Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 12 - 1880–1881: London and Vienna
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
From the moment Hans Richter first worked in London with Wagner in May 1877 he was the talk of the town and on everyone's invitation list. By the time he had established his own series of Richter Concerts in 1880 he had no difficulty in filling his engagement diary with social calls, luncheons, dinners or tourist trips in the company of new-found friends. At first he was courted by Edward Dannreuther, Karl Armbruster and other admirers of Wagner who lived in London and championed his cause there; but Richter was monopolised by no-one and soon enlarged his circle to include those who were more catholic in their taste or wished to see native composers advanced. Many of those he met were of German parentage, or Germans living in London, and much of the social activity such as chamber music and dinners took place at the German Athenaeum Club in the capital. This was also true of cities elsewhere in England, particularly in Liverpool, where Max Bruch was in charge of the Philharmonic Society from 1880 to 1883, and in Manchester, where Hallé ruled its musical life until his death in 1895. By 1880 – his third visit to London – certain names were recurring in Richter's diary. There was the painter Alma Tadema, the music critics James Davison, Francis Hueffer and Joseph Bennett, the singer George Henschel, the impresario Hermann Franke, the pianist Walter Bache, the violinist Ernst Schiever, but there was also a name which was to recur until the end of Richter's life, Marie Joshua.
Mrs Joshua was a music lover and patroness of the arts who had a wide range of artists and musicians in her circle. Richter was soon among them and was a welcome guest at her weekly open Sunday lunches or at special gatherings which she organised either at her London residence in Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park or at the family's country house at Felixstowe in Suffolk. Later (thanks to Richter) she became a fervent supporter of Elgar and it was to her that the composer wished to dedicate his violin sonata.
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- Hans Richter , pp. 152 - 162Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2016