Success in music and how it is won /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finck, Henry Theophilus, 1854-1926
Other Authors: Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : C. Scribner's sons, 1909.
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Table of Contents:
  • Does music pay?
  • Are great artists happy?
  • Two Swedish nightingales. Jenny Lind. Christine Nilsson
  • Italian prima donnas. Adelina Patti. Catalani and Pasta. Tetrazzini: a musical mystery
  • Two Spanish sisters. Pauline Viardot Garcia. Maria Malibran.
  • The nationality of singers
  • German and Austrian singers. Mara and Sontag. Schroder-Devrient, Wagner's idol. Lilli Lehmann, Wagner's ideal. Marianne Brandt. Ernestine Schumann-Heink. Pauline Lucca. Marcella Sembrich
  • Melba, Garden, and Calve. Nellie Melba. Mary Garden. Emma Calve
  • Three American sopranos. Lillian Nordica. Emma Eames. Geraldine Farrar
  • Is the art of song decaying?
  • Modern improvements in tenors. Rubini, "King of tenors". Mario's modern traits. Tamagno and Campanini. Enrico Caruso. Why De Reszke was supreme
  • Four up-to-date baritones. Charles Santley. Victor Maurel. Maurice Renaud. Ludwig Wullner
  • Evolution of the piano virtuoso
  • How Beethoven played and taught
  • Chopin as pianist and teacher
  • Liszt and his pupils
  • Hints by Hans von Bulow
  • Rubinstein the Leonine
  • Paderewski and his secrets
  • Paganini and Kubelik. Niccolo Paganini. Jan Kubelik
  • Remenyi and Ole Bull. Edouard Remenyi. Ole Bull
  • Spohr and Joachim. Louis Spohr. Joseph Joachim
  • Wilhelmj and Kreisler. August Wilhelmj. Fritz Kreisler
  • Some famous teachers. William Mason: an American pioneer. Leschetizky, Paderewski's teacher. Ottokar Sevcik, Kubelik's teacher. How Garcia helped singers. Jean De Reszke as teacher
  • Hints to teachers
  • Advice to parents
  • Hints to pupils, singers, and players
  • Paderewski on tempo rubato.