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My Musical Life

Name: My Musical Life
Author: Walter Damrosch

Walter Damrosch

Read by Michael Matthews, LesWilLang, Warren Bergmann, janicwedge, Jonathan Miller, valroth, Cbteddy and mkirkpat · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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I. Childhood - 1866-1875 (21:18)
II. Bayreuth in 1876. My Doll's Theatre (16:41)
III. Founding of the Symphony and Oratorio Societies of New York (10:53)
IV. August Wilhelmj - Teresa Carreno (17:47)
V. Liszt and Wagner (30:36)
VI. The Founding of German Opera at the Metropolitan - Death of my Father (26:40)
VII. Lilli Lehmann (24:18)
VIII. Hans von Bülow (28:29)
IX. Andrew Carnegie and the Blaine Family (20:41)
X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 1 (27:16)
X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 2 (26:52)
XI. Artists. Part 1 (35:11)
XI. Artists. Part 2 (27:23)
XII. Romance (8:29)
XIII. The Oratorio Society of New York (31:11)
XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 1 (31:23)
XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 2 (30:14)
XV. The Great War. Part 1 (31:55)
XV. The Great War. Part 2 (30:21)
XV. The Great War. Part 3 (31:27)
XVI. The European Tour. Part 1 (27:29)
XVI. The European Tour. Part 2 (33:01)
XVI. The European Tour. Part 3 (31:44)
XVII. Women in Musical Affairs (17:18)
XVIII. Boston (20:01)
XIX. Margaret Anglin and the Greek Plays (11:32)
XX. Dead Composers (28:42)
XXI. Postlude (2:26)