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Orpheus in America : Offenbach's diary of his journey to the New World / translated by Lander MacClintock. Drawings by Alajálov.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 168.O332 1957
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
- Standardized Title:
- Offenbach en Amérique. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs--1865-1918.
- Music--United States.
- Music.
- Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Travel.
- Local Subjects:
- Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 200 pages illustrations 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana University Press [1957]
- Language Note:
- Translation of Offenbach en Amérique.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200).
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Offenbach en Amérique. English. Orpheus in America.
- OCLC:
- 302624
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