- Abélard, 260
- Academy of Singing (Berlin), 27
- Académie Royale (Paris), 57
- Adagio in E major (Chopin), 37
- Adagio of Concerto in F minor (op. 21) (Chopin), 34, 50, 173
- Adélaïde, Madame, 177
- Agnes (Paër), 35
- Agoult, Countess Marie d’, 93, 101–103, 171–172
- Aix-la-Chapelle, 71
- Albert, Prince, 233
- Alexandre, Czar (Emperor), 23
- Allard, Monsieur, 229, 230
- Allegro (Moschelès), 23
- Allgemeine Musikalisches (Vienna), 32
- Amboise, 67
- America, 64
- Ancona, 218
- Andante Spianato, 73
- Antonin, Château d’, 23–24, 35
- Appassionata, The (Beethoven), 19
- Apollonius of Tyre, 160
- Apponyi, Count, 68
- Arago, 153, 203
- Archbishop of Paris, 55
- Artillery and Engineers, School of (Warsaw), 20
- Auber, Daniel François Esprit, 70
- Augusta, Princess (Infante), 43–44
- Augustine, 197–198, 214, 237
- Aulary, Monsieur, 231
- Austerlitz, battle of, 18
- Avignon, 127
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 33, 69, 150, 174, 229
- Baillot, violinist, 62
- Balearic Isles, see also Majorca, Palma, Valdemosa, 127–142
- Ballade in G minor (op. 23) (Chopin), 85–86, 132, 145
- Balzac, Honoré de, 19, 103–107
- Barberini, Place (Rome), 190
- Barber of Seville, The (Rossini), 57
- Barbès, 230
- Barcarolle (op. 60) (Chopin), 230–231
- Barcelona, 128, 142
- Baudelaire, Pierre-Charles, 163
- Bayer, Mme. Constance, 48
- Beauvau, Hôtel de (Marseilles), 145
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 19, 26, 31, 32, 35, 51, 62, 69, 74, 165, 174
- Bellini, Vincenzo, 73
- Belvédère, Palais de (Warsaw), 45
- Berceuse (op. 57) (Chopin), 230–231
- Berlin, 27
- Berlioz, Hector, 19, 65, 68, 72, 101, 165, 169, 258
- Berry (France), 147 et seq., 240
- Berry, Mme. la Duchesse de, 56
- Bertram (Meyerbeer), 109
- Blache, Dr., 251 et seq.
- Blanc, Louis, 195, 203
- Böhmischen Köchin, Café zur (Vienna), 47
- Bologna, 228
- Bona Sforza, 77
- Bonstetten, Charles-Victor de, 77
- Bossuet, Jaques Bénigne, 19
- Bourges, Michel de, 100–101
- Brault, Adèle, 197
- Breslau, 33, 43
- Brest, 229
- Broadwood, piano, 232
- Broadwood, piano manufacturer, 235
- Bruhl, 79
- Buloz, publisher, 131, 153
- Bulwer, Lord, 234
- Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 19, 159, 285
- Byron, Lady, 234
- Calamatta, Louis, 156
- Calder House (Scotland), 235
- Callot, Jacques, 176
- Carlist Party (Paris), 55
- Carlsbad, 76
- Carlyle, Thomas, 234
- Carthusians, Order of, 130
- Castellan, Mme., 258
- Catalani, Angelica, 243
- Cauvières, Dr., 145
- Chaillot, rue de (Paris), 246
- Chambres des Députés (Paris), 249
- Champs Elysées (Paris), 248
- Chartreuse of Valdemosa. See Valdemosa
- Chateaubriand, François-René, Vicomte de, 56
- Chatiron, Hippolyte, 149, 181
- Chaussée d’Antin (Paris), 68, 154
- Cherubini, Marie-Louis-Charles-Zénobi-Salvador, 58
- Chmiel, improvisation from (Chopin), 31
- Chopin: Compositions, Pieces, Transcriptions, etc.
- Adagio of Concerto in F minor (op. 21), 34, 50, 173
- Adagio in E major, 37
- Ballade in G minor (op. 23), 85–86, 132, 145
- Barcarolle (op. 60), 231
- Berceuse (op. 57), 231
- Chmiel, improvisation from, 31
- Concerto In E minor (op. 11), 40, 50, 58, 70, 72
- Concerto in F minor (op. 21), 34, 37, 50, 62, 84
- Etude (no. 5), 176
- Etude in C minor (op. 10, no. 12), 53
- Etude in E major (no. 3), 70
- Etude in G sharp minor, 161
- Fantasia in E minor, 178
- Fantasia on Polish Airs, 40
- Funeral March, 150, 259
- Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs, 70
- Grande Polonaise, 84
- Grande Valse in E flat major, 70
- Impromptu (op. 29), 108
- Mazurkas (op. 41), 149
- Mazurka in A flat major, 150
- Mazurka in B major, 150, 202
- Mazurka in B minor (op. 30), 108
- Mazurka in C minor (op. 30), 108
- Mazurka in C sharp major (op. 30), 108
- Mazurka in C sharp minor (op. 63), 150, 202
- Mazurka in D flat major (op. 30), 108
- Mazurka in E minor, 150
- Mazurka in F minor (op. 63), 202
- Mazurka in G major, 150
- Mazurka in G minor (op. 30), 108
- Nocturne (op. 37, no. 2), 149
- Nocturne in C minor (op. 48), 150, 190–191
- Nocturne in G major, 150
- Polonaise Brillante, 73
- Polonaise in F minor, 36
- Polonaise for piano and violoncello, 36
- Potpourri on the setting moon, 41
- Prelude in B minor (no. 6), 258
- Prelude in E minor (no. 4), 258
- Prelude in B minor (op. 6), 139
- Premier Rondo, in C minor (op. 1), 23
- Revolutionary, The (Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12), 53
- Rondeau in E flat major, 70
- Rondo à la Krakoviak, 31, 37, 70
- Second Scherzo (op. 31), 108
- Siberian, The, 161, 162
- Sonata in B flat minor, 150
- Sonata in E flat minor, 149
- Sonata in G flat minor, 178
- Sonata in G minor, for piano and violoncello, 230
- Sonata with violoncello, 202
- Tarantella, 178
- Three Mazurkas (op. 33), 108
- Trio, for piano, violin, and violoncello, 70
- Twelve Etudes (2nd vol., op. 25), 70
- Two Nocturnes (op. 32), 108
- Valses Brillantes (op. 34), 108, 178
- Valse de l’Adieu, in A flat major (op. 69, no. 1), 81
- Variations on the La ci darem, 26–27, 31, 32, 62
- Waltz in D flat major (op. 70, no. 3), 34, 50
- Waltz of the Little Dog, The (op. 64, no. 1), 231
- White Lady, The, variations from, 31
- Chopin, Emilie, 20
- Chopin, Isabelle, 20, 66
- Chopin, Louise, 18, 20, 60–62.
- See also Jedrzeïewicz, Louise
- Chopin, Nicolas, 18, 20, 22, 26, 30, 46, 59, 76–77, 80, 193–194
- Chopin, Mme. Nicolas, 18, 19, 76–77, 194, 247–251.
- See also Krzyzanowska, Justine
- Cichowski, Monsieur, 82
- Cimarosa, Domenico, 27
- Clary, Prince, 33
- Clary, Princess, 33
- Clésinger, Jean-Baptiste-Auguste-Stello, 205–227, 233, 256, 260 et seq.
- Clésinger, Mme., 214–227, 233, 237, 239, 241.
- See also Sand, Solange
- Coignet, Jules-Louis-Philippe, 186
- Cologne, 71
- Concerto in E minor (op. 11) (Chopin), 40, 50, 58, 70, 72
- Concerto in F minor (op. 21) (Chopin), 34, 37, 50, 62, 84
- Congress of Naturalists (Berlin), 27
- Conservatory of Music (Paris), 73, 258
- Conservatory of Music (Warsaw), 22, 23, 30
- Constantin, Grand Duke, Governor of Warsaw, 21, 45
- Cramer, pianist, 58
- Crans, Mlle. Saladin de, 77
- Cruveillé, Dr., 251 et seq.
- Custine, Marquis de, 71, 93
- Czartoryski, Prince Adam, 68, 159, 195, 205, 243, 259
- Czartoryska, Princess Marceline, 195, 205, 208, 240, 243, 252–255
- Czerny, Charles, 32, 33
- Czosnowska, Countess, 202
- Daguerry, Monsieur, 258
- Daily News (London), 234
- Dantan, Jean-Pierre, 182, 185
- Dante, Alighieri, 46, 159
- Danube, The, 41
- Dautremont, tailor (Paris), 154
- da Vinci, Leonardo, 67
- de Garaudé, Monsieur, 231
- Delacroix, Eugène, 156, 158, 163–167, 173, 180, 195, 205, 218, 243–246, 257, 259
- de Laprade, Victor, 203
- Delaroche, Hippolyte-Paul, 243
- Desdemona (see also Othello), 58
- des Préaulx, M., 205–206
- Dickens, Charles, 234
- Dictionnaire Philosophique (Voltaire), 252
- di Mondi, Mlle. Antonia Molina, 230
- Dobrzyçka, Mme., 43–44, 79
- Don Juan (Mozart), 175
- Douglas, Marquis of, 234
- Dover Street (London), 232 et seq.
- Dresden, 33, 43, 77–81
- Dudevant, Aurore. See Sand, George
- Dudevant, Casimir, 101, 197, 214, 222
- Dudevant, Maurice. See Sand, Maurice
- Dudevant, Solange. See Sand, Solange
- Dupont, Alexis, 258
- Duport, hatmaker (Paris), 154
- Düsseldorf, 71, 86
- Duteil, family of, 149
- Duvernet, Théophile-Imarigeon, 149, 222
- Dziady (The Feast of the Dead) (Miçkiewicz), 159
- Ecole de Médecine. See School of Medicine (Paris)
- Edinburgh, 235, 238, 241
- Elbe, 79
- Elizabeth, Queen, 67
- El Mallorquin, 128
- Elsner, Joseph-Xavier, 22, 37, 41, 60–62
- Enfer, rue d’ (Paris), 56
- Erard, piano, 171, 232
- Erard, Salle, 72
- Erskine, Mrs. See also Stirling, family, 232 et seq.
- Etienne, Mme., 244
- Etude (no. 5) (Chopin), 176
- Etude in C minor (op. 10, no. 12) (Chopin), 53
- Etude in E major (no. 3) (Chopin), 70
- Etude in G sharp minor (Chopin), 161
- Eusebius, 26
- Euterpe, 78
- Everard. See Bourges, Michel de
- Faber, Monsieur, 202
- Falmouth, Lord, 233–234
- Fantasia in E minor (Chopin), 78
- Fantasia on Polish Airs (Chopin), 40
- Farewells, The (Sonata in E flat major) (Beethoven), 19
- Faust (Gounod), 35
- Ferdinand Cortez (Spontini), 27
- Festival of Music (Aix-la-Chapelle), 71
- Fétis, music critic, 63
- Fidélio (Beethoven), 19
- Field, pianist, 58, 70
- Fleury, family of, 149
- Fontana, Jules, 21, 127, 128, 132, 141, 145–146, 150, 153, 154–155, 159, 182, 185, 261
- Fouquet, Nicolas, 67
- France, Hôtel de (Paris), 102
- Franchomme, violoncellist, 62, 159, 229, 230, 243, 251–252, 259
- François I, 67
- Françoise, the chambermaid, 200
- François Le Champi (Sand), 224
- Frankfurt-am-Oder, 28
- Frauenkirche, The (Dresden), 80
- Frère, Charles-Théodore, 186
- Freyschutz Die (Handel), 27
- Funeral March (Chopin), 150, 259
- Gainsborough, Lady, 233–234
- Gallenberg, Count, 30
- Gaubert, Dr., 126
- Gautier, Théophile, 258
- Gavard, Charles, 252
- Gavard, Mlle., 252, 255
- Gazette Musicale (Paris), 178–180, 232
- Geneva, 77, 102, 171
- Genoa, 147
- Geological Museum (Berlin), 28
- Germany (Heine), 91
- Giotto, Ambrogio, 157
- Giraud, Monsieur, 258
- Gladkowska, Constance, 30, 33–42, 44, 46, 48–50, 66
- Glasgow, 238
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 19, 159
- Gomez, Señor, 128, 132
- Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs (Chopin), 70
- Grande Polonaise (Chopin), 84
- Grande Polonaise (Kalkbrenner), 62
- Grande Valse in E flat major (Chopin), 70
- Grenoble, 134
- Grzymala, Count Albert, 65, 108–125, 127, 143, 153, 159, 205, 209–213, 235, 239–240, 242, 244
- Gutmann, Monsieur, 70, 241, 243, 252–255, 259
- Habeneck, conductor, 57
- Hamilton, Duke of, 241
- Handel, George Friedrich, 27
- Hanska, Countess, 104, 107
- Hartmann, Caroline, 70
- Haslinger, music publisher (Vienna), 30, 44
- Haydn, Joseph, 19, 202
- Heine, Heinrich, 91, 102, 159, 173
- Heller, Stephen, 168
- Héloïse, 260
- Hiller, Ferdinand, 62, 71, 102
- Histoire de ma Vie (Sand), 221, 227
- Hogarth, William, 234
- Holy Cross, Church of (Warsaw), 259
- Hortense, Queen, 77
- House of the Wind, The (Majorca), 128–132
- Houssaye, Arsène, 206
- Hugo, Victor, 19
- Hummel, Jean-Népomucène, 46, 50
- Imperial Theatre (Vienna), 31
- Infernal Comedy (Miçkiewicz), 161
- Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 163
- Inquisition, Palace of (Barcelona), 128
- Invalides, Hôtel des (Paris), 249
- Invitation to the Waltz (von Weber), 187
- Isambert, Mlle., singer, 62
- Italian Opera House (Paris), 57
- Italienne à Alger, L’ (Rossini), 57
- Italy, 52, 218
- Jagellons, dynasty of, 77
- Janin, 258
- Jardin des Plantes (Paris), 201
- Jaroçki, Professor, 27–28
- Jean, Prince of Lucca, future King of Saxony, 43–44
- Jedrzeïewicz, Calasante, 193, 196, 247–250
- Jedrzeïewicz, Louise, 193–195, 237–238, 247–250.
- See also Chopin, Louise
- Jelowiçki, Abbé Alexandre, 252–255
- Jéna, battle of, 20
- Jésuites, rue des (Warsaw), 22
- Journal (Delacroix), 218, 244–246
- Journal des Débats (Paris), 224
- Journal Intime (Sand), 99–100, 169, 208
- Jules II, 67
- Kalerji, Mme., 245
- Kalisz, 43
- Kalkbrenner, Frédéric-Guillaume, 58–63, 70, 243
- Karol, Prince (Sand), 185, 227.
- See also Lucrezia Floriani
- Keats, John, 19
- Keir, The Stirlings of, 236, 239
- Kisting, piano factory, 27
- Kleczynski, Professor, 170
- Klengel, Alexandre, composer, 33
- Krakoviak. See Rondo à la Krakoviak (Chopin)
- Krasinski, 159
- Kreutzer Sonata (Beethoven), 19
- Kronprinz, Hôtel du (Berlin), 27
- Krzyzanowska, Justine, 18.
- See also Chopin, Mme. Nicolas
- Kurpinski, 37
- Kwiatkowsky, 159, 256
- Lablache, Mme. Louis, 57, 258
- La Châtre (France), 207
- Lady of the Lake, The (Rossini), 41
- Laffitte, rue (Paris), 102
- La Fontaine, Jean de, 19, 67, 172
- Lambert, Hôtel (Paris), 205
- Lamennais, Abbé de, 97, 102
- Lannes, Maréchale, 68
- Lefébure-Wély, 258
- Légion d’Honneur, La, 258
- Legouvé, Monsieur, 243
- Leipzig, 81, 85
- Leipzig, battle of, 79
- Lélia (Sand), 97
- Le Méléagre, 142
- Lenz, Monsieur W. de, 186–188
- Le Phénicien, 128
- Leroux, Pierre, 159–160, 180, 199
- Le Verier, Monsieur, 202
- Lichnowsky, Count, 32
- Lind, Jenny, 232, 243
- Linde, Mme., 23
- Liszt, Franz, 19, 21, 31, 50, 62, 63, 65, 68, 70, 75, 86, 93, 101, 103, 139, 146, 167, 171–176, 178, 181, 186, 257
- Lorraine (France), 18
- Louis XVI, King, 56
- Louis, Dr., 243, 251 et seq.
- Louis-Philippe, King, 177–178, 228–230
- Louvre, The (Paris), 164
- Lucca, Prince of. See Jean
- Lucrezia Floriani (Sand), 185, 200–201, 209, 240
- Luxembourg, Musée du (Paris), 205
- Madeleine, Church of the (Paris), 240, 258
- Majorca, 128–143, 149, 240, 258.
- See also Balearic Isles, Palma, Valdemosa
- Malfatti, Dr., 51
- Malibran, Maria-Félicité Garcia, 57–58
- Mallefille, Félicien, 103, 111, 116, 119, 121, 123–124, 127
- Manchester, 238
- Manchester Guardian, 238
- Marainville (France), 18
- Mardi Gras, 137
- Mare Au Diable, La (Sand), 224
- Marliani, Mme., 108, 128, 131, 142–143, 147, 184, 185, 187, 226
- Marie-Aurore of Saxe, Queen, 198
- Marienbad, 87–88
- Marmontel, 58
- Marot, Clément, 67
- Marseilles, 143–147, 149
- Matuszinski, Dr. Jean, 47–49, 53, 71, 127, 130, 155, 192
- Maurras, Charles, 34
- Mazurkas (op. 41) (Chopin), 149
- Mazurka in A flat major (Chopin), 150
- Mazurka in C sharp major (op. 30) (Chopin), 108
- Mazurka in C sharp minor (op. 63) (Chopin), 150, 202
- Mazurka in C minor (op. 30) (Chopin), 108
- Mazurka in D flat major (op. 30) (Chopin), 108
- Mazurka in E minor (Chopin), 150
- Mazurka in F minor (op. 63) (Chopin), 202
- Mazurka in G major (Chopin), 150
- Mazurka in G major (op. 63) (Chopin), 202
- Mazurka in G minor (op. 30) (Chopin), 108
- Mémoires (Sand), 224, 245
- Mendelssohn, Bartholdy Felix, 27, 71, 72, 81, 86
- Mendizabal, Don Juan Alvarez y, 130
- Mérimée, Prosper, 95–96
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The (Shakespeare), 67
- Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 64, 109, 231, 258–259
- Michelangelo, Buomarroti, 67, 174
- Miçkiewicz, 91, 102, 159–160
- Milan, 77, 228
- Mohilew, General, 53
- Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin), 19
- Molin, Dr., 243
- Montpensier, Duke of, 229
- Moschelès, Ignace, 23, 70, 177
- Moscow, 53
- Moses, 160
- Moses (Rossini), 33
- Mostowska, Countess, 108
- Mozart, Wolfgang von, 26, 29, 69, 158, 163–165, 174–175, 177, 229, 230, 255, 258
- Munich, 53
- Musset, Viscount Alfred de, 98–100, 105, 126, 147, 148, 221, 260
- Nantes, 229
- Naples, 146
- Napoleon I, Emperor, 17, 79
- Napoleon III, Emperor. See Napoleon, Prince Louis
- Napoleon, Prince Louis, 77, 98
- Nidecki, 47
- Niemcewicz, Julian-Orsin, 21
- Nietzsche, Friedrich, 144, 165, 190–191
- Night Song (Nietzsche), 190
- Noailles, Duke of, 243
- Nocturne (op. 37, no. 2) (Chopin), 149
- Nocturne in C minor (op. 48) (Chopin), 150, 190–191
- Nocturne in G major (Chopin), 150
- Nohant, Château de, 101, 103–107, 147 et seq., 237, 239
- Notre Dame de Paris, Church of (Paris), 249
- Nourrit, Adolph, 102, 146
- Obreskow, Mme., 247–248
- O’Meara, Mlle., 69
- Opera, The (Berlin), 27
- Opera, The (Warsaw), 30, 35
- Orleans, Duchess of, 177
- Orleans, Duke of, 229
- Orléans, Square d’ (Paris), 185 et seq., 242, 248
- Orlowski, 70–71
- Orsetti, family of, 77
- Osborne, pianist, 62
- Ostend, 250
- Othello (Rossini), 57
- Paderewski, Ignace, 54
- Paër, Fernando, 35, 58
- Paganini, Nicolo, 51
- Paix, rue de la, 240
- Palma, 128, 142.
- See also Majorca, Balearic Isles, Valdemosa
- Panthéon, The (Paris), 249
- Papet, Dr., 149
- Paskewitch, General, 46, 53
- Pasta, Giuditta Negri, 57, 58
- Pelletan, 102
- Père-Lachaise, Cemetery of (Paris), 259 et seq.
- Perpignan, 127
- Perthuis, Count de, 170, 177
- Philharmonic Orchestra (London), 232
- Pierre, the gardener, 200
- Pigalle, rue (Paris), 154 et seq.
- Pixis, violinist, 33
- Plater, Count, 65
- Pleyel, Camille, 62, 93, 127–128, 129, 130, 141, 146, 229
- Pleyel, piano, 90, 91, 171, 232, 242
- Pleyel, Salon, 62, 72, 178–180, 229–232
- Poissonnière, Boulevard (Paris), 56 et seq., 228
- Polonaise Brillante (Chopin), 73
- Polonaise in F minor (Chopin), 36
- Polonaise for piano and violoncello (Chopin), 36
- Poniatowski, Prince Joseph-Antoine, 79
- Pont du Gard, 127
- Posen, 28
- Potoçka, Countess Delphine, 69, 73–75, 243, 245, 254–255
- Potpourri on the setting moon (Chopin), 41
- Prague, 32–33
- Prelude in B minor (no. 6) (Chopin), 258
- Prelude in E minor (no. 4) (Chopin), 258
- Prelude in G minor (op. 6) (Chopin), 139
- Premier Rondo, in C minor (op. 1) (Chopin), 23
- Preparatory Military Academy (Warsaw), 20
- Probst, music publisher (Paris), 141, 146
- Prophet, The (Meyerbeer), 246
- Prussia, Napoleon’s campaign in, 18
- Prussia, Prince of, 233
- Quatuor Serioso (Beethoven), 19
- Quintette (Beethoven), 62
- Racine, Jean, 19
- Radziwill, Prince Antoine, 23–24, 35, 38
- Radziwill, Princess, 35
- Radziwill, Princess Elise, 24, 36
- Radziwill, Princess Marceline, 68
- Radziwill, Prince Valentin, 67
- Radziwill, Princess Wanda, 24, 36
- Ramorino, General, 56
- Ravel, Maurice, 231
- Reber, Monsieur, 255
- Rénovateur, Le (Paris), 72
- Republican Party (Paris), 55
- Requiem (Mozart), 258
- Revolution of 1830 (Poland), 45, 77
- Revolution of 1848 (France), 228
- Revolutionary, The (Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12) (Chopin), 53
- Revue des Deux Mondes (Paris), 153
- Richter, Johann-Paul von, 75
- Robert the Devil (Meyerbeer), 64, 231
- Rochechouart, rue (Paris), 130
- Roger, Monsieur, 231
- Rollinat, François, 143, 149
- Rome, 65, 228
- Rondeau in E flat major (Chopin), 70
- Rondo à la Krakoviak (Chopin), 31, 37, 70
- Rossini, Gioachino, 31, 33, 41, 57, 58
- Roth, Dr., 243
- Rothschild, Baron James de, 68
- Rothschild, Baroness, 233, 243
- Rousseau, Théodore, 214
- Rozières, Mlle. de, 181–182, 208, 215–217, 240
- St.-Antoine, Place (Geneva), 77
- Saint Bruno, 134
- St.-Etienne, Church of (Vienna), 46
- Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin de, 96, 117, 161
- St.-Etienne du Mont, Church of (Paris), 249
- St.-Germain des Prés, Church of (Paris), 190
- St.-Germain l’Auxerrois, Church of (Paris), 249
- St. John, 159
- St.-Louis, Mont (Paris), 260
- St. Petersburg, 187
- Saint-Saëns, Charles-Camille, 86
- St.-Simon, Henri-Jean-Victor de Rouvroy, Duc de, 97
- St. Simonien Party (Paris), 55
- St.-Sulpice, Church of (Paris), 249
- Salzburg, 53
- Sand, George, 56, 94 et seq.
- Sand, Maurice, 102, 110, 126, 131, 137–138, 150, 153, 155, 166–167, 181, 188, 196–197, 203, 207, 208, 219, 237, 245
- Sand, Solange, 102, 126, 132, 137, 150, 153, 155, 188, 197–199, 203, 205–227.
- See also Clésinger, Mme.
- Sandeau, Jules, 95, 104, 201
- Sapieha, Princess, 195
- Saxe, Maréchal de, 94
- Saxony, King of. See Jean, Prince of Lucca
- Saxony, Queen of, 44
- Scheffer, Ary, 236
- Schlesinger, publisher (Paris), 146, 244
- School of Medicine (Paris), 55, 71
- Schubert, Franz, 146, 174–175
- Schumann, Robert, 19, 23, 26, 29, 75, 81, 85, 86, 170, 174, 178
- Scott, Sir Walter, 234
- Secret Marriage, The (Cimarosa), 27
- Secrétaire Intime, Le (Sand), 106
- Seine, The, 41
- Shakespeare, William, 67, 149, 174
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 19
- Shroeder-Devrient, 58
- Siberian, The (Chopin), 161–162
- Simon, Dr., 243
- Skarbeck, Countess, 18
- Slavik, violinist, 51
- Slowacki, 159
- Smithson, Henrietta, 72
- Socrates, 159
- Somerset, Duchess of, 233
- Sonata in B flat minor (Chopin), 150
- Sonata in E flat major (Beethoven), 19
- Sonata in E flat minor (Chopin), 149
- Sonata in G flat minor (Chopin), 178
- Sonata in G minor for piano and violoncello (Chopin), 230
- Sonata with violoncello (Chopin), 202
- Sontag, German singer, 38
- Sowinski, pianist, 62, 65
- Spain, King of, 243
- Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico, 27
- Sprée, The, 41
- Stafford House (London), 233–234
- Stamati, pianist, 62
- Stars, The (Schubert), 146
- Stendhal (Marie Henri Beyle), 19, 127
- Stirling, Jane, 228 et seq., 256 et seq.
- Stradivarius, 261
- Strauss, Johann, 51
- Stuttgart, 53
- Sue, Eugène, 102
- Sutherland, Duchess of, 233
- Swedenborg, Emmanuel, 160
- Tarantella (Chopin), 178
- Tempe, valley of, 50
- Teplitz, 33
- Théâtre Italien (Paris), 72
- “Three Glorious Days” (Paris), 228
- Three Mazurkas (op. 33) (Chopin), 108
- Tiber, The, 41
- Tilsit, battle of, 18
- Titus. See Woyçieckowski, Titus
- Tomeoni, Mlle., singer, 62
- Torphichen, Lord, 235
- Tours, 237
- Trio for piano, violin and violoncello (Chopin), 70
- Trio for piano, violin and violoncello (Mozart), 230
- Tronchet, rue (Paris), 154
- Tuileries, The (Paris), 249
- Twelve Etudes (2nd vol., op. 25) (Chopin), 70
- Ukraine, 65
- Urhan, violinist, 62
- Val de Grâce Hospital (Paris), 249
- Valdemosa, Chartreuse of, 129, 133–142, 258.
- See also Palma, Majorca, Balearic Isles
- “Valse de l’Adieu” in A flat major (op. 69, no. 1) (Chopin), 81
- Valses Brillantes (op. 34) (Chopin), 108, 178
- Variations on the La ci darem (Chopin), 26–27, 31, 32, 62
- Vaucluse, 127
- Vaudemont, Princess de, 68
- Vendôme, Place (Paris), 251 et seq.
- Venice, 98
- Veron, Louis-Désiré, 57
- Veronese, Paul, 234
- Viardot, Louis, 221
- Viardot, Pauline, 159, 185, 187, 195, 258
- Victoria, Queen, 234
- Vienna, 31, 41, 46, 53, 238
- Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet, 252
- Wagner, Richard, 19, 59, 69, 257
- Wagram, battle of, 18
- Waltz in D flat major (op. 70, no. 3) (Chopin), 34, 50
- “Waltz of the Little Dog” (op. 64, no. 1) (Chopin), 231
- Warsaw, 20, 33, 35, 36, 38, 44, 45–46, 53, 76, 89, 192, 228, 259
- Warsaw, Duchy of, 18
- Warsaw High School, 20
- Wellington, Duke of, 233
- Westminster, Duke of, 233
- White Lady, The, improvisation from (Chopin), 31
- Wieck, Clara, 70, 81
- Wieck, Herr, 81
- Wiener Theaterzeitung (Vienna), 32
- Wilna, 79
- Winter at Majorca (Sand), 132
- Witwicki, Polish writer, 52
- Wodzinska, Countess, 80–92
- Wodzinska, Marie, 76–93, 182, 194
- Wodzinska, Mlle. Thérèse, 84, 92
- Wodzinski, Casimir, 80, 82, 90
- Wodzinski, Count Antoine, 83, 181
- Wodzinski, family, 21, 77–93, 181
- Wodzinski, Félix, 80, 82
- Wodzinski, Palatin, 79–80
- Wola, suburb of Warsaw, 41
- Wolowski, deputy, 260
- Woyciechowski, Titus, 21, 34, 36–39, 43–46, 50, 53, 57, 58, 64, 251
- Young French Party (Paris), 55
- zal, 25
- Zamboni, conductor, 57
- Zarathustra (Nietzsche), 191
- Zelazowa, Wola, 18, 19
- Zielinski, 41
- Zullichau (Poland), 28
- Zwinger Museum (Dresden), 79
- Zywny, 22
About This Book
The biography follows Chopin from his Polish upbringing through his years in Vienna and Paris, emphasizing his inward temperament and the intimate bond he forged with the piano. It traces creative phases, friendships and misunderstandings—including his relationship with George Sand—and examines how solitude, delicate health, and aesthetic ideals shaped his compositions and public life. Drawing on musical analysis, surviving correspondence, and contemporaries’ memories while noting that some personal papers were lost, the narrative presents his oeuvre as an expression of refined imagination and private sorrow, and concludes with the decline of his strength and the persistence of his musical voice.