My Musical Life

Contents

• Prelude; Book I. Early Days:
• 1. Norwood and London. 1846-60;
• 2. Brighton and the Isle of Wight. 1850-6;
• 3. Cambridge. 1856-9;
• 4. Italy. 1860;
• 5. Bethnal Green and Westminster. 1861-4; Book II. By the Golden Sea:
• 1. Interlude on recurrent ideas;
• 2. The rationale of music;
• 3. Interlude of sense channels;
• 4. Hearing music; Book III. Cremona:
• 1. Interlude of a night at the Royal Institution;
• 2. Old violins;
• 3. Interlude on a certain loan collection;
• 4. A South Kensington dream;
• 5. Interlude on the oblivion of great men;
• 6. Stradivarius of Cremona - his house;
• 7. Interlude on some old violin players; Book IV. The Music of the Future:
• 1. Interlude on the title of the fourth book;
• 2. Wagner;
• 3. Interlude on the last crown;
• 4. Parsifal;
• 5. Interlude on Bayreuth City;
• 6. The Nibelung's Ring;
• 7. Interlude on Tannhauser and Lohengrin;
• 8. Tannhauser;
• 9. Lohengrin;
• 10. Interlude on phenomenal players;
• 11. Liszt; Postlude.