Orpheus in America / Translated by Lander MacClintock. Drawings by Alajálov.

• VerfasserIn: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880,
• TeilnehmendeR: Alajalov, Constantin, 1900-1987,; MacClintock, Lander, 1889-1980,
• Place / Publishing House: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, [1957]; ©[1957]
• Year of Publication: 1957
• Language: English; French
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource 200 pages) :; illustrations)
• Notes: Translation of Offenbach en Amerique.

Translated from original writings by Lander MacClintock in 1957, Orpheus in America: Offenbach's Diary of His Journey to the New World offers unique perspective and insight into the thoughts of notable German-French composer, Jacques Offenbach during his 1876 visit to the United States. The boo...

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 soiree
• The return.