# Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques

Author: Huneker, James, 1857-1921

Genre: Music

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20139

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Old+Fogy%3A+His+Musical+Opinions+and+Grotesques+Huneker&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

My friend the publisher has asked me to tell you what I know about Old Fogy, whose letters aroused much curiosity and comment when they appeared from time to time in the columns of The Etude. I confess I do this rather unwillingly. When I attempted to assemble my memories of the eccentric and irascible musician I found that, despite his enormous volubility and surface-frankness, the old gentleman seldom allowed us more than a peep at his personality. His was the expansive temperament, or, to employ a modern phrase, the dynamic temperament. Antiquated as were his modes of thought, he would bewilder you with an excursion into latter-day literature, and like a rift of light in a fogbank you...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fogy-his-musical-opinions-and-grotesques-20139/chapters/10/index.md)