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Orpheus in America : Offenbach's diary of his journey to the New World /

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Main Author: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Contributors: MacClintock, Lander, 1889-1980, (Translator), Alajalov, Constantin, 1900-1987, (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Bloomington, Indiana University Press [1957]
Subjects and Genres:
Offenbach, Jacques, > 1819-1880.
1865-1918
Music > United States.
Manners and customs.
Music
Travel.
United States > Description and travel.
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918.
United States > Social life and customs.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Before my departure
  • The crossing
  • New York, the Gilmore Garden
  • The house, the street, the cars
  • The theatres of New York
  • The restaurants, three types of waiters
  • Women, the introductions, the park
  • The story of two statues
  • The liberties in America
  • Organizations
  • Advertising
  • The races
  • The American press
  • Some portraits
  • Philadelphia
  • Offenbach Garden
  • To Niagara, Pullman cars
  • Niagara Falls
  • The Dauphin Eleazar
  • Returning from Niagara sleeping cars
  • The tortures of a musician
  • Banquets, baton, and Brevet
  • Farewell soirée
  • The return.

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