Anton Schindler, "Ami de Beethoven" 79 Schindler and Schnyder von Wartensee 82 First London Concert 84 WITH LISZT IN WEIMAR 86 Accepted by Liszt 88 The Altenburg 93 How Liszt Taught 97 "Play It Like This" 99 Liszt in 1854 101 His Fascination 102 Liszt's Indignation 103 Objects to my Eye-glasses 106 A Musical Breakfast 108 Liszt's Playing 110 Liszt and Pixis 117 Liszt Conducting 119 Liszt's Symphonic Poems--Rehearsing "Tasso" 121 Extracts from a Diary 122 Opportunities 126 Brahms in 1853 127 Nervous before Liszt 128 Dozing while Liszt Played 129 "Lohengrin" for the First Time in Leipsic 132 In Stuttgart--Hotel Marquand 135 The Schumann "Feier" in Bonn, 1880 136 Brahms's Pianoforte-playing 137 A Historical Error Corrected 141 More about Liszt's Wonderful Sight-reading 142 Liszt's Moments of Contrition 144 Peter Cornelius 145 Some Famous Violinists 147 Remenyi 151 Some Distinguished Opera-singers 153 Henriette Sontag 154 Johanna Wagner 156 Mme. de la Grange 157 "Der Verein der Murls" 158 The Wagner Cause in Weimar 159 Raff in Weimar 161 Dr. Adolf Bernhard Marx 165 Berlioz in Weimar 168