[Transcriber’s Notes: 
a.  The spelling of names and places are noted as having changed
between the publication of this book and the year 2004: 
Chapter I (Palestrina): 
‘Michael Angelo’ vs.  ‘Michaelangelo’ (also in Chapter VI)
Chapter II (Bach): 
Leipsic vs.  Leipzig (repeated in following chapters)
Lueneberg vs.  Lueneburg
Chapter X (Mendelssohn): 
‘Dreifaltigkeit Kirch-hof’ vs.  ‘Dreifaltigkeit Kirchhof’
‘Wiemar’ vs.  ‘Weimar’
Chapter XIII (Berlioz): 
Academie vs.  Academie
Chapter XIV (Verdi): 
‘Sant’ Agata’ vs.  ‘Sant’Agata’
‘Apeninnes’ vs.  ‘Apennines’
‘Corsia di Servi’ vs.  ‘Corsia dei Servi’
Chpater XXI (McDowell): 
Frankfort vs.  Frankfurt (Germany)
Peterboro vs.  Peterborough (New Hampshire)
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b.  Spelling errors found, not corrected: 
beseiged (besieged);
Esterhazy (spelled unaccented twice) vs.  Esterhazy (spelled with accent
6 times)
Carreno vs.  Carreno (Teresa; each spelling used once.)
Academie (Academie)
Scandanavia (Scandinavia)
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c.  Obvious spelling errors corrected: 
Lueneberg (in 1 place) to Lueneburg (this spelling found in 3 places)
Febuary to February (One day in February ...);
obsorbed to absorbed (... soon became so absorbed ...);
polish to Polish (... a Polish emigre ...);
Intrumental to Instrumental (Instrumental music no longer satisfied ...);
Opportunties to opportunities (... greater opportunties for an
ambitious ...);
financee to fiancee (... assisted by his
financee ...);
turing to turning (... turing his hair ...)
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d.  Chapter numbers (Roman numerals) omitted
for start of chapters on Toscanini, Stokowski and Koussevitzky,
but were present in the Table of Contents;
so the proper numbers (XXIII, XXIV, XXV) were entered in the proper
places.]