Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America

by Wagner, Mary H.

• ISBN13: 9780810857209
• ISBN10: 0810857200
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-08
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

This book documents composer/conductor Gustav Mahler's tours with the New York Philharmonic during the 1909 and 1910 seasons. It details the conditions surrounding touring, the preparations for the tours, the outcome of each concert, and the perceptions of audiences beyond New York City, as well as a history of touring and orchestral development at the turn of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

Mary H. Wagner is an associate professor of music at the University of Michigan, Flint.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	V
Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Chapter 1 Mahler in New York	1	(24)
Chapter 2 Touring throughout America	25	(26)
Chapter 3 Programming the Music	51	(20)
Chapter 4 The New England Tour—February 1910	71	(36)
Chapter 5 Great Lakes Tour of December 1910	107	(52)
Chapter 6 Tours to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., 1910-1911	159	(28)
Chapter 7 The Final Tour of 1911	187	(16)
Epilogue	203	(4)
Appendix A: Reconstructed Programs	207	(6)
Appendix B: Concert Halls	213	(10)
Bibliography	223	(8)
Index	231	(8)
About the Author	239