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1. THE ARTIST'S LIFE 5

2. ARE PIANISTS BORN OR MADE? 24

3. THE STORY OF A WONDER-CHILD _Pepito Arriola_ 41

4. THE PIANIST OF TO-MORROW _Wilhelm Bachaus_ 52

5. ARTISTIC ASPECTS OF PIANO STUDY _Harold Bauer_ 64

6. APPEARING IN PUBLIC _Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler_ 80

7. IMPORTANT DETAILS IN PIANO STUDY _Ferruccio Busoni_ 97

8. DISTINCTIVE PIANO PLAYING _Teresa Carreno_ 109

9. ESSENTIALS OF TOUCH _Ossip Gabrilowitsch_ 122

10. THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TECHNIC _Leopold Godowsky_ 133

11. ANALYZING MASTERPIECES _Katharine Goodson_ 144

12. PROGRESS IN PIANO STUDY _Josef Hofmann_ 158

13. PIANO STUDY IN RUSSIA _Josef Lhevinne_ 170

14. SEEKING ORIGINALITY _Vladimir de Pachmann_ 182

15. MODERN PIANISTIC PROBLEMS _Max Pauer_ 197

16. ESSENTIALS OF ARTISTIC PLAYING _S. V. Rachmaninoff_ 208

17. SYSTEMATIC MUSICAL TRAINING _A. Reisenauer_ 222

18. THE TRAINING OF THE VIRTUOSO _E. Sauer_ 236

19. ECONOMY IN MUSIC STUDY _X. Scharwenka_ 252

20. LEARNING A NEW PIECE _E. Schelling_ 267

21. WHAT INTERPRETATION REALLY IS _S. Stojowski_ 279

I

THE ARTIST'S LIFE

THE VIRTUOSO'S CAREER AS IT REALLY IS

The father of a young woman who was preparing to become a virtuoso once
applied to a famous musical educator for advice regarding the future
career of his daughter. "I want her to become one of the greatest
pianists America has ever produced," he said. "She has talent, good
health, unlimited ambition, a good general education, and she is
industrious." The educator thought for awhile, and then said, "It is
very likely that your daughter will be successful in her chosen field,
but the amount of grinding study she will be obliged to undergo to meet
the towering standards of modern pianism is awful to contemplate. In the
end she will have the flattery of the multitude, and, let us hope, some
of their dollars as wel