1. MALIBRAN _Frontispiece_
2. MOZART 22
3. BRAHMS 54
4. FRANZ LISZT 86
5. LILLIAN NORDICA 118
6. PAGANINI 150
7. JENNY LIND 182
8. CORELLI 214
9. SAINT-SAËNS 246





Contents


Preface 17

How we can approach knowledge of music. Mistaken isolation of the
art. Those who belong to the privileged class. Music, as well as
religion, meant for all. Business of its ministers and teachers.
Promise of the twentieth century. Fruitage of our own free soil.
American world-view. Purpose of volume.


The Origin and Function of Music 21