Chapter 11

FAMOUS QUARTETS.

Quartet playing is at once the delight and the despair of the amateur, who finds no greater pleasure than an evening spent in endeavouring to unravel the intricacies of chamber music, nor any keener disappointment than the realisation that it is capable of far better interpretation.

For the professional there are many influences which cause him to hesitate before he launches forth upon the quicksands of public performance. The first necessity in professional quartet playing is the devotion of a large amount of time to the acquisition of a perfect ensemble. A quartet may be likened unto a family, in which the members learn to know one another by being brought up together, and few are the professionals who can sacrifice the time necessary for the acquisition of this perfect ensemble.

Apparently very little was done previous to the nineteenth century in the way of quartet concerts, but Baillot founded a series of quartet concerts in Paris, which were highly spoken of, and about the same time Schuppanzigh, an excellent violinist and teacher in Vienna, established a quartet which became famous. In this quartet Mayseder played, in his younger days, second violin. Mayseder was considered the foremost violinist in Vienna, but he never travelled as a virtuoso.

When Spohr went first to Leipzig and was unknown, he had to find a way by which he could attract attention to himself,--in those days the advertising agent was not much in evidence,--so that he might give a concert with a reasonable prospect of success. The rich merchants, to whom he had brought letters of introduction, knew nothing of him and received him coldly. "I was very anxious to be invited to play at one of their music parties in order to draw attention to myself," Spohr says in his autobiography, "and my wish was fulfilled, for I was invited to a grand party and asked to play something. I chose one of the loveliest of the six new quartets of Beethoven, with which I had often charmed my hearers in Brunswick. But after a few bars I already noticed that my accompanists knew not the music and were quite incapable of playing it. This disturbed me, and my dismay increased when I observed that the assembled company paid little attention to my playing. Conversation became general, and ultimately so loud as almost to drown the music. I rose in the midst of the music, hurried to my violin case without saying a word, and was on the point of putting my instrument away. This made quite a sensation in the company, and the host approached me questioningly. I met him with the remark,--which could be heard everywhere,--'I have always been accustomed to be listened to with attention. As it has been otherwise here, I thought the company would prefer that I should stop.' The host did not know at first how to reply, and retired somewhat discomfited. As I made preparations for leaving, after having excused myself to the other musicians, the host came up and said, quite amicably: 'If you could but play something else, something more suitable to the taste and capacity of the company, you would find them an attentive and grateful audience.' It was clear to me before that I had chosen the wrong music in the first instance for such a company, and I was glad enough now to have an opportunity to change it. So I took up my violin again and played Rode's E flat quartet, which the musicians already knew and accompanied well enough. This time there was perfect silence, and the enthusiasm for my playing increased with each movement. At the end of the quartet so much flattery was heaped upon me that I trotted out my hobby-horse,--the G variations of Rode. With this piece I made quite a sensation, and for the remainder of the evening I was the object of the most flattering attention."

This little episode shows that Beethoven was not fully appreciated, and it also shows that quartet playing was regarded at that time in an entirely different light from that in which we are accustomed to think of it to-day. We do not consider the first violinist a soloist and the rest merely his accompaniment, but each member of the quartet is practically of equal importance.

Lambert Joseph Massart, the eminent teacher of Paris, is said to have been an excellent quartet player, and often, with his wife, an admirable pianist, he gave delightful chamber concerts.

Few violinists have been more closely associated with quartet playing than Ferdinand David, in his way one of the most celebrated violinists. Little is known of his early youth except that he was born at Hamburg in 1810, and was there at the time of the French occupation. It has been said that he played in a concert at ten years of age and at thirteen became a pupil of Spohr at Cassel. He made a concert tour with his sister, Madame Dulcken, and in 1827 entered the orchestra of the Königstadt Theatre at Berlin. Here he became acquainted with Mendelssohn, with whom he was from that time on terms of the greatest intimacy. While in Berlin he was heard by a wealthy musical amateur named Liphart, who lived at Dorpat, and who maintained a private quartet. He engaged David, who eventually married his daughter, to lead this quartet, and for several years the young violinist remained in Dorpat, though he found opportunity to make some concert tours through the north of Europe.

When Mendelssohn was appointed conductor of the Gewandhaus concerts at Leipzig, he sent for David and made him concert master, which post he occupied from 1836. Seven years later the conservatory was founded by Mendelssohn, and David became professor of violin, in which position his influence became great and beneficial.

In Leipzig David established a quartet, which was one of the best, if not the very best, in its day, though it may have been surpassed later by the Florentine Quartet and those of Joachim, in London and Berlin, and possibly by Brodsky's later Leipzig quartet.

David died in 1873, beloved and respected, and will be remembered as one of the most refined musicians and admirable teachers of the century.

Josef Hellmesberger, one of the most brilliant violinists and noted teachers of Vienna, founded, in 1849, a quartet which achieved an immense reputation. His associates were Heissler, Durst, and Schlesinger. Hellmesberger made a point of finding works of merit which had sunk into oblivion, but which were worthy of a hearing. Hellmesberger spent the whole of his life in Vienna, with the exception of a tour in 1847, and he held the highest musical office in the Austrian Empire, that of director of the Imperial Band.

A story which is told of him bears testimony to his remarkable musical instinct. Teresa Milanollo, in 1840, took a new manuscript by De Bériot to Vienna. She wished to keep it for her own use, and did not show it to anybody. Hellmesberger heard it played at two rehearsals, and then went home and wrote out the whole work from memory.

No small portion of the immense influence which Joachim has wielded in the musical world has been directed toward quartet playing, and he has established a quartet in London and another one at Berlin, which both bear an enviable reputation. His chamber music classes, too, at the Berlin High School, tend to develop admirable quartet players; thus we find Marie Soldat organising a ladies' quartet which had a good career, and Gabrielle Wietrowitz taking the place of first violin in the excellent ladies' quartet formed in England by Miss Emily Shinner.[1] Miss Shinner, whose efforts in the artistic world have been of great value, and whose quartet has an immense reputation in England, was also a pupil of Joachim.

[Footnote 1: The Shinner Quartet consisted of Miss Emily Shinner (Mrs. F. Liddell), first violin, Miss Lucy H. Stone, second violin, Miss Cecilia Gates, viola, and Miss Florence Hemmings, violoncello.]

The "Florentine Quartet" was founded by Jean Becker, a violinist of excellent ability, who made his mark in Europe about the middle of the nineteenth century. Becker was travelling in Italy in 1865, and settled in Florence for a time, during which he organised the above-mentioned quartet, with Masi, second violin, Chiostri, viola, and Hilpert, violoncello. In Florence there existed a society for the performance of chamber music, which had been established by a wealthy professor named Bazzini, a violinist and composer who travelled much, and whose influence in Italy, in the cause of German music, was of great value. Bazzini was born in 1818 and died in 1897.

From time to time this society gave subscription concerts, and Becker was invited to lead ten such concerts during the winter of 1865-66. He consented to do so, but found the quartet in a state of dissolution. He brought Hilpert with him, and engaged Masi as second violin, Chiostro being the only member of the original quartet. Masi was not accustomed to chamber music, but Becker took him in hand and he improved rapidly. In order to still enhance his value in the quartet, Becker presented him with a Stradivarius violin. They remained in Florence until their ensemble was absolutely perfect, and then began a series of tours which took them all over Europe. In Vienna the quartet was subjected to comparison with those of Hellmesberger and of Joachim, for the former had just given six chamber concerts, and the latter three. The first concert given by the Florentine Quartet was thinly attended, but the report of its excellence brought an overflowing audience to the second concert, and in all ten were given during the remainder of the season.

About 1875 Hilpert withdrew, and his place was filled by Hegyesi, who remained with the quartet until it was disbanded in 1880.

An excellent series of quartet concerts was founded in Stuttgart by Edmund Singer, who was appointed professor of violin in the Conservatorium, leader of the court music, and chamber musician, in 1861, after a distinguished career of some ten or more years as a virtuoso. These concerts met with triumphant success.

Georg J.R. Heckmann founded a quartet at Cologne and travelled through Europe, but it was surpassed by the Florentine Quartet, and did not gain the highest reputation.

A quartet which has been pronounced to be one of the best in existence is that which is led by Jeno Hubay, in Pesth, and in which Hegyesi, formerly of the Florentine Quartet, is the 'cellist.

Adolf Brodsky, who for a time resided in New York, founded a string quartet at Leipzig, with Hans Becker, son of the founder of the Florentine Quartet, Hans Sitt, and Julius Klengel, the 'cellist, and this quartet was said to have no superior in Europe, and not more than one equal,--the Joachim Quartet of Berlin. In 1891 Brodsky went to New York, where he also established a quartet, but with little success. The organisation was received with respect, owing to Mr. Brodsky's European reputation, but it was admitted on all hands that superior organisations existed in America. Before Mr. Brodsky had time to bring his quartet to a high degree of proficiency, he returned to Europe, and, after a brief stay in Germany, accepted a position in England, where he has established another quartet.

He was succeeded in the quartet at Leipzig and at the conservatory by Arno Hilf, a distinguished violinist with an enormous technique, who was born in 1858 and was taught by David, Röntgen, and Schradieck.

Quartet playing in public was established in England in 1835, when the admirers of Joseph Dando, an excellent violinist, opened a subscription for the purpose of giving some concerts in which the chamber music, and especially the quartets of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Spohr, etc., should be performed. The first concert was given at the Horn Tavern, Doctors'-Commons, in London, on September 23d of that year, and being highly successful, a second was given on October 12th, and a third on the 26th, each proving more attractive than its predecessor. These concerts lasted for two seasons, when a new quartet was formed, with H.G. Blagrove and Henry Gattie as first and second violins, Mr. Dando, viola, and Mr. Lucas, 'cello, for the more perfect study and presentation of quartets and other chamber music. These concerts were given at the Hanover Square rooms, and on account of the care bestowed upon the rehearsals (of which they held seven or eight for each concert), they threw all previous performances into the shade.

The tide of public favour had now set in, and other quartets were formed, but none reached such excellence as that headed by Blagrove, which was invited to play at the Philharmonic concerts, where it produced a great sensation.

About the end of the seventh season Blagrove withdrew, but the quartet continued in existence for many years, Mr. Dando playing first violin, and Mr. Loder, the viola, and the concerts were given at Crosby Hall in the city, instead of the Hanover Square rooms.

At St. Petersburg a quartet was formed by Leopold Auer, an excellent violinist, who at the death of Wieniawski was appointed professor of violin at the Conservatoire. Auer was born in Hungary, and became a pupil of Dont at Vienna, after which he had a brilliant career as a virtuoso in Europe. His St. Petersburg quartet was founded in 1868, and became one of the leading musical organisations of the Russian capital, until the death of Davidoff, the violoncellist, who was one of its members, in 1890.

Auer has been very active in the musical life of St. Petersburg, and is very highly esteemed both as a man and as a musician, teacher, and performer.

A quartet which has gained a great reputation in Europe during recent years is the Bohemian Quartet, consisting of Carl Hoffmann, first violin, Joseph Suk, second violin, Oscar Nedbal, viola, and Hanus Wihom, violoncello. They play with a great deal of vim and abandon, and the ensemble is remarkable.

At Hanover Richard Sahla has established a quartet, with Meneke, Kugler, and Loeleberg, and Arnold Rosé's quartet, of Vienna, has travelled in Hungary, Italy, and other countries, gaining a good reputation.

In the United States there have been well meant efforts to found good quartets, and these have all had a beneficial influence. In Boston Mr. Bernhard Listemann, some twenty years ago, established a quartet which gave some very delightful concerts, but the past decade has witnessed the rise of an organisation which is able to bear comparison with any quartet in the world.

The Kneisel Quartet was organised in 1885, the year in which Mr. Franz Kneisel accepted the position of concert-master to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Henry L. Higginson invited him at the same time to organise a quartet, and a series of concerts was given that season in Chickering Hall. While the excellence of the quartet was apparent from the start, there were comparatively few people in Boston who took much interest in chamber music, and the audiences were, as a rule, small. Year by year they have increased, and for the past few years it has been necessary to give the concerts in Association Hall, which has a seating capacity about twice as large as that of the original hall.

The second violin is Mr. Otto Roth,[2] a native of Vienna, who played for three years under the baton of Hans Richter, and came to Boston to play first violin in the Symphony Orchestra.

[Footnote 2: Mr. Roth retired from the quartet in 1899 and his place was filled by Mr. Karl Ondricek.]

Mr. Louis Svecenski, an excellent artist, who studied in the Vienna Conservatory, under Hellmesberger and Grün, plays the viola, and the 'cellist is Alwyn Schroeder, an artist, who had achieved a high reputation as a 'cello virtuoso, before he came to America.

After a few years the Kneisel Quartet began to appear in other cities, and now gives regular series of subscription concerts in New York, Washington, Baltimore, Hartford, and Worcester, also Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Universities, besides occasional performances in more remote cities. In 1896 the quartet had given over eight hundred concerts since its formation.

At the end of the Symphony season in Boston, in 1896, the Kneisel Quartet made a visit to London and gave several concerts. In London it was obliged to stand comparison with the finest quartets in existence. The Joachim Quartet and the Bohemian Quartet gave concerts the same season, but the unanimous verdict was to the effect that none could equal the Kneisel Quartet in absolute ensemble and perfection of detail. While the Bohemian Quartet played with a great deal of abandon and enthusiasm, and the Joachim Quartet contained players of a greater reputation in Europe, yet the Kneisel Quartet simply confirmed the reputation it had acquired in America. "It would, indeed, be impossible to conceive greater perfection in the matter of ensemble, precision, delicacy, and all the qualities requisite for the proper interpretation of chamber music."

In the spring of 1899 the Kneisel Quartet made an extended tour in America, and found the musical condition of the great cities in the United States, as evidenced by the appreciation of music, fully equal to that of the European centres. Brahms and Beethoven were played in Denver and in San Francisco to audiences who were fully equal to the enjoyment of the highest class of music, and everywhere the quartet was greeted with enthusiasm.

The success of the Kneisel Quartet is due to the long and arduous practice which the members have enjoyed together, for perfection in quartet playing is only possible through long association.

While virtuosity is not essential for quartet playing, good musicianship is very necessary. Patient and self-denying practice are absolute requisites.

The love of chamber music is apparently growing in the United States, for in many of the large cities quartets have been established by good musicians, and the opportunities for hearing fine interpretations of the best chamber music are increasing each year. It is a branch of musical art which appeals only to cultivated taste, for it is necessarily free from sensationalism and individual display. Therefore, the love of quartet playing may be considered to be a true index of the growth of musical culture.

THE END.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF FAMOUS VIOLINISTS.

"c" indicates that the date given is only approximate.

NAME. | Place and Date | Place and Date | | of Birth. | of Death. | ------------------------------------------------------------------- Alessandro, Romano | Italy c1530 | ? ? | Baltazarini | Italy c1550 | ? ? | Farina, Carlo | Italy c1580 | ? ? | Alberghi, Paolo | Italy c1600 | ? ? | Biber, Henry J. | England c1600 | ? ? | Cortellini, Camillo | Italy c1600 | ? ? | Madorus, Giovanni | Venice c1600 | ? ? | Manoir, Guillaume | ? c1600 | ? ? | Baltzar, Thomas | Lubec 1630 | London 1663 | Bannister, John | England 1630 | London 1679 | Lulli, Jean Baptiste de | Florence 1633 | Paris 1687 | Strunck, Nicolas Adam | Germany 1640 | ? 1700 | Laurenti, Bartolomeo G. | Bologna 1644 | ? 1726 | Vitali, Tomasso | Bologna c1650 | ? ? | Eccles, John | London 1650 | London 1735 | Marini, Carlo Antonio | Bergamo c1650 | ? ? | Corelli, Arcangelo | Italy 1653 | Rome 1713 | Aschenbrunner, Christian H.| Alstettin 1654 | Jena 1732 | Bassani, Giovanni B. | Padua 1657 | Ferrara 1716 | Vivaldi, Antonio | Venice 1660 | ? 1743 | Eccles, Henry | London 1660 | London ? | Bannister, John, Jr. | England 1673 | London 1735 | Albinoni, Thomas | Venice 1674 | Venice 1745 | Hesse, Ernest Christian | Germany 1676 | Darmstadt 1762 | Somis, Lorenzo | Piedmont 1676 | ? 1763 | Aubert, Jacques | ? 1678 | Paris 1753 | Geminiani, Francesco | Lucca 1680 | Dublin 1762 | Alberti, Guiseppe Matteo | Bologna 1685 | ? ? | Veracini, Francesco | Florence c1685 | 1750 | Senaillé, Jean Baptiste | Paris 1687 | ? 1730 | Pisendel, Johann Georg | Karlsburg 1687 | Dresden 1755 | Birckenstock, Johann A. | Hesse 1687 | Eisenach 1733 | Montanari, Francesco | Padua ? | Rome 1730 | Matheis, Nicola | ? ? | ? 1749 | Gentili, Georges | Venice 1688 | ? ? | Valentini, Guiseppe | Florence 1690 | ? ? | Castrucci, Pietro | Rome 1690 | London 1769 | Tartini, Guiseppe | Pirano 1692 | Padua 1770 | Locatelli, Pietro | Bergamo 1693 | Amsterdam 1764 | Rothe, August Friedrich | Sonderhausen 1696 | ? 1784 | Leclair, Jean Marie | Lyons 1697 | Paris 1764 | Graun, Jean G. | Germany 1698 | Berlin 1771 | Francoer, François | Paris 1698 | ? 1787 | Abaco, Evaristo F. Dall | Verona c1700 | ? ? | Anderle, F.J. | ? c1700 | ? ? | Bitti, Martini | ? 1700 | ? ? | Borghi, Luigi | ? ? | ? ? | Brown, Abram | ? ? | ? ? | Carbonelli, Stefano | Rome c1700 | London ? | Dalloglio, Domenico | Venice c1700 | Russia 1764 | Guignon, Jean Pierre | Turin 1702 | Versailles 1775 | Dubourg, Matthew | England 1703 | London 1767 | De Croes, Henri Jacques | Antwerp 1705 | Brussels 1786 | Guillemain, Gabriel | Paris 1705 | ? 1770 | Czarth, Georg C. | Deutschbrod 1708 | Mannheim 1774 | Benda, Franz | Albenatky 1709 | Potsdam 1786 | Girauek, Fernandino | Bohemia 1712 | Dresde 1761 | Benda, Johann | Albenatky 1713 | Potsdam 1752 | D'Auvergne, Antoine | France 1713 | Lyons 1797 | Clegg, John | Ireland 1714 | ? c1750 | Hempel, George C. | Gotha 1715 | Gotha 1801 | Fritz, Caspar | Geneva 1716 | Geneva 1782 | Giardini, Felice | Turin 1716 | Moscow 1796 | Mozart, Leopold | Augsburg 1719 | Salzburg 1787 | Stamitz, Johann Carl | Bohemia 1719 | Mannheim 1761 | Bini, Pasqualino | Pesaro 1720 | ? ? | Morigi, Angelo | ? ? | Parma 1788 | Lemière | ? ? | Paris 1771 | Pagin, André Noel | Paris 1721 | ? ? | Abel, Leopold A. | Cothen c1700 | ? ? | Festing, Michael C. | London ? | London 1752 | Ferrari, Domenico | Piacenza ? | Paris 1780 | Enderle, Wilhelm C. | Bayreuth 1722 | Darmstadt 1793 | Nardini, Pietro | Tuscany 1722 | Florence 1793 | Lefêbre, Jacques | Prinzlow 1723 | ? 1777 | Van Malder, Pierre | Brussels 1724 | Brussels 1768 | Glaser, John Michel | Erlangen 1725 | ? ? | Hattasch, Dismas | Hohenmant 1725 | Gotha 1777 | Gavinies, Pierre | Bordeaux 1726 | Paris 1800 | Gow, Neil | Strathband 1727 | Inver 1787 | Pugnani, Gaetano | Turin 1727 | Turin 1803 | Manfredi, Filippo | Lucca 1729 | Madrid c1780 | Gallo, Domenico | Venice 1730 | ? ? | Cannabich, Christian | Mannheim 1730 | Frankfort 1798 | Lolli, Antonio | Bergamo 1730 | Sicily 1802 | Vachon, Pierre | Arles 1730 | Berlin 1802 | Goepfert, Charles F. | Weissenstein 1733 | Weimar 1798 | Raimoni, Ignazio | Naples 1733 | London 1802 | Lahoussaye, Pierre | Paris 1735 | Paris 1818 | Haranc, Louis André | Paris 1738 | Paris 1805 | Celestine, Eligio | Rome 1739 | ? ? | Weigl, Franz J. | Bavaria 1740 | Vienna 1820 | Tomasini, Luigi | Bohemia 1745 | Gotha 1805 | Jarnowick, Giovanni M. | Palermo 1745 | St. | | | Petersburg 1804 | Navoigille, Guillaume J. | Givet 1745 | Paris 1811 | Paisible | Paris 1745 | St. | | | Petersburg 1781 | Salomon, Johann Peter | Bönn 1745 | London 1815 | Cambini, Giovanni G. | Leghorn 1746 | Bicêtre 1825 | Gervais, Pierre Noel | Mannheim 1746 | Bordeaux 1805 | Stamitz, Carl | Mannheim 1746 | Jena 1801 | Ghirett, Gaspar | Naples 1747 | Parma 1827 | Leduc, Simon | Paris 1748 | Paris 1787 | Mestrino, Niccolo | Milan 1748 | Paris 1790 | Guerillot, Henri | Bordeaux 1749 | Paris 1805 | Navoigille, Herbert J. | Givet 1749 | ? ? | Obermeyer, Joseph | Bohemia 1749 | ? ? | Bagatella, Antonio | Padua 1750 | ? ? | Almeyda, C.F. | ? c1750 | ? ? | Fuchs, Peter | Bohemia 1750 | Vienna 1804 | Henry, Bonventure | ? c1750 | ? ? | Kriegck, J.J. | Bebra 1750 | Meiningen 1813 | Sirmen, Maddalena | Venice c1750 | ? ? | Woldemar, Michael | Orleans 1750 | Clermont- | | | -Ferrand 1816 | Barthelemon, François H. | Bordeaux 1751 | ? 1808 | Campagnoli, Bartolomeo | Cento 1751 | Neustrelitz 1827 | Lamotte, François | Vienna 1751 | Holland 1781 | Berthaume, Isidore | Paris 1752 | St. | | | Petersburg 1802 | Kasska, Wilhelm | Ratisbon 1752 | Ratisbon 1806 | Brunetti, Gaetano | Pisa 1753 | Madrid 1808 | Janitsch, Anton | Switzerland 1753 | Westphalia 1812 | Lem, Pierre | Copenhagen 1753 | ? ? | Fiorillo, Federigo | Brunswick 1753 | ? c1800 | Stamitz, Anton | Mannheim 1753 | Paris ? | Viotti, Giovanni B. | Piedmont 1753 | London 1824 | Kranz, Johann F. | Weimar 1754 | Stuttgart 1807 | Mosel, Giovanni F. | Florence 1754 | ? ? | Leduc, Pierre | Paris 1755 | Holland 1816 | Fauvel, André Joseph | Bordeaux 1756 | ? ? | Lacroix, Antoine | Remberville 1756 | Lubeck 1812 | Wranitzky, Paul | Moravia 1756 | Vienna 1808 | Haack, Karl | Potsdam 1757 | Potsdam 1819 | Rolla, Alessandro | Pavia 1757 | Milan 1841 | Galeazzi, Francesco | Turin 1758 | Rome 1819 | Liber, Wolfgang | Donanworth 1758 | Ratisbon 1817 | Weberlin, Jean F. | Stuttgart 1758 | Stuttgart 1825 | Bruni, Antonio B. | Piedmont 1759 | ? ? | Gautherot, Louise | ? 1760 | ? ? | Guiliani, François | Florence 1760 | ? 1819 | Haack, Friedrich | Potsdam 1760 | ? ? | Krommer, Franz | Kamenitz 1760 | Vienna 1831 | Neubauer, Franz C. | Bohemia 1760 | Bückeburg 1795 | Jarnewicz, Felix | Wilna 1761 | Edinburgh 1848 | Wranitzky, Anton | Moravia 1761 | Vienna 1819 | Wessely, Johann | Bohemia 1762 | ? ? | Bonnet, Jean Baptiste | Montauban 1763 | ? ? | Danzi, Franz | Mannheim 1763 | Carlsruhe 1826 | Peshatschek, François | Bohemia 1763 | Vienna 1816 | Alday, P | Perpignan 1764 | ? ? | Lorenziti, Bernado | Würtemburg 1764 | ? 1813 | Schlick, Regina (Sacchi) | Mantua 1764 | ? ? | Cartier, Jean Baptiste | Avignon 1765 | Paris 1841 | LaCroix, Antoine | ? 1765 | ? ? | Hampeln, Karl von | Mannheim 1765 | Stuttgart 1834 | Eck, Johann F. | Mannheim 1766 | Bamberg 1809 | Hunt, Karl | Dresden 1766 | ? ? | Kreutzer, Rudolph | Versailles 1766 | Geneva 1831 | De Volder, Pierre Jean | Antwerp 1767 | Brussels 1841 | Romberg, Andreas | Vechta 1767 | Gotha 1821 | Pauwels, Jean E. | Brussels 1768 | Brussels 1804 | Spagnoletti, P. | Cremona 1768 | London 1834 | Valmalete, Louis de | Rieux 1768 | ? ? | Grasset, Jean J. | Paris 1769 | Paris 1839 | Paravicini, Signora | Turin 1769 | ? ? | Boucher, Alexandre Jean | Paris 1770 | Paris 1861 | Gerbini, Luigia | ? 1770 | ? ? | Girault, August | Paris 1770 | Paris 1806 | Hoffmann, Heinrich Anton | Mainz 1770 | Mainz 1842 | Baillot, | | | Pierre M.F. de Sales | Passy 1771 | Paris 1842 | Festa, Guiseppe M. | Naples 1771 | ? 1839 | Labarre, Louis J.C. | Paris 1771 | ? ? | Vacher, Pierre Jean | Paris 1772 | Paris 1819 | Lottini, Denis | Orleans 1773 | Orleans 1826 | Vaccaro, Francesco | Modena 1773 | Portugal 1823 | Eck, Franz | Mannheim 1774 | Strasburg 1804 | Rode, Pierre | Bordeaux 1774 | Loire-et- | | | Garonne 1831 | Eberwen, Traugott M. | Weimar 1775 | Rudolstadt 1831 | Libon, Philippe | Cadiz 1775 | Paris 1838 | Schuppanzigh, Ignace | Vienna 1776 | Vienna 1830 | Dobrynski, Ignace | Volhyna 1777 | Warsaw 1841 | Giorgis, Joseph | Turin 1777 | ? ? | Kieserwetter, Cristophe G. | Anspach 1777 | London 1827 | Moralt, Johann B. | Mannheim 1777 | Munich 1825 | Paravicini, Mme. | Milan 1778 | ? ? | Blanchard, Henri L. | Bordeaux 1778 | Paris 1858 | Radicati, Felice A. | Turin 1778 | ? 1823 | Weiss, Franz | Silesia 1778 | ? ? | Bridgetower, George A. | Poland ?1779 | ? c1850 | Müller, John Henry | Königsberg 1780 | ? ? | Habeneck, François A. | Mézières 1781 | Paris 1849 | Lafont, Charles Philippe | Paris 1781 | Tarbes 1839 | Polledro, Giovanni B. | Turin 1781 | Turin 1853 | Mazas, Jacques F. | Beziers 1782 | ? 1849 | Puppo, Felice A. | Turin 1778 | ? 1823 | Bohrer, Anthony | Munich 1783 | Hanover 1852 | Linke, Joseph | Silesia 1783 | Vienna 1837 | Paganini, Nicolo | Genoa 1784 | Nice 1840 | Spohr, Louis | Brunswick 1784 | Cassel 1859 | Zocca | Ferrara 1784 | ? ? | Fontaine, Antoine N.M. | Paris 1785 | St. Cloud 1866 | Lafonde | ? 1785 | ? ? | Eberwen, Karl | Weimar 1786 | Weimar 1868 | Granafond, Eugene | Compiegne 1786 | ? ? | Pixis, Friedrich, Wilhelm | Mannheim 1786 | Prague 1842 | Cudmore, Richard | Chichester 1757 | Manchester 1841 | Guhr, Charles | Militsch 1787 | Frankfurt 1848 | Berwald, Johann F. | Stockholm 1788 | Stockholm 1861 | Fesca, Friedrich E. | Magdeburg 1789 | Carlsruhe 1826 | Maurer, Ludwig | Potsdam 1789 | St. | | | Petersburg 1878 | Mayseder, Joseph | Vienna 1789 | Vienna 1863 | Wery, Nicolas L. | Liège 1789 | Luxemburg 1867 | Femy, François | Ghent 1790 | ? ? | Klose, J. | London 1790 | London 1830 | Lipinski, Karl Joseph | Poland 1790 | Urlow 1861 | Goetz, Jean N.C. | Weimar 1791 | ? 1861 | Benesch, Joseph | Batelow 1793 | ? ? | Pichatschek, François | Vienna 1793 | Carlsruhe 1840 | Filipowicz, Elizabeth M. | ? 1794 | ? ? | Jansa, Leopold | Bohemia 1794 | Vienna 1875 | Krahmer, Mme. Caroline | ? 1794 | ? ? | Parmy, Joseph | Austria 1794 | Mainz 1835 | Batta, Pierre | Maastricht 1795 | Brussels 1876 | Bohm, Joseph | Pesth 1795 | Vienna 1876 | Drin, Finlay | Aberdeen 1795 | Edinburgh 1853 | Lacy, Michael R. | Bilbao 1795 | London 1867 | Giorgetti, Fernandino | Florence 1796 | Florence 1867 | Mori, Nicolas | London 1796 | London 1839 | Calcagno, Catarina | Italy 1797 | ? ? | Collins, Isaac | ? 1797 | London 1871 | Girard, Narcisse | Nantes 1797 | Paris 1860 | Müller, Karl Friedrich | Brunswick 1797 | ? 1873 | Roberrechts, Andre | Brussels 1797 | Paris 1860 | Rolla, Antoine | Parma 1797 | Dresden 1837 | Tolberque, Jean B.J. | Belgium 1797 | Paris 1869 | Coronini, Paolo | Vincenza 1798 | ? 1875 | Batta, Pantaleon | Paris 1799 | Paris 1870 | Rudersdorff, J. | Amsterdam 1799 | Königsberg 1866 | Gattie, Henry | ? 1800 | ? ? | Hellmesberger, Georg | Vienna 1800 | Newaldegg 1873 | Meerts, Lambert | Brussels 1800 | Brussels 1863 | Müller, Theodore Heinrich | Brunswic 1800 | ? 1855 | Nohr, Christian F. | Thuringia 1800 | Meiningen 1875 | Schulz, Mlle. L. | ? 1800 | ? ? | Wanski, Johann N. | Posen c1800 | ? ? | Kalliwoda, Johann W. | Prague 1801 | Carlsruhe 1866 | Saint Lubin, Leon de | Turin 1801 | Berlin 1856 | De Bériot, Charles | Louvain 1802 | Brussels 1870 | Ella, John | England 1802 | London 1888 | Labitzky, Joseph | Schönfeld 1802 | Carlsbad 1881 | Molique, Wilhelm Bernard | Nuremburg 1802 | Stuttgart 1869 | Ries, Hubert | Bonn 1802 | Berlin 1886 | Lomagne, Joseph | Perpignan 1804 | Perpignan 1868 | Magnien, Victor | Epinal 1804 | Lille 1885 | Kudelski, Karl Matthias | Berlin 1805 | Baden-Baden 1877 | Pollini, Mme. | ? 1805 | ? ? | Dando, Joseph H.B. | London 1806 | ? 1894 | Hartmann, Franz | Coblentz 1807 | Cologne 1857 | Panofka, Heinrich | Breslau 1807 | Florence 1887 | Sauzay, Moritz | Moravia 1808 | Breslau 1885 | Bessems, Antoine | Antwerp 1809 | Antwerp 1868 | Müller, Franz F.G. | Brunswick 1809 | ? ? | Bull, Ole Borneman | Bergen 1810 | Bergen 1880 | David, Ferdinand | Hamburg 1810 | Switzerland 1873 | Ganz, Leopold | Mainz 1810 | Berlin 1869 | Ghys, Joseph | Ghent 1810 | ? 1848 | Blagrove, Henry Gamble | Nottingham 1811 | London 1872 | Hamm, Johann V. | Winterhausen 1811 | Stuttgart 1834 | Sainton, Prosper Philippe | Toulouse 1813 | London 1890 | Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm | Brünn 1814 | Nice 1865 | Alard, Delphine J. | Bayonne 1815 | Paris? 1888 | Artot, Alexandre J.M. | Brussels 1815 | Paris 1845 | Dont, Jacob | Vienna 1815 | Vienna 1888 | Sivori, Ernest Camillo | Genoa 1815 | Paris 1894 | Zerchoff, Mlle. | ? 1815 | ? ? | Batta, Alexandre | Maastricht 1816 | ? ? | Prume, François Herbert | Liège 1816 | Liège 1849 | Deldevez, Ernest | Paris 1817 | Paris 1897 | Göbel, Johann Ferdinand | Baumgarten 1817 | ? ? | Bazzini, Antonio | Brescia 1818 | Milan 1897 | Dancla, Jean B. C. | Bagnières de | | | Bignon 1818 | ? ? | Kramer, Traugott | Codburg 1818 | ? ? | Eller, Louis | Graz 1819 | Pau 1862 | Hering, Karl | Berlin 1819 | ? 1889 | Léonard, Hubert | Bellaire 1819 | Paris 1890 | Batta, Joseph | Maastricht 1820 | Dreyschock, Raimund | Bohemia 1820 | Leipzig 1869 | Kéler-Béla | Hungary 1820 | Wiesbaden 1882 | Neumann, Louise | 1820 | | Vieuxtemps, Henri | Verviers 1820 | Algiers 1881 | Wallace, Eliza | England 1820 | | Gautier, Karl | Vaugirard 1822 | Vaugirard 1878 | Hauser, Miska | Presburg 1822 | Vienna 1887 | Dancla, Leopold | France 1823 | 1895 | Gaertner, Karl | Stralsund 1823 | | Hermann, Constant | Douai 1823 | | Eichberg, Julius | Düsseldorf 1824 | Boston 1893 | Hullweck, Ferdinand | Dessau 1824 | Blasewitz 1887 | De Kontski, Apollinari | Warsaw 1825 | Warsaw 1879 | Bott, Jean Joseph | Cassel 1826 | 1895 | Collins, Rosina | 1826 | | Hauser, Maurice | Berlin 1826 | Königsberg 1857 | Kundinger, August | Kitzengen 1827 | | Milanollo, Teresa | Turin 1827 | | Mollenhauer, Edward | Erfurt 1827 | | Hellmesberger, Georg | Vienna 1828 | Hanover 1853 | Hermann, Frederick | Frankfort 1828 | | Huber, Karl | Varjas 1828 | Pesth 1885 | Hellmesberger, Joseph | Vienna 1829 | Vienna 1893 | Röntgen, Engelbert | Holland 1829 | | Adelburg, August R. Von | ? 1830 | ? 1873 | Arditi, Emilia | ? 1830 | | Garcin, Jules A. S. | Bourges 1830 | ? 1896 | Hennen, Friedrich | Heerlen 1830 | | Remenyi, Edouard | Hungary 1830 | SanFrancisco1898 | Zirges, Hortensia | 1830 | | Bargheer, Karl Louis | Bückeburg 1831 | | Joachim, Joseph | Kitsee 1831 | | Kassmayer, Moritz | Vienna 1831 | Vienna 1884 | Kömpel, August | Bavaria 1831 | Weimar 1891 | Singer, Edmund | Hungary 1831 | | Laub, Ferdinand | Prague 1832 | Tyrol 1875 | Lauterbach, Johann C. | Bavaria 1832 | | Milanollo, Maria | Turin 1832 | 1848 | Becker, Jean | Mannheim 1833 | Mannheim 1884 | Bennewitz, Anton | Privat 1833 | | Graff, Carl | Hungary 1833 | | Filby, Heinrich | Vienna 1834 | | De Ahna, Heinrich K. H. | Vienna 1835 | Vienna 1892 | Jaffé, Moritz | Posen 1835 | | Monasterio, Jesus | Potes (Spain)1835 | | Strauss, Ludwig | Pressburg 1835 | | Wieniawski, Henry | Poland 1835 | Moscow 1880 | Besekirskij, Wasil W. | Moscow 1836 | | Carrodus, John T. | Keighley 1836 | London 1895 | Holmes, Alfred | London 1837 | Paris 1876 | Grün, Jacob | Buda-Pesth 1837 | | Brousil, Bertha | ? 1838 | | Piercy-Feeny, Mme. | 1838 | | Neruda, Wilhelmina (Lady | | | Hallé) | Brünn 1838 | | Werner, Hildegard | 1838 | | Holmes, Henry | London 1839 | | Jacobsohn, Simon | Mittau 1839 | | Rappoldi, Edouard | Vienna 1839 | | Bargheer, Adolph | 1840 | | David, Peter P. | Leipzig 1840 | | Lotto, Isidor | Warsaw 1840 | | Gobbi, Aloys | Pesth 1844 | | Heermann, Hugo | Hulbrönn 1844 | | Sarasate, Pablo de | Pampeluna 1844 | | Auer, Leopold | Hungary 1845 | | Singelee, Louise | 1845 | | Castellan, Mlle | 1845 | | Wilhelmj, August | Usingen 1845 | | Courvoisier, Carl | Basle 1846 | | Schradieck, Henry | Hamburg 1846 | | Papini, Guido | Florence 1847 | | Walter, Benno | Munich 1847 | | De Bono, Victoria | 1848 | | Heckmann, Georg J. R. | Mannheim 1848 | Glasgow 1891 | Marsick, Martin P. J. | Jupille 1848 | | Drechsler-Adamson, Mme. | 1849 | | Gibson, Alfred | Nottingham 1849 | | Drechsler-Woycke, Mme. | ? 1850 | | Brodsky, Adolph | Taganrog 1851 | | Hagen, Adolph | Bremen 1851 | | Sauret, Emil | Dun-le-Roi 1852 | | Boulanger, Mlle. | 1853 | | Meyer, Waldemar | Berlin 1853 | | Zajic, Florian | Bohemia 1853 | | Ferrari, Signora Elvira | 1854 | | Hermant, Mlle. | 1854 | | Drechsler-Hamilton, Mme | Agnes 1855 | | Holländer, Gustav | Silesia 1855 | | Sahla, Richard | Graz 1855 | | Kess, Wilhelm | Dordrecht 1856 | | Petri, Henri Wilhelm | Utrecht 1856 | | Thomson, César | Liège 1857 | | Barcevicz, Stanislaus | Warsaw 1858 | | Hilf, Arno | Saxony 1858 | | Huber, Eugen (Jeno Hubay) | Budapest 1858 | | Halir, Karl | Hohenlohe 1859 | | Hess, Willie | Mannheim 1859 | | Ondricek, Franz | Prague 1859 | | Ysaye, Eugene | Liège 1859 | | Loeffler, Charles Martin | Alsace 1861 | | Rossi, Marcello | Vienna 1862 | | Wolff, Johannes | Hague 1862 | | Rose, Arnold | Roumania 1863 | | Soldat, Marie | Gratz 1863 | | Prill, Carl | Berlin 1864 | | Senkrah, Arma | New York 1864 | | Eissler, Marianne | Brünn 1865 | | Kneisel, Franz | Roumania 1865 | | Carpenter, Nettie | New York 1865 | | Dunn, John | Hull 1866 | | Wietrowitz, Gabrielle | Laibach 1866 | | Dengremont, Maurice | Rio Janeiro 1867 | ? c1887 | Gregorowitsch, Charles | St. | | | Petersburg 1867 | | Tua, Teresina | Turin 1867 | | Powell, Maud | Aurora, Ill. 1868 | | Sapellnikoff | Odessa 1868 | | Burmester, Willy | Hamburg 1869 | | Petschnikoff, Alexander | Moscow 1873 | | Marteau, Henri | Reims 1874 | | Saenger-Sethe, Irma | Brussels 1876 | | Jackson, Leonora | Boston 1879 | |

INDEX.

Adams, Suzanne, 339. Ahna, H.K. de, 240. Aichelburg, Count, 331. Alard, D., 68, 135, 144, 145, 161, 226. Albertinatti, 105. Alday le jeune, 68. Alexander, Czar, 81. Alexander III., 222. Amati, Andrea, 13. Amati, Nicolo, 14. Anêt, B., 28, 35, 39, 40. Arditi, Emilia, 312. Artot, 149, 150, 169, 192. Auer, Leopold, 359, 360. Austria, Emperor of, 206.

Bacchiochi, Princess Elise, 112. Bach, J.S., 254, 275, 277, 334, 340. Baillot, P.M.F. de S., 26, 68, 71-75, 129, 144, 177, 346. Baltizarini, 15. Baltzar, Thomas, 19, 20. Banister, John, 19, 20, 21. Bargheer, C.L., 97. Baroni, Leonora, 302. Bassani, G.B., 30. Bazzini, 247, 354. Beauharnais, Eugene, 307. Becker, Hans, 356. Becker, Jean, 353, 354, 355. Beethoven, L. von, 57, 77, 91, 205, 225, 231, 352, 254, 290, 333, 347, 258, 364. Benda, Franz, 56, 57. Bennewitz, 277. Bériot, Charles A. de, 25, 28, 29, 67, 68, 136, 138-144, 147, 148, 150, 162, 188, 266, 309, 334, 352. Berlioz, Hector, 79, 80, 126, 127, 128, 248, 253. Berry, Duchesse de, 81. Berthaume, 81. Bertin, Armand. 127. Besekirskij, Wasil W., 240, 285. Bianchi, Antonia, 116. Bilse Orchestra, 277, 283. Bini, P., 49. Blagrove, H.G., 97, 170, 358. Boccherini, L., 76. Bohemian Quartet, 360, 363. Böhm, J., 28, 68, 206, 215. Brahms, Johannes, 212, 253, 329, 332, 364. Brazil, Emperor of, 230. Brodsky, Adolf, 82, 263-265, 356, 357. Brousil, Bertha, 312. Bruch, Max, 295, 328, 341. Brunswick, Duke of, 85. Bull, Ole, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 169, 172-203, 225, 237. Bülow, Hans Von, 291, 292, 293, 315. Bunn, 247. Bunzl, 294. Burmester, Willy, 286-293, 333. Burney, Doctor, 43, 55, 56.

Calcagno, Caterina, 111, 154, 308. Caldera, 309. Campbell, Lucie, 330. Careño, Theresa, 265. Carpenter, Nettie, 338. Carrodus, John T., 170, 241. Cartier, 68. Cessole, Conte di, 117, 118. Cherubini, 62, 93, 136. Chiabran, F., 36. Chiostri, 354. Chopin, F., 187, 210. Ciandelli, 114. Clegg, John, 24. Clement, 254, 255. Clementi, 86. Cleveland, Mrs. G., 342. Cleves, Anne of, 301. Coburg-Gotha, Duke of, 240. Colbran, Madame, 189. Collins, Rosina, 308. Colonne, 295. Corbett, William, 22. Corelli, A., 28, 30, 31-35, 36, 38, 40, 50, 52, 59. Costa, G., 105, 157. Cumberland, Duke of, 302. Cuvillon, 68. Cuzzoni, F., 53.

Damrosch, Leopold, 339. Damrosch, Walter, 263, 340. Dancla, C., 129, 135, 171. Dando, J., 357, 358, 359. D'Artot, 69. David, Ferd., 97, 234, 247, 253, 350, 351, 357. Davidoff, 360. Delavan, 136. Delibes, 214. Dellepaine, 157, 159. Dengremont, M., 68, 281, 282. Derwies, Baron, 268, 279. Diamantina, La, 302. Dont, Jacob, 68, 171, 285, 359. Dubois, 295. Dubourg, M., 22, 23, 40. Dulcken, Madame, 350. Dunn, John, 299. Durand, 68. Durst, 352. Dwight, J.S., 201, 225, 320, 324.

Eccles, Henry, 22. Eck, Ferdinand, 85. Eck, Franz, 85. Eder, Josephine, 163. Elizabeth, Queen, 301. England, Queen of, 343. Ericsson, Lief, 198. Ernst, H., 68, 146-149, 169, 187, 233, 246, 247.

Farina, Carlo, 15, 16. Ferrari, 49. Ferrero, 309. Festing, M., 53. Fétis, 129, 145. Field, 86, 210. Filipowicz, Madame, 308. Fischer, Konrad, 232. Florentine Quartet, 353-355, 356. Fontana, Giovanni B., 16.

Garcia, Pauline, 143. Gattie, Henry, 358. Gautherst, Louise, 307. Geminiani, F., 23, 24, 28, 35, 40, 43. Gerbini, Luigia, 68, 307. Gericke, W., 283. Germany, Empress of, 343. Geyer, A., 331. Ghiretti, 106. Giardini, F., 36, 53. Görgey, General, 206. Gotha, Duke of, 86. Gounod, C., 294. Graun, 49, 56. Gregorowitsch, C., 241, 284, 286. Grün, Jacob, 242, 283, 362. Guiraud, 279.

Habeneck, 68, 78-80, 93, 145, 309. Halir, Carl, 256, 276-278, 283. Hallé, Lady (Mme. Norman-Neruda), 312-319, 323, 327, 335. Hallé, Sir Charles, 124, 125, 127, 136, 160, 169, 265, 315-317. Hampton, Miss, 222. Handel, G.F., 23, 32. Hanover, King of, 248. Hanslick, E., 229. Harkness, A., 337. Hauptmann, 247. Hauser, Miska, 215-218. Hausmann, 234. Haydn, J., 58, 245, 358. Heckmann, G.J.R., 356. Hegyesi, 356. Heissler, 352. Hellmesberger, G., 68. Hellmesberger, J., 264, 283, 352, 355, 362. Henry VII., King, 301. Henselt, 162. Herwig, 150. Hess, Willy, 256. Higginson, H.L., 361. Hilf, A., 357. Hilpert, 354. Hoffmann, 215, 360. Hogarth, G., 133. Hollaender, G., 256. Holmes, Henry, 98, 241. Holmes, Alfred, 241. Hrimaly, 296. Hubay, J., 256, 299, 356. Huber, Mlle., 143. Hummel, 245. Hunt, L., 133.

Isabella, Queen, 226.

Jackson, 17. Jackson, Leonora, 326, 342, 343. Jacobsen, 326. Jacotot, 139. Jaffé, Sophie, 336. Janin, Jules, 126. Jansa, L., 313. Joachim, J., 16, 27, 29, 68, 206, 212, 213, 224, 231, 234, 236, 238, 240, 244-260, 277, 279, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 315, 325, 326, 328, 329, 331, 341, 351, 353, 355. Joachim Quartet, 357, 363. Jokisch, 334. Joseph II., Emperor, 306. Josephine, Empress, 78, 307.

Kalkbrenner, 83. Kannitz, Count de, 114. Kinsky, Count, 43, 49. Klapka, 206. Klengel, J., 356. Kneisel, F., 279, 282, 361-364. Kneisel Quartet, 281, 284, 361-364. Kömpel, 97. Kossuth, 206. Krahmer, Madame, 308. Kreutzer, Rodolphe, 26, 68-71, 76, 93, 128, 136, 170, 215. Kreutzer Sonata, 137, 138. Kufferath, 238. Kugler, 360.

Lablache, L., 142. Lacour, 186. Lafont, C.F., 26, 29, 70, 80-82, 130, 309. Lahoussaye, 49. Lassabathie, M., 226, 227. Laub, F., 240, 297. Lauterbach, 68. Leclair, J.M., 36, 51, 52. Lecloux, 162. Lenox, Lady, 302. Léonard, H., 68, 136, 145, 238, 268, 282, 294, 296. Leschetizky, Th., 298. Lichtenberg, L., 299. Liddell, Capt. A.F., 327. Lind, Jenny, 216. Linley, Thomas, 24. Liphart, 350. Lipinski, K.J., 100-103, 130. Listemann, B., 299, 361. Liszt, F., 120, 137, 206, 213, 233, 234, 245, 248, 253, 310. Livron, M., 108. Locatelli, 28, 35, 36. Loder, 359. Loeffler, C.M., 138, 279-281. Loeleberg, 360. Lolli, A., 55. Lotto, L, 138. Louis Philippe, 310. Lucas, 358. Lulli, J.B., 30, 37-39. Lundholm, 177, 178, 179.

Malibran, 25, 142, 143, 144, 168, 188. Manfredi, 49. Mapleson, 207. Mara, G.E., 302, 305. Marchesi, 105. Margherita, Queen, 324. Maria Theresa, 296. Marini, B., 15. Marsick, M., 28, 68, 146, 237-239, 267, 269. Marteau, H., 293-296. Masi, 354. Massart, 70, 136-138, 238, 278, 320, 323, 349. Massenet, 294. Maurer, 182, 247. Maurin, 135. Mausch-Jerret, M., 236. Mayseder, 188, 215, 346. Mazas, 68. Mazzurana, Doctor, 101. Meck, Countess of, 222. Mell, D., 19. Mendelssohn, 161, 246, 247, 278, 279, 329, 331, 342, 351. Meneke, 360. Metternich, Count, 114. Milanollo, M., 310. Milanollo, T., 29, 68, 309, 313, 352. Mingotti, 53. Molique, B.H., 70, 162, 169, 241, 294. Montes, Lola, 216. Montebello, Duke of, 187. Morgan, Geraldine, 338, 339, 340. Mori, 68. Morra, 309. Mozart, L., 54. Mozart, W., 24, 58, 306, 307, 322, 323, 358. Murska, Ilma di, 265. Musaeus, 180, 181.

Nagel, 150. Napoleon, 89, 90, 112. Napoleon III., 230. Nardini, P., 24, 49, 50, 54, 55, 73, 303. Nedbal, 360. Neruda, J., 313. Neruda, Norman, 318. Neumann, E., 308. Nicholl, Anne, 302. Nickisch, A., 275, 295. Nilsson, C., 169, 303. Norman, L., 314, 315. North, Colonel, 208.

Occa, Victoria dall', 307. Ondricek, F., 267, 278. Ottey, Sarah, 302. Ottoboni, Cardinal, 31. Ourosoff, Princess, 297. Oury, A.J., 25.

Paderewski, I., 273, 276. Paer, 106. Paganini, Achille, 116. Paganini, Antonio, 105. Paganini, Nicolo, 26, 29, 75, 82, 92, 100-134, 135, 141, 147, 148, 150, 151, 154, 156, 157, 160, 161, 162, 180, 183, 184, 185, 188, 191,200, 217, 233, 269, 288, 308. Pallerini, Mme., 112. Paravicini, Mme., 68, 307. Parmentier, Captain, 310. Pasdeloup, 280, 321. Pasini, 109. Paton, Mary Ann, 302. Patti, Adelina, 194. Patti, Amalia S., 194. Paulsen, 175. Paur, Emil, 298. Petri, Henri, 236, 299. Petschnikoff, A., 296-298. Pfeiffer, Marianne, 95. Piatti, 247. Piercy-Feeny, Mme., 312. Pisendel, 42. Pixis, 64, 68. Pleiner, 328. Polidori, 72. Pollani, 72. Pollini, 308. Portugal, King of, 285. Pott, A., 329. Powell, Maude, 326, 340-342. Prume, 68. Prussia, King of, 310. Pugnani, G., 28, 29, 36, 52, 61. Purcell, 18.

Quagliati, P., 15.

Rappoldi, E., 68, 242. Remenyi, E., 150, 154, 205-215, 232. Riario, Duke of, 187. Richter, Hans, 234, 330, 362. Rivarde, A., 278. Roberrechts, 28, 68, 139. Rode, Pierre, 28, 68, 70, 71, 75-77, 120, 162, 348, 349. Röger, 330. Rolla, 105, 106. Röntgen, 357. Rosé, A., 299, 360. Rossini, 67, 92, 191. Roth, O., 362. Rovelli, 70. Roy, Gabrielle, 330. Rubinstein, Anton, 154, 219, 220, 273. Russia, Czar of, 285. Russia, Empress of, 324.

Sacchi, R. (Schlick), 305, 306, 307. Saenger-Sethe, I., 332-336. Sahla, R., 360. Saint-Saëns, C., 334. Sainte-Marie, 72. Sainton, C.P., 169, 247. Salomon, J.P., 57, 63. Santley, C., 234. Sarasate, P., 28, 29, 68, 226-231, 238. Sauret, E., 265-267. Scarlatti, A., 33, 34. Scheidler, D., 86. Schlesinger, 352. Schradieck, H., 265, 357. Schroeder, A., 281, 362. Schubert, F., 246. Schulz, M., 308. Schumann, 120, 162, 213, 253. Schumann, Mme., 293. Schuppanzigh, 346. Scotta, Frida, 336. Sechter, 215. Sembrich, M., 303. Senaillé, J.B., 28, 39. Senkrah, A., 337. Servaczinski, 246. Servais, 163. Servetto, 105. Shinner, E. (Mrs. Liddell), 325-327, 332, 353. Shinner Quartet, 327, 353. Simonelli, 30. Singer, E., 68, 239. Sirmen, Maddalena, 303. Sitt, Hans, 356. Sivori, C., 150, 153, 154-161, 167, 168, 231, 294. Soldat, M., 257, 326, 327-330, 342, 353. Somis, 28, 29, 35, 51, 53. Sontag, H., 143, 233. Soubre, E.J., 163. Spain, Queen of, 230, 324. Spohr, L., 26, 75, 82-99, 158, 159, 162, 170, 178, 182, 183, 184, 188, 191, 233, 261, 346-349, 358. Stamitz, A., 69. Stern, Leo, 339. Stradivari, A., 14. Strakosch, M., 194. Strauss, L., 68. Suk, J., 360. Süssmayer, 120. Svecenski, L., 362. Sweden, King of, 198.

Tartini, G., 29, 43, 44-51, 52, 54, 101, 304. Thalberg, 163, 165, 166. Thierot, 328. Thomson, C., 267-269, 273, 279, 283. Thorpe, S.C., 197. Thursby, Emma, 198. Tiby, M., 139. Torelli, G., 41. Tschetchulin, Agnes, 330. Tua, Teresina, 70, 138, 323-325, 337. Turkey, Sultan of, 217, 232. Tuscany, Duke of, 189.

Urso, Camilla, 312, 319-322, 323, 337. Urso, Salvator, 319.

Valentini, 34. Valetta, Count F.V. della, 325. Vanderbilt, G., 342. Veracini, F.M., 42, 43, 46, 47. Viardot, Madame, 246. Vidocq, 185. Vieuxtemps, H., 28, 68, 136, 149, 162-169, 192, 202, 221, 223, 231, 241, 271, 328, 337. Villermot, F., 191. Viotti, G.B., 28, 56-68, 72, 73, 75, 81, 85, 93, 140, 261, 307. Vitali, T., 16, 40. Vivaldi, A., 36, 41, 42, 52. Vuillaume, 145.

Wagner, R., 92, 162. Wales, Prince of, 324. Wales, Princess of, 324. Wallace, 150. Wallace, Eliza, 308. Wasielewski, 244. Weber, 94. Weiss, A., 249. Werner, H., 312, 313. Wieniawski, 70, 136, 138, 154, 218-226, 231, 270, 271, 273, 285, 337. Wietrowitz, G., 257, 326, 330-332, 342, 353. Wihom, H., 360. Wilhelmj, A., 208, 209, 231-237, 263, 267, 282, 334. William I, Emperor, 230. Wittgenstein, Prince Emil of, 233. Wood, Mrs., 302.

Young, 18. Ysaye, 237, 239, 263, 269, 276, 334, 335.

Zampieri, Marquis, 189. Zerbst, Theresa, 277. Zerchoff, Mlle., 308.