Crotchets and Quavers: or, Revelations of an Opera Manage in America [W/ ORIGINAL PERIOD BROADSIDE FOR "NORMA" IN MANHATTAN]
New York: S. French, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 346 PP. Max Maretzek was one of the first figures to help transform opera from an elite novelty into a sustained cultural institution in the United States. As a 19th-century impresario, conductor, and composer, he organized touring..... More