opinion of, 169; opinion of Beethoven, Chopin, and Schumann, 170, 171; entertains Rubinstein at Weimar, 171; compares him with Hambourg, 174; letters from Liszt to, 176, also Appendix, Part II, p. 291 _et seq._; messages from Liszt to, 181, 182; return to America, 183; marriage, 183; concert tour, 183-190; combines "Yankee Doodle" and "Old Hundred," 187; teaching in New York, 191; inaugurates chamber-music concerts, 193; first program, 194; "Mason and Thomas Quartet," 196; concert at Farmington, Conn., 202; reminiscences of Gottschalk, 205, and Schumann's music, 209; describes Thalberg's playing, 210; reminiscences of Rubinstein and opinion of, 221-236; and Von Bulow, 238; letter from Von Bulow to, 239; meeting with Grieg, 241; discusses piano technic, tempo, pitch, etc., 243-251; studio, 248; at Isles of Shoals, 251-258; opinion of Von Dohnanyi, 263; Godowsky, 265; Gabrilowitsch, 269; Bauer, 270; Friedheim, 270 Mason-Thomas Quartet, portrait group, 196 Matthews, W. S. B., 261 Matzka, George, 194 Mayer, Carl, 31, 65 Mendelssohn, exaggerated worship of, 37; friendship with Moscheles, 37; thought greater than Beethoven, 37; influence in England, 85 Meyer, Leopold de, Mason's recollections of, 19; beauty of tone, 20; New York concerts and anecdote, 21, 69, 211-215 Meyerbeer, meeting of with William Mason, 28; rehearsing "Le Prophete", 30 Mills, S. B., 292 Moscheles, 27; autograph, 32; practises Beethoven in secret, 36; opposes his daughter's playing Chopin, 37; intimacy with Mendelssohn, 37; entertains Schumann, anecdote, 42; pianoforte-playing, 57; silver wedding, 61 Mosenthal, Joseph, 194 Mozart, 250 "Murls," the, 158 Musical conventions, origin of, 9 Musical pedigree, 180 Music in America to-day, 259-272 Ohe, Adele aus der, 270 Paderewski, 60; fantasy on "Yankee Doodle," 236; autograph, 236 Paine, John K., 252, 261 Parker, Horatio W., 261 Parker, J. C. D., 135 "Parsifal," Liszt's tribute to, 133 Pedal, hints on use of, 215-221; study, 219 Perelli, 154 Perkins, Charles C., 135 Philharmonic Society, New York, 262 Pitch, positive, 247; Thomas's ear for, 251 Pixis, 117 Pruckner, Dionys, 89, 91, 100, 107, 114, 125, 135 Pupils, unusual, 246 Raff, 89, 91, 96; friendship for Mason, 97, 124, 129, 133; in Weimar, 161-164; Mason's first impression of, 161; poverty, 162; arrested for debt, 162; prison comforts, 162; pianoforte-playing, 162; as a composer, 163; and Wagner propaganda, 134, 142, 144, 164 Remenyi and the "Kreutzer Sonata," 93; Liszt rebukes, 94; on Liszt's playing, 112; visits Liszt with Brahms, 127, 130, 151-153 Rhythmus exercises, 191 Moscheles on, 193 Richter, Ernst Friedrich, 48 Rohan, Prince de, 71-75