- Title Pages
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PRELUDE
- PART ONE Leopold de Meyer 1845–47
- CHAPTER 1 The Lion Stalks America
- CHAPTER 2 De Meyer in the South and Midwest
- CHAPTER 3 The Lion Tamed
- PART TWO Henri Herz 1846–50
- CHAPTER 4 A Refined Parisian Pianist
- CHAPTER 5 With Sivori and Knoop
- CHAPTER 6 French Pianos, Italian Opera, and California Gold
- INTERLUDE I
- PART THREE Sigismund Thalberg 1856–58
- CHAPTER 7 A Rival or Liszt
- CHAPTER 8 At the Matinées
- CHAPTER 9 Henry Vieuxtemps and a Troubled Season
- INTERLUDE II
- PART FOUR Anton Kubinstcin 1872–73
- CHAPTER 10 “ The Shaggy Maestro”
- CHAPTER 11 Wieniawski
- CHAPTER 12 Rubinstein's “Magnificent Faultiness”
- CHAPTER 13 Joint Venture with Theodore Thomas
- PART FIVE Hans von Bülow 1875–76
- CHAPTER 14 Escape to the New World
- CHAPTER 15 “Unfortunately … He Also lalks”
- CHAPTER 16 The Midwest and Back
- POSTLUDE
- APPENDIX A Itineraries
- APPENDIX B Rubinstem's and Bülow's Repertoire in America
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
The Midwest and Back
The Midwest and Back
- Chapter:
- (p.271) CHAPTER 16 The Midwest and Back
- Source:
- From Paris to Peoria
- Author(s):
R. Allen Lott
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Hans von Bülow made two tours of the Midwest, where he essentially gave solo recitals with only a brief respite by the Canadian-American soprano Lizzie Cronyn (1852-1921). Letters that Bülow wrote while in America vividly record the rigors of constant traveling, which eventually wreaked havoc on his already depleted nervous system, forcing him to withdraw from his contract after fulfilling only 139 concerts out of 172. Bülow's performances, though possessing greater perfection than Rubinstein's, did not create the same sensation as Rubinstein's overtly emotional ones. However, Bülow's greater faithfulness to the intentions of the composers helped establish orthodox interpretations of the canonic piano repertoire for the next generation of serious performers and teachers.
Keywords: Hans von Bülow, Lizzie Cronyn, Anton Rubinstein, musical interpretation
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PRELUDE
- PART ONE Leopold de Meyer 1845–47
- CHAPTER 1 The Lion Stalks America
- CHAPTER 2 De Meyer in the South and Midwest
- CHAPTER 3 The Lion Tamed
- PART TWO Henri Herz 1846–50
- CHAPTER 4 A Refined Parisian Pianist
- CHAPTER 5 With Sivori and Knoop
- CHAPTER 6 French Pianos, Italian Opera, and California Gold
- INTERLUDE I
- PART THREE Sigismund Thalberg 1856–58
- CHAPTER 7 A Rival or Liszt
- CHAPTER 8 At the Matinées
- CHAPTER 9 Henry Vieuxtemps and a Troubled Season
- INTERLUDE II
- PART FOUR Anton Kubinstcin 1872–73
- CHAPTER 10 “ The Shaggy Maestro”
- CHAPTER 11 Wieniawski
- CHAPTER 12 Rubinstein's “Magnificent Faultiness”
- CHAPTER 13 Joint Venture with Theodore Thomas
- PART FIVE Hans von Bülow 1875–76
- CHAPTER 14 Escape to the New World
- CHAPTER 15 “Unfortunately … He Also lalks”
- CHAPTER 16 The Midwest and Back
- POSTLUDE
- APPENDIX A Itineraries
- APPENDIX B Rubinstem's and Bülow's Repertoire in America
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index