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
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Episodes
I. Childhood - 1866-1875
Episode 1 · 21:18
II. Bayreuth in 1876. My Doll's Theatre
Episode 2 · 16:41
III. Founding of the Symphony and Oratorio Societies of New York
Episode 3 · 10:53
IV. August Wilhelmj - Teresa Carreno
Episode 4 · 17:47
V. Liszt and Wagner
Episode 5 · 30:36
VI. The Founding of German Opera at the Metropolitan - Death of my Father