Crochets and Quavers: Or Revelations of an Opera Manager in America

This book, "Crochets and Quavers: Or Revelations of an Opera Manager in America," by Max Maretzek, offers a personal account of the author's experiences managing opera companies in the United States during the mid-19th century. Published in New York around 1855, the book comprises 346 pages plus advertisements and details Maretzek's involvement with prominent opera houses and companies, including his contributions to the early development of opera in New York City. The book covers a wide range of topics, including music in New York in 1848, the Astor Place Opera House, opera quarrels, the Astor Place Riots, New York fashions, New York critics and criticism, fancy dress balls, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Mexico, opera and bull fights, and Mexican revolutions.

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