Musical Directors of the era and their contrasting styles
A survey of prominent conductors Julien Maretzek Bergmann Eisfeldt Gilmore Thomas Damrosch and Seidl. The piece contrasts their temperaments methods and the fortunes of their orchestras and notes their influence on 19th century American music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julien
Arditi
Gilmore
Damrosch
Anton II
Mark
Koenig
Molenhauer
Max ‘Maretesk
Maretsch
Amodio
Vestralll
Juileo
Maretzek
Strakosches
Bor
Marditzek
Strakosch
Mardzek
Carl Bergman
Theodore Eisfeldt
Patrick
Gimore
Theodore Thomas
Bergmann
Boston
Brooklyn
New York Philharmonic
Metropolitan Opera House
Thoes
Io Mibio
Tale of a Drama and a Lost Diamond Ring
A narrator recalls a youthful engagement interrupted by an Australia business trip. He buys a ring for his return, discovers his beloved marries another man, and later, a shipboard dish yields a surprising bone rather than a ring, prompting astonished reactions from fellow travelers in a London Tit-Bits tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Feta
Cameron
Bodkins
Australia
Scott
Merry
London
Shortest Will Noted in County Records
A Pennsylvania tale notes the shortest will on file in Lukerne County Register’s office. The nine word document, written with a lead pencil on half a sheet, names Emily R. Miner as heir and was found in an envelope labeled Read this when I am dead. The maker, the Blind Poetess of the Wyoming, was eight blind worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily R. Miner
Sanam K. Mize
Wyoming
Jest and Jests at a Fashionable Seminary Tale
A London Tit-Bits humorous note recounts a witty brother’s letters from a sister attending a fashionable seminary for young ladies. A delayed wedding leads to a missed ceremony and a tearful bride, with humorous misprints and names that elicit light domestic amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemsener
Jessiny
London
Jessica
Jessie
Mamaica
Boas
Margicé
Georgica
Maudics
Semica
Mrs Stanley's Studio A Pretty Dorothy Tennant Stanley Workroom
The studio of Dorothy Tennant Stanley sits atop her mother's house and fills the top floor with a glass roof for an open air effect. Mrs Tenpoot hosts distinguished artists who visit and use the airy space. Guests leave rough sketches on walls adding to its charm.
Laughing Plant of Arabia A Curious Botanical Folklore
A description of an Arabian plant known as the laughing plant with bright yellow flowers and velvety seed pods. The seeds are dried and powdered to mimic laughing gas effects causing intoxicated dancing and shouting for about half an hour, followed by exhaustion and amnesia of the episode. Also notes a wedding gift involving Austin Corbin's daughter receiving 5,000,000 from her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Austin Corbin
Chicago Post
Drowned Tevet i saan In Germany
A fragmentary dateline tale recalls a drowning in a river after a man falls overboard and cannot swim. The dialogue hints at police river restrictions and a court setting with observers pondering language and aging residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe
Howard
Maa Martesch
the Strakoeohes
Bergman
Elsteint
Thomas
Glimere
Philharmonic Society
Violet
Ted
Cole
Eisfeldt
Feng
Spest
Gil
Coney
Academy of Music
Danceville
Iriah
Elsfeldt
Hurrahdom
Bes
Leopold Damrosch
Walter
Stanton
Walter Damrosch
Anton Seidl
Brighton Beach
Josefa Howake, Jr
Carcely
Mada
Soespgvinne Journal
Das Mary Ted
Drees
Andre
Jim
Pach
Dunham
C. Mulrigh
Creaxd
West Fromt Street
Jacot
Wit
Elkwood Cafe
J.B. Miller
Plainfield
Ratitan Mills Feed and Meal & Specialty
R. J. Shaw
PRR
Senate
Coca
Front Street
PA An
A.M. Griffen
East Front ST
Telephone
N.J
Mary
Jones
Derby
Kitvdl
Kathe
wenviiLte
Axyxastor
Direct Mall Aa
Trenton
Philadelphia
E. Pope, P.M
A.D. Cook
BRO
Lehigh Coal
FUE Carload
Mr. Leal
Ee Gopulart
H. WS Marshall
Prop
Hill
Flemington N. J
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