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Title: Melomaniacs
Author: James Huneker
Release Date: August 22, 2009 [EBook #29751]
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
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