leipzig, 81, 85

Leipzig, battle of, 79

Lélia (Sand), 97

Le Méléagre, 142

Lenz, Monsieur W. de, 186–188

Le Phénicien, 128

Leroux, Pierre, 159–160, 180, 199

Le Verier, Monsieur, 202

Lichnowsky, Count, 32

Lind, Jenny, 232, 243

Linde, Mme., 23

Liszt, Franz, 19, 21, 31, 50, 62, 63, 65, 68, 70, 75, 86, 93, 101, 103, 139, 146, 167, 171–176, 178, 181, 186, 257

Lorraine (France), 18

Louis XVI, King, 56

Louis, Dr., 243, 251 et seq.

Louis-Philippe, King, 177–178, 228–230

Louvre, The (Paris), 164

Lucca, Prince of. See Jean

Lucrezia Floriani (Sand), 185, 200–201, 209, 240

Luxembourg, Musée du (Paris), 205

Madeleine, Church of the (Paris), 240, 258

Majorca, 128–143, 149, 240, 258.

See also Balearic Isles, Palma, Valdemosa

Malfatti, Dr., 51

Malibran, Maria-Félicité Garcia, 57–58

Mallefille, Félicien, 103, 111, 116, 119, 121, 123–124, 127

Manchester, 238

Manchester Guardian, 238

Marainville (France), 18

Mardi Gras, 137

Mare Au Diable, La (Sand), 224

Marliani, Mme., 108, 128, 131, 142–143, 147, 184, 185, 187, 226

Marie-Aurore of Saxe, Queen, 198

Marienbad, 87–88

Marmontel, 58

Marot, Clément, 67

Marseilles, 143–147, 149

Matuszinski, Dr. Jean, 47–49, 53, 71, 127, 130, 155, 192

Maurras, Charles, 34

Mazurkas (op. 41) (Chopin), 149

Mazurka in A flat major (Chopin), 150

Mazurka in C sharp major (op. 30) (Chopin), 108

Mazurka in C sharp minor (op. 63) (Chopin), 150, 202

Mazurka in C minor (op. 30) (Chopin), 108

Mazurka in D flat major (op. 30) (Chopin), 108

Mazurka in E minor (Chopin), 150

Mazurka in F minor (op. 63) (Chopin), 202

Mazurka in G major (Chopin), 150

Mazurka in G major (op. 63) (Chopin), 202

Mazurka in G minor (op. 30) (Chopin), 108

Mémoires (Sand), 224, 245

Mendelssohn, Bartholdy Felix, 27, 71, 72, 81, 86

Mendizabal, Don Juan Alvarez y, 130

Mérimée, Prosper, 95–96

Merry Wives of Windsor, The (Shakespeare), 67

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 64, 109, 231, 258–259

Michelangelo, Buomarroti, 67, 174

Miçkiewicz, 91, 102, 159–160

Milan, 77, 228

Mohilew, General, 53

Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin), 19

Molin, Dr., 243

Montpensier, Duke of, 229

Moschelès, Ignace, 23, 70, 177

Moscow, 53

Moses, 160

Moses (Rossini), 33

Mostowska, Countess, 108

Mozart, Wolfgang von, 26, 29, 69, 158, 163–165, 174–175, 177, 229, 230, 255, 258

Munich, 53

Musset, Viscount Alfred de, 98–100, 105, 126, 147, 148, 221, 260

Nantes, 229

Naples, 146

Napoleon I, Emperor, 17, 79

Napoleon III, Emperor. See Napoleon, Prince Louis

Napoleon, Prince Louis, 77, 98

Nidecki, 47

Niemcewicz, Julian-Orsin, 21

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 144, 165, 190–191

Night Song (Nietzsche), 190

Noailles, Duke of, 243

Nocturne (op. 37, no. 2) (Chopin), 149

Nocturne in C minor (op. 48) (Chopin), 150, 190–191

Nocturne in G major (Chopin), 150

Nohant, Château de, 101, 103–107, 147 et seq., 237, 239

Notre Dame de Paris, Church of (Paris), 249

Nourrit, Adolph, 102, 146

Obreskow, Mme., 247–248

O’Meara, Mlle., 69

Opera, The (Berlin), 27

Opera, The (Warsaw), 30, 35

Orleans, Duchess of, 177

Orleans, Duke of, 229

Orléans, Square d’ (Paris), 185 et seq., 242, 248

Orlowski, 70–71

Orsetti, family of, 77

Osborne, pianist, 62

Ostend, 250

Othello (Rossini), 57

Paderewski, Ignace, 54

Paër, Fernando, 35, 58

Paganini, Nicolo, 51

Paix, rue de la, 240

Palma, 128, 142.

See also Majorca, Balearic Isles, Valdemosa

Panthéon, The (Paris), 249

Papet, Dr., 149

Paskewitch, General, 46, 53

Pasta, Giuditta Negri, 57, 58

Pelletan, 102

Père-Lachaise, Cemetery of (Paris), 259 et seq.

Perpignan, 127

Perthuis, Count de, 170, 177

Philharmonic Orchestra (London), 232

Pierre, the gardener, 200

Pigalle, rue (Paris), 154 et seq.

Pixis, violinist, 33

Plater, Count, 65

Pleyel, Camille, 62, 93, 127–128, 129, 130, 141, 146, 229

Pleyel, piano, 90, 91, 171, 232, 242

Pleyel, Salon, 62, 72, 178–180, 229–232

Poissonnière, Boulevard (Paris), 56 et seq., 228

Polonaise Brillante (Chopin), 73

Polonaise in F minor (Chopin), 36

Polonaise for piano and violoncello (Chopin), 36

Poniatowski, Prince Joseph-Antoine, 79

Pont du Gard, 127

Posen, 28

Potoçka, Countess Delphine, 69, 73–75, 243, 245, 254–255

Potpourri on the setting moon (Chopin), 41

Prague, 32–33

Prelude in B minor (no. 6) (Chopin), 258

Prelude in E minor (no. 4) (Chopin), 258

Prelude in G minor (op. 6) (Chopin), 139

Premier Rondo, in C minor (op. 1) (Chopin), 23

Preparatory Military Academy (Warsaw), 20

Probst, music publisher (Paris), 141, 146

Prophet, The (Meyerbeer), 246

Prussia, Napoleon’s campaign in, 18

Prussia, Prince of, 233

Quatuor Serioso (Beethoven), 19

Quintette (Beethoven), 62

Racine, Jean, 19

Radziwill, Prince Antoine, 23–24, 35, 38

Radziwill, Princess, 35

Radziwill, Princess Elise, 24, 36

Radziwill, Princess Marceline, 68

Radziwill, Prince Valentin, 67

Radziwill, Princess Wanda, 24, 36

Ramorino, General, 56

Ravel, Maurice, 231

Reber, Monsieur, 255

Rénovateur, Le (Paris), 72

Republican Party (Paris), 55

Requiem (Mozart), 258

Revolution of 1830 (Poland), 45, 77

Revolution of 1848 (France), 228

Revolutionary, The (Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12) (Chopin), 53

Revue des Deux Mondes (Paris), 153

Richter, Johann-Paul von, 75

Robert the Devil (Meyerbeer), 64, 231

Rochechouart, rue (Paris), 130

Roger, Monsieur, 231

Rollinat, François, 143, 149

Rome, 65, 228

Rondeau in E flat major (Chopin), 70

Rondo à la Krakoviak (Chopin), 31, 37, 70

Rossini, Gioachino, 31, 33, 41, 57, 58

Roth, Dr., 243

Rothschild, Baron James de, 68

Rothschild, Baroness, 233, 243

Rousseau, Théodore, 214

Rozières, Mlle. de, 181–182, 208, 215–217, 240

St.-Antoine, Place (Geneva), 77

Saint Bruno, 134

St.-Etienne, Church of (Vienna), 46

Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin de, 96, 117, 161

St.-Etienne du Mont, Church of (Paris), 249

St.-Germain des Prés, Church of (Paris), 190

St.-Germain l’Auxerrois, Church of (Paris), 249

St. John, 159

St.-Louis, Mont (Paris), 260

St. Petersburg, 187

Saint-Saëns, Charles-Camille, 86

St.-Simon, Henri-Jean-Victor de Rouvroy, Duc de, 97

St. Simonien Party (Paris), 55

St.-Sulpice, Church of (Paris), 249

Salzburg, 53

Sand, George, 56, 94 et seq.

Sand, Maurice, 102, 110, 126, 131, 137–138, 150, 153, 155, 166–167, 181, 188, 196–197, 203, 207, 208, 219, 237, 245

Sand, Solange, 102, 126, 132, 137, 150, 153, 155, 188, 197–199, 203, 205–227.

See also Clésinger, Mme.

Sandeau, Jules, 95, 104, 201

Sapieha, Princess, 195

Saxe, Maréchal de, 94

Saxony, King of. See Jean, Prince of Lucca

Saxony, Queen of, 44

Scheffer, Ary, 236

Schlesinger, publisher (Paris), 146, 244

School of Medicine (Paris), 55, 71

Schubert, Franz, 146, 174–175

Schumann, Robert, 19, 23, 26, 29, 75, 81, 85, 86, 170, 174, 178

Scott, Sir Walter, 234

Secret Marriage, The (Cimarosa), 27

Secrétaire Intime, Le (Sand), 106

Seine, The, 41

Shakespeare, William, 67, 149, 174

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 19

Shroeder-Devrient, 58

Siberian, The (Chopin), 161–162

Simon, Dr., 243

Skarbeck, Countess, 18

Slavik, violinist, 51

Slowacki, 159

Smithson, Henrietta, 72

Socrates, 159

Somerset, Duchess of, 233

Sonata in B flat minor (Chopin), 150

Sonata in E flat major (Beethoven), 19

Sonata in E flat minor (Chopin), 149

Sonata in G flat minor (Chopin), 178

Sonata in G minor for piano and violoncello (Chopin), 230

Sonata with violoncello (Chopin), 202

Sontag, German singer, 38

Sowinski, pianist, 62, 65

Spain, King of, 243

Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico, 27

Sprée, The, 41

Stafford House (London), 233–234

Stamati, pianist, 62

Stars, The (Schubert), 146

Stendhal (Marie Henri Beyle), 19, 127

Stirling, Jane, 228 et seq., 256 et seq.

Stradivarius, 261

Strauss, Johann, 51

Stuttgart, 53

Sue, Eugène, 102

Sutherland, Duchess of, 233

Swedenborg, Emmanuel, 160

Tarantella (Chopin), 178

Tempe, valley of, 50

Teplitz, 33

Théâtre Italien (Paris), 72

“Three Glorious Days” (Paris), 228

Three Mazurkas (op. 33) (Chopin), 108

Tiber, The, 41

Tilsit, battle of, 18

Titus. See Woyçieckowski, Titus

Tomeoni, Mlle., singer, 62

Torphichen, Lord, 235

Tours, 237

Trio for piano, violin and violoncello (Chopin), 70

Trio for piano, violin and violoncello (Mozart), 230

Tronchet, rue (Paris), 154

Tuileries, The (Paris), 249

Twelve Etudes (2nd vol., op. 25) (Chopin), 70

Ukraine, 65

Urhan, violinist, 62

Val de Grâce Hospital (Paris), 249

Valdemosa, Chartreuse of, 129, 133–142, 258.

See also Palma, Majorca, Balearic Isles

“Valse de l’Adieu” in A flat major (op. 69, no. 1) (Chopin), 81

Valses Brillantes (op. 34) (Chopin), 108, 178

Variations on the La ci darem (Chopin), 26–27, 31, 32, 62

Vaucluse, 127

Vaudemont, Princess de, 68

Vendôme, Place (Paris), 251 et seq.

Venice, 98

Veron, Louis-Désiré, 57

Veronese, Paul, 234

Viardot, Louis, 221

Viardot, Pauline, 159, 185, 187, 195, 258

Victoria, Queen, 234

Vienna, 31, 41, 46, 53, 238

Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet, 252

Wagner, Richard, 19, 59, 69, 257

Wagram, battle of, 18

Waltz in D flat major (op. 70, no. 3) (Chopin), 34, 50

“Waltz of the Little Dog” (op. 64, no. 1) (Chopin), 231

Warsaw, 20, 33, 35, 36, 38, 44, 45–46, 53, 76, 89, 192, 228, 259

Warsaw, Duchy of, 18

Warsaw High School, 20

Wellington, Duke of, 233

Westminster, Duke of, 233

White Lady, The, improvisation from (Chopin), 31

Wieck, Clara, 70, 81

Wieck, Herr, 81

Wiener Theaterzeitung (Vienna), 32

Wilna, 79

Winter at Majorca (Sand), 132

Witwicki, Polish writer, 52

Wodzinska, Countess, 80–92

Wodzinska, Marie, 76–93, 182, 194

Wodzinska, Mlle. Thérèse, 84, 92

Wodzinski, Casimir, 80, 82, 90

Wodzinski, Count Antoine, 83, 181

Wodzinski, family, 21, 77–93, 181

Wodzinski, Félix, 80, 82

Wodzinski, Palatin, 79–80

Wola, suburb of Warsaw, 41

Wolowski, deputy, 260

Woyciechowski, Titus, 21, 34, 36–39, 43–46, 50, 53, 57, 58, 64, 251

Young French Party (Paris), 55

zal, 25

Zamboni, conductor, 57

Zarathustra (Nietzsche), 191

Zelazowa, Wola, 18, 19

Zielinski, 41

Zullichau (Poland), 28

Zwinger Museum (Dresden), 79

Zywny, 22

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