Chapter Five “A LEAF IN THE STORM” Muck, Higginson, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1918–1919)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. Chapter One HERE ON FOREIGN SHORES Dr. Karl Muck’s Acclaim in Boston (1906–1918) 9
5. Chapter Two MOBILIZATION A Changing Environment for Boston (1917) 67
6. Chapter Three SELLING THE WAR Demonizing the Enemy (1918) 88
7. Chapter Four “LOOKING FOR THE TRUMP CARD” Mrs. William Jay’s Attacks on Karl Muck in Wartime America (1915–1918) 117
8. Chapter Five “A LEAF IN THE STORM” Muck, Higginson, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1918–1919) 173
9. Chapter Six MUCK’S ARREST “Finding ‘One Weak Spot’” (1918–1919) 218
10. Chapter Seven “ONLY TOO PROUD TO SHOULDER IT ALL” The Sexual Climate of Wartime Boston and Muck’s Fall from Grace (1918–1919) 250
11. Chapter Eight MUCK’S FINAL YEARS His Association with the Wagners and Adolf Hitler (1920–1940) 279
12. CODA (1919 TO PRESENT) 308
13. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 317
14. NOTES 323
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 399
16. INDEX 421