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
1 I. Childhood - 1866-1875 21 min 2 II. Bayreuth in 1876. My Doll's Theatre 17 min 3 III. Founding of the Symphony and Oratorio Societies of New York 11 min 4 IV. August Wilhelmj - Teresa Carreno 18 min 5 V. Liszt and Wagner 31 min 6 VI. The Founding of German Opera at the Metropolitan - Death of my Father 27 min 7 VII. Lilli Lehmann 24 min 8 VIII. Hans von Bülow 28 min 9 IX. Andrew Carnegie and the Blaine Family 21 min 10 X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 1 27 min 11 X. The Damrosch Opera Company, 1895-1899. Part 2 27 min 12 XI. Artists. Part 1 35 min 13 XI. Artists. Part 2 27 min 14 XII. Romance 8 min 15 XIII. The Oratorio Society of New York 31 min 16 XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 1 31 min 17 XIV. The New York Symphony Orchestra. Part 2 30 min 18 XV. The Great War. Part 1 32 min 19 XV. The Great War. Part 2 30 min 20 XV. The Great War. Part 3 31 min 21 XVI. The European Tour. Part 1 27 min 22 XVI. The European Tour. Part 2 33 min 23 XVI. The European Tour. Part 3 32 min 24 XVII. Women in Musical Affairs 17 min 25 XVIII. Boston 20 min 26 XIX. Margaret Anglin and the Greek Plays 12 min 27 XX. Dead Composers 29 min 28 XXI. Postlude 2 min
