Hans Richter

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Frontcover; Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Foreword by Sir Georg Solti; Preface to the New Edition; Chronology; 1 1843-1865: Childhood and Years of Study; 2 1866-1867: Tribschen; 3 1868-1869: Munich; 4 1870-1871: Brussels; Tribschen; 5 1871-1874: Budapest; 6 1874-1875: Budapest and Bayreuth; 7 1875: Vienna; 8 1876: Bayreuth; 9 1877: London; 10 1878-1879: Vienna; 11 1879-1880: Friends and Enemies; 12 1880-1881: London and Vienna; 13 1881-1882: Richter and d'Albert; 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert; 15 1882-1883: The Master's Death; 16 1884: More Opera in London17 1885-1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham18 1887-1888: Return to Bayreuth; 19 1889-1900: Vienna; 20 1897-1900: Richter and Mahler; 21 1889-1890: England; 22 1891-1895: England; 23 1895-1900: England; 24 1890-1899: Bayreuth; 25 1894-1899: Richter's Diary; 26 1899-1900: Hallé Orchestra; 27 1900-1902: England; 28 1903-1904: England; 29 1904-1906: England; 30 1906-1908: England; 31 1908-1909: England; 32 1909-1911: England; 33 1911-1914: Retirement; 34 1914-1916: The Last Years; 35 Finale; HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS; Preface; Book 1 1865-March 1884; Book 2 March 1884-March 1895Book 3 March 1895-April 1899Book 4 April 1899-1901; Book 5 1902-January 1907; Book 6 January 1907-1912; Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter; Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted; Select Bibliography; IndexChristopher Fifield's remarkable study explores the personality, life and work of a conductor who influenced and inspired the leading composers, singers and instrumentalists of his day.