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Nouvellettes of the musicians

Chapter 60: Transcriber’s Notes
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About This Book

A series of short biographical sketches and fictionalized anecdotes depicts incidents from the lives of composers and performers while offering critical commentary on their music. Each tale connects personal character and circumstance with artistic output, using conversational scenes and musical analysis to illustrate compositional style and intent. The pieces mix original stories, adaptations, and a translated memoir, and cover figures from earlier masters to contemporary virtuosi. Overall the collection aims to convey musical ideas and judgments in an engaging narrative form while reflecting on how temperament, morality, and fortune shape creative achievement.

Transcriber’s Notes

The cover image was created by the transcriber and has been placed in the public domain.

Punctuation errors and omissions have been fixed.

Page 36: “grasping th arm” changed to “grasping the arm”

Page 39: “village of Rohran” changed to “village of Rohrau”

Page 52: “the overs” changed to “the lovers”

Page 53: “has ome into” changed to “has come into”

Page 58: “and violincello” changed to “and violoncello”

Page 68: “reccollect the name” changed to “recollect the name”

Page 92: “the condemation” changed to “the condemnation”

Page 158: “famous violincellist” changed to “famous violoncellist”

Page 167: “piece inpromptu” changed to “piece impromptu”

Page 207: “in the affirmitive” changed to “in the affirmative”

Page 228: “loved for this” changed to “lived for this”

Page 281: “Concert Fantastque” changed to “Concert Fantastique”

Page 299 & Page 303: “Posto Abandanato” changed to “Posto Abbandanato”

Page 310: “noble fellew” changed to “noble fellow”

Page 311 & Page 312: “La Somnambula” changed to “La Sonnambula”

Page 351: “not the maid Caroline, by our sweet friend” changed to “not the maid Caroline, but our sweet friend”