MEMORIES OF A
MUSICAL LIFE
WILLIAM MASON IN 1899
Copyright, 1900, 1901, by
The Century Co.
Published October, 1901.
The Devine Press.
TO
MY DAUGHTER
MINA MASON VAN SINDEREN
AT WHOSE REQUEST
THESE MEMORIES
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
Early Days in New England | 3 |
| Lowell Mason's Career | 7 |
| First Beethoven Symphony in America | 8 |
| Musical Conventions | 9 |
| Early Musical Training | 10 |
| Webster and Clay | 11 |
| First Public Appearance | 18 |
| Leopold de Meyer | 19 |
| "Father Heinrich" | 22 |
| An Embarrassing Experience | 25 |
Student Life Abroad | 27 |
| Meeting with Meyerbeer | 28 |
| Liszt's Feat of Memory | 31 |
| First Meeting with Liszt | 33 |