The world is indebted to Paderewski in a very special way. To it he brought a flaming vision of great music-making. He placed before his listeners in singular glory the music of Chopin, one of the greatest composers of piano music the world has ever known. He carried to corners of the earth some of the most powerful pianism ever to be heard, never deviating from his own highest standards of excellence. Then, when his country’s very existence was at stake, he proved himself an equal or even, in the opinion of some, a greater master in the arena of international politics. His genius extended to the devious ways of statecraft with the same penetration it had shown in the mastering of music’s subtlest arts. His ability to influence men was as forceful when he spoke as it had been when channeled through the keys of a Steinway concert grand. He was unique in his lifetime. Nor has he had a successor. FOR MORE ABOUT PADEREWSKI Fisher, H. H. _America and the New Poland._ New York: The Macmillan Co., 1928. House, Edward Mandell. “Paderewski, the Paradox of Europe,” _Harper’s Magazine_ (New York), 1925. ——, and Seymour, Charles (eds.). _What Really Happened at Paris._ New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1921. Kellogg, Charlotte. _Paderewski._ New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1956. Kellogg, Vernon. _Herbert Hoover, The Man and His Work._ New York: D. Appleton Co., 1920. Landau, Rom. _Ignace Paderewski._ New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1934. ——. _Pilsudski and Poland._ New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1929. _War Memoirs of Robert Lansing._ Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1935. Paderewski, Ignace Jan, with Lawton, Mary. _The Paderewski Memoirs._ New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. Phillips, Charles. _Paderewski, The Story of a Modern Immortal._ New York: The Macmillan Co., 1933. Strakacz, Aniela. _Paderewski As I Knew Him._ New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1934. INDEX A Alexander II, 13 Alma-Tadema, Laurence, 112 American Relief Administration, 149-151 Arlington Cemetery, 181 B Balfour, Arthur, 144-145 Beethoven, Ludwig van “Appassionata” Sonata, 81 C minor Piano Sonata, Opus 111, 136-137 “Emperor” Concerto, 75 “Moonlight” Sonata, 175 Thirty-two Variations in C minor, 58 Brahms, Johannes, 49 Bryan, William Jennings, 91 Burne-Jones, Edward, 69-70 C Carnegie Hall, 72, 74, 79, 134, 141, 164-167 Chopin, Frederic, 28, 58, 98, 101-102, 120, 127, 134, 136, 175, 182 Clemenceau, Georges, 123, 155-156, 166-167 Colonne, Edouard, 58, 60 Cooper, chef, 88 Cortot, Alfred, 59 Czerny studies, 53