INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
I LA CÔTE SAINT-ANDRÉ
II ESTELLE
III MUSIC AND ANATOMY
IV PARIS
V CHERUBINI
VI MY FATHER’S DECISION
VII PRIVATION
VIII FAILURE
IX A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
X WEBER
XI HENRIETTE
XII MY FIRST CONCERT
XIII AN ACADEMY EXAMINATION
XIV FAUST—CLEOPATRA
XV A NEW LOVE
XVI LISZT
XVII ITALY A Wild Interlude
XVIII ITALIAN MUSIC
XIX IN THE MOUNTAINS
XX NAPLES—HOME
XXI MARRIAGE
XXII NEWSPAPER BONDAGE
XXIII THE REQUIEM
XXIV FRIENDS IN NEED
XXV BRUSSELS—PARIS OPERA CONCERT
XXVI HECHINGEN—WEIMAR
XXVII MENDELSSOHN—WAGNER
XXVIII A COLOSSAL CONCERT
XXIX THE RAKOCZY MARCH
XXX PARIS—RUSSIA—LONDON
XXXI MY FATHER’S DEATH—MEYLAN
XXXII POOR OPHELIA
XXXIII DEAD SEA FRUIT
XXXIV 1863—GATHERING TWILIGHT
XXXV THE TROJANS
XXXVI ESTELLE ONCE MORE
XXXVII THE AFTERGLOW
XXXVIII DARKNESS AND LIGHT
INDEX