Valeria, 364 Van Dyk, 316 _ff._ Vecella, Maestro, 298 Verdi, 34, 64, 188, 300 Versailles Conference, 147, 263 Vidal, Paul, 279 Vitali, 153 Vogt, Jean, 11, 171 Volstead Law, 35 von Bülow, _see_ Bülow, von von Inten, 11 Voss, translation of Homer, 4 Wagner, Cosima, 42, 75, 132, 143, 173 _ff._ Wagner, Richard, 1 _ff._, 11, 13 _ff._, 34, 36 _ff._, 52, 64, 68, 74, 77, 86, 92, 99, 102, 104 _ff._, 116 _ff._, 127 _ff._, 140, 143 _ff._, 156, 164, 171 _ff._, 188, 190, 192, 196, 205 _ff._, 252, 259 _ff._, 281, 292, 297 _ff._, 300, 316, 333 _ff._, 337, 340, 360, 362, 364 _ff._, _et passim_. Music dramas, _passim_ Wagner Society, 106 Walter, Bruno, 178 War, the Great, 221 _ff._, 339 _ff._ Ward, Major Cabot, 241 Warren, Mrs. John Hobart, 152 Webber, Amhurst, 292 Weber, Joseph N., 213 Weill, Lieutenant Michel, 252 _ff._, 255, 260, 262, 264 _ff._ Welling, Richard, 121, 215 Wendell, Evart, 245 Wendell, Lieutenant, 245 Wesendonck, Madame, 164 Wharton, Edith, 244 _ff._ Whitlock, Mr. and Mrs. Brand, 314 Whitman, Mrs. Henry, 333 Widor, Charles Marie, 157 _ff._, 238, 257 _ff._ Wieniawski, 22 Wilde, Oscar, 363 Wilhelmj, August, 28 _ff._ Willeke, Willem, 284 William I, Emperor, 2, 7, 41, 79, 86 Wilson, Admiral, 265, 268 Wilson, President, 295 Wolf-Ferrari, 183 Women in musical affairs, 323 _ff._ Wood, Sir Henry, 319 _World, New York_, 96 Y. M. C. A., 222 _ff._, 239 _ff._, 265 Yale University, 212 Young People’s Symphony Concerts, 183, 328 Ysaye, Eugene, 150, 152 _ff._, 187 Zimbalist, Efrem, 193 _ff._, 217 Zimmerman, Mrs., 118 TRANSCRIBER NOTES Misspelled words and printer errors have been corrected. Where multiple spellings occur, majority use has been employed. Punctuation has been maintained except where obvious printer errors occur. Some illustrations were moved to facilitate page layout. A cover was created for this eBook and is placed in the public domain. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of My Musical Life, by Walter Damrosch