Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler : the life and times of a piano virtuoso / Beth Abelson Macleod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macleod, Beth Abelson, author.

Series:

Music in American life.

Music in American Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish musicians--United States--Biography.

Jewish musicians.

Women pianists--United States--Biography.

Women pianists.

German American women--Biography.

German American women.

United States.

Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927.

Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois ; Chicago, Illinois ; Springfield, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the foremost piano virtuosi of her time, Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler reliably filled Carnegie Hall. As a "new woman," she simultaneously embraced family life and forged an independent career built around a repertoire of the German music she tirelessly championed. Yet after her death she faded into obscurity. In this new biography, Beth Abelson Macleod reintroduces a figure long, and unjustly, overlooked by music history. Trained in Vienna, Bloomfield-Zeisler significantly advanced the development of classical music in the United States. Her powerful and sensitive performances, both in recital and with major orchestras, won her followers across the United States and Europe and often provided her American audiences with their first exposure to the pieces she played. The European-style salon in her Chicago home welcomed musicians, scientists, authors, artists, and politicians, while her marriage to attorney Sigmund Zeisler placed her at the center of a historical moment when Sigmund defended the anarchists in the 1886 Haymarket trial. In its re-creation of a musical and social milieu, Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler paints a vivid portrait of a dynamic artistic life.

Contents:

Introduction

Beginnings

Study abroad

Sigmund Zeisler

Establishing a career

On tour before domestic audiences

On tour before European audiences

Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler and Judaism

The home front

Appendix A. Salon visitors' book

Appendix B. Concert dates and locations, 1875-1908

Appendix C. Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler's repertoire.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2015).

OCLC:

910662644