My Musical Life

by Walter Damrosch

Biography & Autobiography Music Performing Arts

28 chapters11h 21mEnglish1926

About this book

This is the autobiography of the Prussian-born American conductor Walter Damrosch. It includes dozens of anecdotes about many of the great musicians of the 19th and 20th centuries. - Summary by Warren Bergmann

Chapters (28)

1I. Childhood - 1866-1875

1278

2II. Bayreuth in 1876. My Doll's Theatre

1001

3III. Founding of the Symphony and Oratorio Societies of New York

653

4IV. August Wilhelmj - Teresa Carreno

1067

5V. Liszt and Wagner

1836

6VI. The Founding of German Opera at the Metropolitan - Death of my Father

1600

7VII. Lilli Lehmann

1458

8VIII. Hans von Bülow

1709

9IX. Andrew Carnegie and the Blaine Family

1241

10X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 1

1636

11X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 2

1612

12XI. Artists. Part 1

2111

13XI. Artists. Part 2

1643

14XII. Romance

509

15XIII. The Oratorio Society of New York

1871

16XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 1

1883

17XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 2

1814

18XV. The Great War. Part 1

1915

19XV. The Great War. Part 2

1821

20XV. The Great War. Part 3

1887

21XVI. The European Tour. Part 1

1649

22XVI. The European Tour. Part 2

1981

23XVI. The European Tour. Part 3

1904

24XVII. Women in Musical Affairs

1038

25XVIII. Boston

1201

26XIX. Margaret Anglin and the Greek Plays

692

27XX. Dead Composers

1722

28XXI. Postlude

146

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