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Wikipedia - Walter Damrosch

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My Musical Life

Walter Damrosch (1862 - 1950)

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

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Music, Performing Arts

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 I. Childhood - 1866-1875 Michael Matthews
 00:21:18
Play 02 II. Bayreuth in 1876. My Doll's Theatre LesWilLang
 00:16:41
Play 03 III. Founding of the Symphony and Oratorio Societies of New York Warren Bergmann
 00:10:53
Play 04 IV. August Wilhelmj - Teresa Carreno janicwedge
 00:17:47
Play 05 V. Liszt and Wagner Warren Bergmann
 00:30:36
Play 06 VI. The Founding of German Opera at the Metropolitan - Death of my Father janicwedge
 00:26:40
Play 07 VII. Lilli Lehmann Jonathan Miller
 00:24:18
Play 08 VIII. Hans von Bülow valroth
 00:28:29
Play 09 IX. Andrew Carnegie and the Blaine Family Cbteddy
 00:20:41
Play 10 X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 1 mkirkpat
 00:27:16
Play 11 X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 2 mkirkpat
 00:26:52
Play 12 XI. Artists. Part 1 Jonathan Miller
 00:35:11
Play 13 XI. Artists. Part 2 mkirkpat
 00:27:23
Play 14 XII. Romance valroth
 00:08:29
Play 15 XIII. The Oratorio Society of New York mkirkpat
 00:31:11
Play 16 XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 1 mkirkpat
 00:31:23
Play 17 XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 2 mkirkpat
 00:30:14
Play 18 XV. The Great War. Part 1 mkirkpat
 00:31:55
Play 19 XV. The Great War. Part 2 mkirkpat
 00:30:21
Play 20 XV. The Great War. Part 3 mkirkpat
 00:31:27
Play 21 XVI. The European Tour. Part 1 mkirkpat
 00:27:29
Play 22 XVI. The European Tour. Part 2 mkirkpat
 00:33:01
Play 23 XVI. The European Tour. Part 3 mkirkpat
 00:31:44
Play 24 XVII. Women in Musical Affairs mkirkpat
 00:17:18
Play 25 XVIII. Boston mkirkpat
 00:20:01
Play 26 XIX. Margaret Anglin and the Greek Plays Michael Matthews
 00:11:32
Play 27 XX. Dead Composers mkirkpat
 00:28:42
Play 28 XXI. Postlude mkirkpat
 00:02:26