7 Between the Old World and the New: William Steinway and the New York Liederkranz in the 1860s

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Robert Schumann’s Music in New York City, 1848–1898 10
6. 2 Presenting Berlioz’s Music in New York, 1846–1890: Carl Bergmann, Theodore Thomas, Leopold Damrosch 29
7. 3 Liszt (and Wagner) in New York, 1840–1890 50
8. 4 “Home, Sweet Home” Away from Home: Sigismund Thalberg in New York, 1856–1858 71
9. 5 Leopold Damrosch as Composer 92
10. 6 New York’s Orchestras and the “American” Composer: A Nineteenth-Century View 114
11. 7 Between the Old World and the New: William Steinway and the New York Liederkranz in the 1860s 135
12. 8 The Development of the German American Musical Stage in New York City, 1840–1890 149
13. 9 Patrick S. Gilmore: The New York Years 182
14. 10 Grafulla and Cappa: Bandmasters of New York’s Famous Seventh Regiment 198
15. 11 She Came, She Sang . . . She Conquered? Adelina Patti in New York 218
16. 12 A Confluence of Moravian Impresarios: Max Maretzek, the Strakosches, and the Graus 235
17. 13 An Opera for Every Taste: The New York Scene, 1862–1869 253
18. 14 “Dear Miss Ober”: Music Management and the Interconnections of Musical Culture in the United States, 1876–1883 273
19. Bibliography 299
20. Notes on the Contributors 317
21. Index 321