Entertaining Liszt's "Young Beethoven" 171 Rubinstein's Opposition to Wagner 174 AT WORK IN AMERICA 183 Touring the Country 184 "Yankee Doodle" and "Old Hundred" 187 Settling down to Teach 191 Theodore Thomas at Twenty 195 Thomas as Conductor 197 Karl Klauser, Musical Director at Miss Porter's School 202 Louis Moreau Gottschalk 205 Propaganda for Schumann's Music 209 Sigismond Thalberg 210 Pedal and Pedal Signs--Why not Dispense with the Latter? 215 Pedal Study for the Pianoforte 219 Rubinstein and the Autograph-hunter 221 Evolution in Musical Ideas--Beethoven Pianoforte Recitals 226 Rubinstein's Favorite Seat at a Pianoforte Recital 227 Bach's "Triple Concerto" and "Les Agrements" 229 A Significant Autograph from Rubinstein 234 Rubinstein, Paderewski, and "Yankee Doodle" 236 Meetings with Von Bulow 238 Edvard Grieg 241 Rates of Tempo--The Present Time Compared with Fifty Years Ago 243 Electrocuting Chopin 244 Tempo Rubato 246 Unusual Pupils--Transposing--Positive and Relative Pitch 247 Appledore, Isles of Shoals 251 MUSIC IN AMERICA TO-DAY 259 APPENDIX 273 INDEX 297 The author acknowledges the efficient collaboration of Mr. Gustav Kobbe in preparing these Memories for publication, and also the valuable assistance of his son-in-law, Mr. Howard van Sinderen. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS William Mason in 1899 _Frontispiece_ From a photograph by Gessford & Van Brunt. FACING PAGE William Mason as a Boy 12 From a daguerreotype. William Mason at the Age of Eighteen 20 From a daguerreotype. Autograph of I. Moscheles 32 Autograph of Robert Schumann 38