Benedict, Sir Julius, 84 "Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude" by Liszt, Mason's copy of, 118 Bergmann, Carl, 193 Berlioz, autograph, 168, 169 Blessner, Mr., violinist, 19 Bloomfield-Zeisler, 270 Boston Academy of Music, 9 Bowman, E. M., 261 Brahms, 127-142; in 1853, 127; first meeting with Liszt, 127-131; MSS. illegible, 127; won't play for Liszt, 128; Liszt plays Op. 4 and part of Op. 1 at sight, 128; Raff on Op. 4 and B.'s reply, 129; dozing while Liszt plays, 129; Liszt annoyed, 130; wrong accounts of first meeting with Liszt, 130 and 141; feat in transposing, 131; and Schumann, 132; Mason's meeting with in Bonn in 1880, 136; pianoforte-playing, Mason's opinion of, 137, and of compositions, 139; Liszt's coolness toward, 142, 194, 267, 268, 270 Brockway, Howard, 261 Brodsky, 151 Buck, Dudley, 261 Bull, Ole, 148, 149; autograph, 150 Buellow, Hans von, 91 Bulow, Von, 182, 238-241; letter to Mason, 239; statement about Cosima and Wagner, 240; autograph, 240 Burmeister, Richard, 270 Carreno, Teresa, 270 Chadwick, George W., 261 Chamber-music concerts, Mason's, 193-197 Chickering, Jonas, 19 Chopin, style of playing, 75, 171, 244 Clauss, Wilhelmine, 64 Cornelius, Peter, 145-147 Cossmann, Bernhard, 63, 92, 150 David, Ferdinand, 134 Devitalized muscular action, its importance in piano-playing discussed, 20 Diary, Mason's, at Weimar, 122-126 Dodworth's Hall, 194 Dohnanyi, Ernst von, 263; new symphony, 264 Dreyschock, 65-79; octave-playing, 66; on Chopin's pianoforte-playing, 75, and Henselt, 77 Dyer, Oliver, 184 Eichberg, Isidor, 252 Eichberg, Julius, 253 Erard pianoforte, Liszt's, 88, 92 Ernst, 149 Fontaine, Mortier de, Beethoven-player, 31 Foote, Arthur, 261 Franck, Cesar, 122 Friedheim, Arthur, 270 Gabrilowitsch, 269 Geilfuss, Louis, 182 Godowsky, 265 "Goldene Zeit" at Weimar, 97, 122 Gottschalk, 183, 205-209; "The Latest Hops," 208; Characteristic letter and autograph, 208 Grange, De la, 154, 157 Grieg, 241; autograph, 244 Groenvelt, Mr., violoncellist, 19 Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, early repertoire of, 7 Handel's "E Minor Fugue," Mason's copy of, 119, 123 Harvard Musical Association, repertoire of, 1846, 19 Hauptmann, Moritz, 44; passion for baked apples, 45; _Spiegel-Canon_ autograph, 45 and 48; opinion of Lowell Mason's work, 46 Heckmann, 137 "Heinrich, Father," anecdote of, 22 Henselt, 75, and Dreyschock, 77 _Herrmann_, steamer, 27 Hill, Frank, 27 Hoffman, Carl, 95 Hoffman, Richard, 207 Hofmann, Josef, 271 Hummel, 172 Huss, Henry Holden, 271 Joachim, 62; autograph, 64, 109, 124, 126, 137; coolness between Liszt and, 142, 147 Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 261 Klauser, Karl, 202 Klindworth, Karl, 89, 91, 97, 100, 107, 109, 114, 127, 141 Kneisel Quartet, autograph, 262 Kobbe, Gustav, X Laub, Ferdinand, 63, 92, 126, 150; autograph, 180 Leschetitsky, 70