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| 1. | The Artist's Life | | 5 |
| 2. | Are Pianists Born or Made? | | 24 |
| 3. | The Story of a Wonder-Child | Pepito Arriola | 41 |
| 4. | The Pianist of To-morrow | Wilhelm Bachaus | 52 |
| 5. | Artistic Aspects of Piano Study | Harold Bauer | 64 |
| 6. | Appearing in Public | Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler | 80 |
| 7. | Important Details in Piano Study | Ferruccio Busoni | 97 |
| 8. | Distinctive Piano Playing | Teresa CarreÑo | 109 |
| 9. | Essentials of Touch | Ossip Gabrilowitsch | 122 |
| 10. | The Real Significance of Technic | Leopold Godowsky | 133 |
| 11. | Analyzing Masterpieces | Katharine Goodson | 144 |
| 12. | Progress in Piano Study | Josef Hofmann | 157 |
| 13. | Piano Study in Russia | Josef LhÉvinne | 170 |
| 14. | Seeking Originality | Vladimir de Pachmann | 182 |
| 15. | Modern Pianistic Problems | Max Pauer | 197 |
| 16. | Essentials of Artistic Playing | S. V. Rachmaninoff | 208 |
| 17. | Systematic Musical Training | A. Reisenauer | 222 |
| 18. | The Training of the Virtuoso | E. Sauer | 236 |
| 19. | Economy in Music Study | X. Scharwenka | 252 |
| 20. | Learning a New Piece | E. Schelling | 267 |
| 21. | What Interpretation Really Is | S. Stojowski | 279 |
