Vive la France! / by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

Table of Contents: “…Selections from Gaîté parisienne / arranged and orchestrated by Manuel Rosenthal (23:11)-- Orpheus in the underworld (8:56) -- Vert-Vert : Kakadu (7:01) -- La grande duchesse de Gérolstein (7:06) -- Concerto rondo in G major for cello and orchestra (with Ofra Harnoy, violoncello) (21:16) -- Overture to a grand orchestra (8:34) -- Souvenir d'Aix-les-Bains : valse (4:33) -- Schüler polka (2:07) -- American eagle waltz (with Philip Collins, trumpet) (6:07) -- La belle Hélène (9:21) -- L'île de Tulipatan (4:46).…”

First, Second, and Third symphonies / by Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Zwischen bürgerlicher Identität und musikalischer Profession : Die Geschichte der Philharmonischen Gesellschaft Bremen im 19. Jahrhundert / by Bock, Katrin

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The other worlds of Hector Berlioz : travels with the orchestra / by Van Rij, Inge

Table of Contents: “…Travels with the orchestra: Travel writing and Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise -- Conquering other worlds: Military metaphors, virtuosity, and subjectivity in Symphonie funèbre et triomphale and Harold en Italie -- Visions of other worlds: Sensing the supernatural in Épisode de la vie d'un artiste and La nonne sanglante -- Back to (the music of) the future: Aesthetics of technology in Berlioz's Euphonia and Damnation de Faust -- Exhibiting other worlds: Les Troyens, museum culture, and human zoos.…”
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Beyond the art of finger dexterity : reassessing Carl Czerny /

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The life and music of Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884), a woman composer of the Victorian era : a critical assessment of her achievement / by Graham-Jones, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Woman and the craft of composition : Britain 1850-1885 -- Alice Mary Smith : life and reception -- Chamber and orchestral music 1 : 1861-1867 -- Interlude 1 : operetta and masque -- Chamber and orchestral music 2 : 1869-1879 -- Interlude 2 : anthems, piano pieces and songs -- The last choral works : 1879-1884 -- Postlude : the forerunner in the race.…”
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Experiencing Schumann : a listener's companion / by Sanders, Donald C., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…The Piano Music -- The Songs -- The Chamber Music -- The Orchestral Music -- The Narrative Works: Oratorio and Opera.…”
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Radical Friend : Amy Kirby Post and Her Activist Worlds / by Hewitt, Nancy A., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Family and faith, 1790-1828 -- Frontier friends, 1828-1836 -- Worldly associations, 1836-1841 -- Abolitionist bonds, 1842-1847 -- Orchestrating change, 1847-1848 -- Shifting alliances, 1849-1853 -- Practical righteousness, 1854-1861 -- Coming together, 1862-1872 -- Sustaining visions, 1873-1889.…”
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Colonization and the origins of humanitarian governance : protecting aborigines across the nineteenth-century British empire / by Lester, Alan, Dussart, Fae

Table of Contents: “…Colonization and humanitarianism: histories, geographies and biographies -- The genesis of humanitarian governance: George Arthur and the transition from amelioration to protection -- Colonization and protection: an experiment orchestrated in London -- Humane colonization in practice: the Port Phillip District protectorate of aborigines -- The New Zealand protectorate of aborigines -- Humanitarian governance in a settler empire.…”
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Wagner and Wagnerism in nineteenth-century Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic Provinces : reception, enthusiasm, cult / by Salmi, Hannu

Table of Contents: “…Richard Wagner, the wandering musician -- Wagner as an orchestral and drawing room composer -- The first steps in the cultural struggle -- Ent'racte : Wagner's promotional tour in Russia (1863) -- Cries and whispers : early Swedish encounters with Wagner -- Institutionalizing a composer -- Pilgrimage to Wagner -- The campaigners for Bayreuth -- Conclusion : the final chord.…”
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Music and performance culture in nineteenth-century Britain : essays in honour of Nicholas Temperley /

Table of Contents: “…Hidden agendas and the creation of community : the violin press in the late nineteenth century / Christina Bashford ; Joining up the dots : cross-channel models in the shaping of London orchestral culture, 1895-1914 / Leanne Langley ; Charles Garland Verrinder and music at the West London Synagogue, 1859-1904 / Susan Wollenberg ; Music, morality, and rational amusement at the Victorian middle-class soirée / Derek B Scott -- Societies. …”
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Interior decorating in nineteenth-century France : the visual culture of a new profession / by Lasc, Anca I.

Table of Contents: “…Front matter; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The collector as taste advisor and interior decorator: popular advice manuals and the orchestration of the private interior; The inventor of interiors: old professions in search of a name; Private home, artistic stage: the circulation and display of interior dreamscapes; The image of furniture: department stores and the trade in interior decoration designs; Beautiful disorder, exception to the rule: the development of a new design aesthetic…”
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Nietzsche on art and life /

Table of Contents: “…Raymond -- Nietzsche's illusion / Ken Gemes and Chris Sykes -- Orchestral metaphysics : The birth of tragedy between drama, opera, and philosophy / Stephen Mulhall -- Nietzsche on the aesthetics of character and virtue / Daniel Came -- Zarathustra vs. …”
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Southern scoundrels : grifters and graft in the nineteenth century /

Table of Contents: “…Finley -- "How Deeply They Weed into the Pockets": Slave Traders, Bank Speculators, and the Anatomy of a Chesapeake Wildcat, 1840-1843 / Jeff Forret -- Bernard Kendig: Orchestrating Fraud in the Market and the Courtroom / Maria R. …”
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Verdi in Victorian London / by Zicari, Massimo

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Meyerbeer's Le Prophete : a parable of politics, faith and transcendence / by Letellier, Robert Ignatius

Table of Contents: “…The Vacillating IdealistThe Religious Chorale; Coronation and Cottage; The Hymn and the March; The Pastorale; Harmonic Language; Orchestral Colour; Formal Continuity; The Cathedral Scene; The Prison Scene; Chapter Eight; Musical Application; Fidès; Leitmotif; Vocal Lyricism; Mannerist Elements; The Scenic Tableaux; The Overture; The Coronation March; The Ballet Music (The Pastoral as Implicit Reproof); Chapter Nine; 1) The rehearsals of Le Prophète from Meyerbeer's Diary; 2) The Original Score…”
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The music of Joseph Joachim / by Uhde, Katharina

Table of Contents: “…Variations on an Original Theme Op. 10 (1854); Variations on an Irish Elfenlied (1856); Variations for Violin with Orchestral Accompaniment (1878-79); 9 Identities. Concerto 'in the Hungarian Manner' Op. 11 (1857-59); Hebrew Melodys Op. 9 (1854); 10 Ciphers in Disguise: Gisela von Arnim and Compositional Memories. …”
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Concert life in nineteenth-century New Orleans : a comprehensive reference / by Baron, John H.

Table of Contents: “…Symphonic Music in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans; Orchestral Music Prior to the Civil War; The Civil War Period; Recovery during the Post-Civil War Years; The Final Years of the Century: 1880-1897; 3. …”
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Seeds of insurrection : domination and resistance on western Cuban plantations, 1808-1848 / by Barcia Paz, Manuel, 1972-

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Exposing slavery : photography, human bondage, and the birth of modern visual politics in America / by Fox-Amato, Matthew