Enriched and spiritualized the pianoforte for all time. Universal
rather than individual experiences. National tonality. Zwyny and
Elsner. Intimate acquaintance with Bach. Prince Charming of the
piano. Liszt on Chopin. Raphael of music. Playing and teaching.
Tempo rubato. Compositions. Schumann's words. Oscar Bie.
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Volker the fiddler. Nibelungen lay. Videl of days of chivalry. Bow
fashioned like sword. Hagen of Tronje. Wilhelm Jordan, in
"Sigfridsage." Henrietta Sontag and the coming Paganini. Wagner's
Volker-Wilhelmj at Bayreuth. Magic fiddles and wonderworking
fiddlers. Grimm's Fairy Tales. Norse folk-lore. English nursery
rhymes. Crickets as fiddlers. Progenitors of violin. The violin of
Queen Elizabeth and her age. Shakespeare in Twelfth Night. Household
of Charles II. Butler, in Hudibras. Viola d'amore in Milwaukee, Wis.
Brescian and Cremonese violin-makers.
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