Evenings with the Orchestra

Foreword by Peter Bloom
Preface to the Phoenix Edition by Jacques Barzun
Introduction by Jacques Barzun
Prologue
First Evening
The First Opera—Vincenza—The Vexations of Kleiner the Elder
Second Evening
The Strolling Harpist—The Performance of an Oratorio—The Sleep of the Just
Third Evening [Der Freischültz]
Fourth Evening
A Debut in Freischütz—Marescot
Fifth Evening
The S in Robert le diable
Sixth Evening
How a Tenor Revolves around the Public—The Vexations of Kleiner the Younger
Seventh Evening
Historical and Philosophical Studies: De viris illustribus urbis Romae—A Roman Woman—Vocabulary of the Roman Language
Eighth Evening
Romans of the New World—Mr. Barnum—Jenny Lind's Trip to America
Ninth Evening
The Paris Opera and London's Opera Houses
Tenth Evening
On the Present State of Music—The Tradition of Tack—A Victim of Tack
Eleventh Evening [A Masterpiece]
Twelfth Evening
Suicide from Enthusiasm
Thirteenth Evening
Spontini, a Biographical Sketch
Fourteenth Evening
Operas off the Assembly Line—The Problem of Beauty—Schiller's Mary Stuart—A Visit to Tom Thumb
Fifteenth Evening
Another Vexation of Kleiner the Elder's
Sixteenth Evening
Musical and Phrenological Studies—Nightmares—The Puritans of Sacred Music—Paganini
Seventeenth Evening [The Barber of Seville]
Eighteenth Evening
Charles Leveled against the Author's Criticism—Analysis of The Lighthouse—The Piano Possessed
Nineteenth Evening [Don Giovanni]
Twentieth Evening
Historical Gleanings: Napoleon's Odd Susceptibility—His Musical Judgment—Napoleon and Lesueur—Napoleon and the Republic of San Marino
Twenty-first Evening
The Study of Music
Twenty-second Evening [Iphigenia in Tauris]
Twenty-third Evening
Gluck and the Conservatory in Naples—A Saying of Durante's
Twenty-fourth Evening [Les Huguenots]
Twenty-fifth Evening
Euphonia, or the Musical City
Epilogue
The Farewell Dinner
Second Epilogue
Corsino's Letter to the Author—The Author's Reply to Corsino—Beethoven and His Three Styles—Beethoven's Statue at Bonn—Mébul—Conestabile on Paganini—Vincent Wallace
Index