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Title: Melomaniacs

Author: James Huneker

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Language: English

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MELOMANIACS

[Illustration]

JAMES HUNEKER

MELOMANIACS

BY

JAMES HUNEKER

Come, let us march against the powers of heaven,
And set black streamers in the firmament,
To signify the slaughter of the Gods.

_Marlowe_

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1902

_Copyright, 1902, by_
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

_All rights reserved_

PUBLISHED, FEBRUARY, 1902

University Press:

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

TO

PHILIP HALE

CONTENTS
Page

THE LORD'S PRAYER IN B 1

A SON OF LISZT 11

A CHOPIN OF THE GUTTER 19

THE PIPER OF DREAMS 31

AN EMOTIONAL ACROBAT 63

ISOLDE'S MOTHER 73

THE RIM OF FINER ISSUES 99

AN IBSEN GIRL 118

TANNHAeUSER'S CHOICE 141

THE RED-HEADED PIANO PLAYER 158