# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Table of Contents

CONTENTS.
| NO. | | PAGE |
| 88. | A Basso's Wit, | 86 |
| 254. | A Bold Pupil, | 249 |
| 40. | A Boy's Memory, | 43 |
| 211. | A Burial Place Denied, | 207 |
| 291. | A Charitable Trio, | 290 |
| 229. | A Comical Revenge, | 226 |
| 30. | A Concert Preacher, | 35 |
| 232. | A Compliment from Haydn, | 228 |
| 96. | A Composer's Chagrin, | 92 |
| 206. | A Costly Fiddle, | 204 |
| 19. | A Critical Composition, | 26 |
| 190. | A Deserved Chastisement, | 187 |
| 144. | A Double Dose of Brahms, | 145 |
| 265. | A Dressing-room War, | 260 |
| 63. | A Fiddler's Trick, | 64 |
| 98. | A Frightened Desdemona, | 95 |
| 224. | A Great German Songstress, | 220 |
| 183. | A Great Thief, | 180 |
| 153. | A Gentle Critic, | 154 |
| 227. | A Gory Drumstick, | 223 |
| 135. | A Great Quartet, | 135 |
| 75. | A Hatful of Pearls, | 74 |
| 186. | A Kind Act, | 185 |
| 249. | A Little Trick of Paganini's, | 245 |
| 197. | A Long Encore Number, | 195 |
| 37. | A Musical Priest, | 41 |
| 217. | A Musical Tragedy, | 213 |
| 193. | A Narrow Escape, | 190 |
| 233. | A Particular Prima Donna, | 229 |
| 114. | A Patient Pupil, | 111 |
| 72. | A Patti Reception that She Didn't Receive, | 72 |
| 105. | A Peculiar Genius, | 101 |
| 288. | A Peculiar Visiting Card, | 285 |
| 260. | A Prima Donna's Pets, | 255 |
| 50. | A Queen's Regard for her Music Teacher, | 53 |
| 92. | A Second Napoleon, | 89 |
| 146. | A Sharp Rejoinder, | 147 ​ |
| 93. | A Singer's Sense, | 90 |
| 225. | A Sight for the Boys, | 222 |
| 61. | A Song for Forty, | 62 |
| 13. | A Sudden Cure, | 21 |
| 10. | A Test of Precocity, | 18 |
| 194. | A Pyrotechnic Violoncello, | 191 |
| 142. | A Violin for Eighteen Pence, | 143 |
| 52. | A Witty Songstress, | 55 |
| 117. | Absent Minded, | 115 |
| 159. | An Absent-minded Conductor, | 159 |
| 36. | An Army, a Cow, and a Prima Donna, | 40 |
| 51. | An Earnest Student, | 54 |
| 78. | An Episode in the Life of an Artist, | 76 |
| 257. | An Erratic Prima Donna, | 252 |
| 178. | An Even Distribution of Honors, | 176 |
| 110. | An Eventful Career, | 106 |
| 215. | An Exciting Musical Duel, | 211 |
| 58. | An Ignorant Tenor, | 59 |
| 157. | An Interrupted Concert, | 157 |
| 216. | An Interrupted Strain, | 213 |
| 172. | An Interrupted Opera, | 170 |
| 222. | An Obese Basso, | 219 |
| 256. | An Opera Sacrificed, | 251 |
| 25. | An Uncringing Reply, | 31 |
| 46. | An Unorthodox Creed, | 48 |
| 22. | An Untalented Royal Pupil, | 28 |
| 69. | Another Way, | 69 |
| 42. | Artistic Aversion to Empty Honors, | 45 |
| 266. | Aristocratic Patronage—Haydn's Farewell, | 261 |
| 243. | Arrested for Treason, | 238 |
| 154. | Art Before Business, | 155 |
| 280. | Artistic Pride, | 276 |
| 207. | Bach's Great Works. How Enjoyed by Some, | 204 |
| 6. | Balfe's Strange Room Mate, | 14 |
| 44. | Baton Waving. Lully Losing a Limb, | 46 |
| 202. | Beethoven a la Cupid, | 199 |
| 271. | Beethoven, Brain-owner, | 267 |
| 150. | Beethoven's First Triumph, | 151 |
| 292. | Beethoven's Forgetfulness, | 291 |
| 281. | Beethoven's Friends, | 276 |
| 218. | Beethoven's Gratitude, | 215 |
| 34. | Beethoven's Kiss, | 39 |
| 173. | Beethoven Punished, | 171 |
| 7. | Berlioz and Paganini, | 15 |
| 156. | Bülow's Bits, | 156 |
| 231. | But One Seat Left, | 228 |
| 235. | Campanini as a Soldier, | 231 |
| 28. | Catalani and Goethe, | 33 |
| 138. | Cherubini as a Revolutionary Fiddler, | 139 |
| 219. | Choleric Händel, | 216 |
| 125. | Chopin's Technic, | 125 |
| 101. | Clementi's Economy, | 98 |
| 113. | Clerical Wit, | 110 |
| 139. | Conscientious Acting and Singing, | 140 |
| 158. | Coöperative Composition, | 158 |
| 160. | Costly Admiration, | 159 |
| 297. | Cuzzoni—Bordoni, | 295 |
| 251. | Delayed Appreciation, | 247 |
| 5. | Discovering a Nightingale, | 13 |
| 85. | Disposing of an Audience, | 84 |
| 79. | Earning a Violin Easily, | 78 |
| 198. | "Englyshe Meetre," | 195 |
| 264. | Fallible, | 259 |
| 115. | Field Fooled, | 113 |
| 49. | Forewarned is Forearmed, | 51 |
| 277. | Fortunes in Fiddles, | 272 |
| 167. | French Wit, | 165 |
| 180. | Friends, | 178 |
| 131. | From Humble Origin to Wealth and Fame, | 131 |
| 276. | Fugues and Chess, | 272 |
| 188. | Fun on the Stage, | 186 |
| 132. | Gallant Haydn, | 133 |
| 247. | Genius Discovered by Punishment, | 243 |
| 4. | Glimpses of Cherubini, | 12 |
| 296. | Gluck—Piccinni, | 294 |
| 262. | Goat Hair for Hero Worshipers, | 257 |
| 24. | Good English in Song, | 29 |
| 176. | Gounod's Faust, | 173 |
| 228. | Great Musical Memories, | 224 |
| 295. | Händel—Buononcini, | 293 |
| 151. | Händel's Duel, | 152 |
| 74. | Händel's Escape, | 74 |
| 23. | Händel's Persuasiveness, | 29 |
| 87. | Händel's Successful Scheme, | 85 |
| 141. | Händel's Youth, | 142 |
| 94. | Haydn's Noble English Pupil, | 91 |
| 286. | Haydn's Last Appearance, | 283 |
| 181. | Haydn's Reception by Prince Esterhazy, | 178 ​ |
| 18. | He Didn't Purchase, | 25 |
| 39. | High Art, | 43 |
| 8. | History Repeats Itself, | 16 |
| 274. | Honest Opinions, | 269 |
| 82. | How Berlioz Fooled the Critics, | 80 |
| 122. | How Paganini Secured his Favorite Fiddle, | 121 |
| 68. | How to Make a Singer Sing, | 68 |
| 60. | How to Secure a Successful Début, | 61 |
| 285. | Humor in Composition, | 280 |
| 191. | Il Trovatore, | 188 |
| 169. | Imagination a Factor in Hearing Music, | 167 |
| 200. | Impositions on Musicians, | 197 |
| 128. | In Bülow's Class-Room, | 128 |
| 11. | Irish Enthusiasm, | 19 |
| 54. | Jealousy in the Family, | 56 |
| 270. | Jenny Lind's Generosity, | 266 |
| 104. | Keeping at It, | 101 |
| 20. | Keep in with the Accompanist, | 27 |
| 95. | Lablache and Tom Thumb, | 92 |
| 67. | Leoncavallo's Whimsical Opinion of his "Clowns," | 67 |
| 149. | Lind's First Engagement, | 150 |
| 242. | Liszt as an Advertiser, | 238 |
| 250. | Liszt's Completion of the Beethoven Monument, | 246 |
| 123. | Liszt on Mendelssohn, | 122 |
| 130. | Liszt's Playing and his Generosity, | 130 |
| 103. | Liszt's Precocity, | 99 |
| 269. | Liszt's Reply to Louis Philippe, | 265 |
| 299. | Liszt—Thalberg, | 298 |
| 134. | Lives of Labor, | 134 |
| 241. | Longevity of Musicians, | 235 |
| 71. | Manuscript for Kettles, | 71 |
| 81. | Malibran's Generosity, | 79 |
| 124. | Mara's Revenge, | 124 |
| 76. | Mendelssohn Composing for Fun, | 75 |
| 35. | Mendelssohn's Dislike of Meyerbeer, | 39 |
| 234. | Mendelssohn's Kindness, | 230 |
| 143. | Mendelssohn at Work, | 144 |
| 195. | Misdirected and Repressed Talent, | 192 |
| 109. | Modulations, | 105 |
| 53. | Moscheles' Blunder, | 55 |
| 65. | Mozart's Acknowledgment | 66 |
| 170. | Musical and Non-Musical Accent, | 168 ​ |
| 38. | Musical Criticism, | 42 |
| 279. | Musical Cooks, | 275 |
| 56. | Musical Gratitude, | 57 |
| 283. | Music for the Eye, | 279 |
| 83. | Music Hath Charms, | 81 |
| 43. | Music and Madness, | 46 |
| 102. | Music at So Much per Note, | 99 |
| 192. | Music vs. Commerce, | 189 |
| 220. | Music vs. Conversation | 217 |
| 111. | Napoleon Outwitted by a Songtress, | 108 |
| 253. | Nasal, | 249 |
| 108. | Nilsson and the Shah of Persia, | 103 |
| 213. | Not at First Sight, | 210 |
| 239. | Not the Geese that Saved Rome, | 234 |
| 17. | Ole Bull as a Duelist, | 25 |
| 14. | Ole Bull at "Rouge-et-Noir," | 22 |
| 89. | Old Words to New Tunes, | 87 |
| 278. | One Kind of Criticism, | 274 |
| 66. | Operatic Sore Throat, | 66 |
| 209. | Original Tapestry, | 206 |
| 289. | Origin of the Name "Kreutzer Sonata," | 286 |
| 273. | Our Musical Advancement, | 268 |
| 15. | Outspoken Admiration, | 23 |
| 252. | Overfed Composers, | 248 |
| 152. | Paganini's Generous Deed, | 153 |
| 226. | Paganini in Court Dress, | 222 |
| 261. | Paganini's Method of Study, | 256 |
| 177. | Patti, Madame, | 174 |
| 100. | Patti's Vanity, | 97 |
| 208. | Peculiar English, | 205 |
| 64. | Personal Appearance, | 64 |
| 12. | Playing like "Zwei Gotts," | 21 |
| 86. | Playing on a Shoe, | 85 |
| 175. | Pot-boilers, | 172 |
| 55. | Prejudice, | 56 |
| 223. | Preserving Identity, | 220 |
| 45. | Prima Donnas Come High, | 48 |
| 282. | Prolific Composers, | 278 |
| 182. | Proving Identity, | 179 |
| 187. | Public Criticism, | 185 |
| 179. | Rapid Composition, | 176 |
| 27. | Rather a Hard Opponent to Conquer, | 33 |
| 136. | Rec'd in Full of A/c, | 137 ​ |
| 214. | Restoring an Organ, | 210 |
| 99. | Retentive Memories, | 96 |
| 248. | Richard Wagner and the Number "13," | 244 |
| 163. | Royal Honors to a Singer, | 162 |
| 290. | Royal Musicians, | 286 |
| 133. | Rossini and the Italian School, | 133 |
| 293. | Rossini's Arrogance, | 291 |
| 70. | Rossini Hearing the Impossible, | 70 |
| 244. | Rothschild's Music, | 240 |
| 259. | Sarcasm, | 254 |
| 116. | Saving a Fiddle, | 114 |
| 230. | Scherzo, | 227 |
| 162. | Schubert's "Erl-King," | 161 |
| 272. | Schubert's Modesty, | 268 |
| 80. | Schubert's Serenade, | 78 |
| 246. | Schumann's Failure, | 242 |
| 284. | Schumann's Madness, | 279 |
| 127. | Securing Music under Difficulties, | 127 |
| 106. | Shaking all Over, | 102 |
| 41. | Slippers at a Premium, | 44 |
| 121. | Some Liberal Musicians, | 120 |
| 298. | Sontag—Malibran, | 297 |
| 91. | Sontag's Revenge, | 88 |
| 26. | Southern Passion, | 32 |
| 126. | Spohr as a Horn Player, | 126 |
| 263. | Stage Censorship, | 258 |
| 112. | Stubborn Composers, | 109 |
| 240. | That Patti Kiss, | 235 |
| 2. | The Bach Revival, | 10 |
| 90. | The Composer's Debt to Nature, | 88 |
| 164. | The Deaf Beethoven, | 163 |
| 155. | The "Dear Saxon," | 155 |
| 196. | The Discovery of a Tenor, | 193 |
| 199. | "The Devil on Two Sticks," | 197 |
| 47. | The Devil's Trill, | 49 |
| 73. | The Encore Fiend, | 73 |
| 300. | The Financial Circumstances of the Great Composers, | 300 |
| 97. | The Friends, Mozart and Haydn, | 93 |
| 57. | The Greater the Composer the Greater the Student, | 58 |
| 9. | The Greatest Musical Prodigy, | 17 |
| 1. | The Gregorian Chant, | 9 |
| 201. | The Hallelujah Chorus, | 199 |
| 119. | The "Harmonious Blacksmith," | 117 |
| 267. | The Hebrew in Music, | 263 |
| 287. | The Heroic in Music, | 283 ​ |
| 165. | The History of a Violin, | 163 |
| 210. | The Manual Labor of Composition, | 207 |
| 275. | The Modern Tendency, | 271 |
| 29. | The Music but Not the Face, | 35 |
| 107. | The "Ox" Minuet, | 103 |
| 140. | The Peculiarities of Genius, | 141 |
| 118. | The Prima Donna of the Eighteenth Century, | 116 |
| 245. | The “Prison Josephs," | 241 |
| 77. | The Right Kind of a Patron, | 76 |
| 268. | The Story of Mozart's Requiem, | 264 |
| 62. | The Temple Organ, | 63 |
| 189. | The Thirty-three Variations, | 187 |
| 120. | The Ups and Downs of a Singer's Life, | 118 |
| 221. | The World's Reward to Genius, | 217 |
| 21. | The Youthful Beethoven's Trick on a Singer, | 27 |
| 185. | Their Favorite Surroundings for Composition, | 182 |
| 59. | Three Classes of Players, | 60 |
| 294. | To a Pauper's Grave, | 292 |
| 236. | To Make a Player Play, | 231 |
| 168. | Too Literal, | 166 |
| 31. | Traveling in State, | 36 |
| 237. | True Kindliness, | 232 |
| 32. | Tuning Up, | 37 |
| 147. | Two Kinds of Bills, | 147 |
| 145. | Unfailing Sight Reading an Impossibility, | 146 |
| 48. | Unlucky Manuscripts, | 50 |
| 174. | Violin Collectors, | 172 |
| 238. | Viotti's Independence, | 233 |
| 129. | Viotti's Tin Fiddle, | 129 |
| 33. | Voice Against Trumpet, | 38 |
| 148. | Von Bülow as a Political Speaker, | 149 |
| 184. | Von Bülow's Memory, | 182 |
| 212. | Von Bülow's Peculiarities, | 209 |
| 171. | Von Weber to a Bawling Choir, | 169 |
| 166. | "Vorts" vs. Music, | 164 |
| 204. | Vox Populi, | 201 |
| 255. | Wagner's Activity, | 250 |
| 203. | Wagner and the Beggars, | 200 |
| 84. | Wagner's Melodies and Chords, | 83 |
| 137. | Wagner's Working Costume, | 137 |
| 205. | What's in a Name, | 202 |
| 258. | When They Began, | 253 |
| 16. | Whims of Composers, | 24 |
| 3. | Why We Should Sing, | 11 |
| 161. | Wine and Music, | 160 |