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INTRODUCTORY
all the sources from which these anecdotes have been gleaned, owing to the extent of the field covered. The majority of the matter appears in this volume for the first time in its present form, although in a few cases there are partial quotations.
No classification has been made in the body of the work, thus avoiding monotony in a consecutive reading. The indexes furnish ample references.
If these narrations awaken a more general interest in musical biography, one purpose of my labor will have been accomplished.
W. FRANCIS GATES.
