The Loves of Great Composers

About this eBook

Author

Kobbé, Gustav, 1857-1918

Credits

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

Category

Text

eBook-No.

18138

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18138

Release Date

April 10, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.[Frontispiece: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (photogravure)] — The Loves of Great Composers
2. 2.by Gustav Kobbé — Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. New York — To Charles Dwyer
3. 3.Table of Contents — Mozart and his Constance — Beethoven and his "Immortal Beloved" — Mendelssohn and his Cécile — Chopin and the Countess Delphine Potocka — The Schumanns: Robert and Clara — Franz Liszt and his Carolyne — Wagner and Cosima
4. 4.List of Illustrations — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (photogravure) . . . . Frontispiece — Mozart at the Age of Eleven — Constance, Wife of Mozart — Ludwig van Beethoven — Countess Therese von Brunswick — "Beethoven at Heiligenstadt" — Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy — Fanny Hensel, Sister of Mendelssohn — Cécile, Wife of Mendelssohn — The Mendelssohn Monument in Leipsic — Frédéric Chopin [missing from book] — Countess Potocka — The Death of Chopin — Robert Schumann — Robert and Clara Schumann, in 1847 — Clara Schumann at the Piano — The Schumann Monument in the Bonn Cemetery — Franz Liszt — Liszt at the Piano — The Princess Carolyne, in her Latter Years at Rome — The Altenburg, Weimar, where Liszt and Carolyne lived — Richard Wagner — Cosima, Wife of Wagner — Richard and Cosima Wagner — Richard and Cosima Wagner entertaining in their Home Wahnfried, Liszt and Hans von Wolzogen
5. 5.Mozart and His Constance — [Illustration: Mozart at the age of eleven. From a painting by Van der Smissen in the Mozarteum, Salzburg.] — [Illustration: Constance, wife of Mozart. From an engraving by Nissen.]
6. 6.Beethoven and his "Immortal Beloved" — [Illustration: Ludwig van Beethoven] — [Illustration: Countess Therese von Brunswick. From the portrait by Ritter von Lampir in the Beethoven-Haus at Bonn. Redrawn by Reich.] — [Illustration: "Beethoven at Heiligenstadt." From the painting by Carl Schmidt.]
7. 7.Mendelssohn and his Cécile — [Illustration: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.] — [Illustration: Fanny Hensel, sister of Mendelssohn.] — [Illustration: Cécile, wife of Mendelssohn.] — [Illustration: The Mendelssohn Monument in Leipsig.]
8. 8.Chopin and the Countess Delphine Potocka — [Illustration: Frédéric Chopin (missing from book)] — [Illustration: Countess Potocka. From the famous pastel in the Royal Berlin Gallery. Artist unknown.] — [Illustration: The death of Chopin. From the painting by Barrias.]
9. 9.The Schumanns: Robert and Clara — [Illustration: Robert Schumann.] — [Illustration: Robert and Clara Schumann in 1847. From a lithograph in possession of the Society of Friends of Music, Vienna.] — [Illustration: Clara Schumann at the piano.] — [Illustration: The Schumann Monument in the Bonn Cemetery.]
10. 10.Franz Liszt and his Carolyne — [Illustration: Franz Liszt. Painting by Ary Scheffer.] — [Illustration: Liszt at the piano.] — [Illustration: The Princess Carolyne in her later years at Rome.] — [Illustration: The Altenburg, Weimar, where Liszt and Carolyne lived.]
11. 11.Wagner and Cosima — [Illustration: Richard Wagner. From the original lithograph of the Egusquiza portrait.] — [Illustration: Cosima, wife of Wagner. From a portrait bust made before her marriage.] — [Illustration: Richard and Cosima Wagner.] — [Illustration: Richard and Cosima Wagner entertaining in their home Wahnfried, Liszt, and Hans von Wolzogen. Painting by W. Beckmann.]

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