- 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
A Refined Parisian Pianist
A Refined Parisian Pianist
- Chapter:
- (p.55) CHAPTER 4 A Refined Parisian Pianist
- Source:
- From Paris to Peoria
- Author(s):
R. Allen Lott
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Unlike the obscure newcomer De Meyer, Henri Herz (1803-88) already had a well-established reputation as pianist, composer, teacher, and piano manufacturer when he arrived in America in 1846. Because of his well-known reputation, Herz was well received without having to resort to sensational publicity and attracted many amateur pianists and music lovers to his concerts. His piano music, noted for its brilliance and elegance, consisted primarily of variations and fantasias on opera themes. His performances of works for multiple pianos (e.g., Overture to Rossini's William Tell arranged for sixteen pianists on eight pianos) were popular with audiences if not critics. Bernard Ullman soon became Herz's manager and began resorting to more outrageous publicity. John Sullivan Dwight, Boston's most prominent music critic, was rhapsodic about Herz's performances.
Keywords: Henri Herz, amateur pianists, music lovers, Bernard Ullman, John Sullivan Dwight
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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