Music Is My Faith - An Autobiography

MUSIC IS MY FAITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY annes New y-W-W-NORTON CO-INC-Publishers To LEOPOLD and MARY A for whom this book was written CONTENTS PREFACE BY MARYA MANNES 1 5 I . THE PEOPLE I COME FROM 2 1 2. BOYHOOD IN THE TENDERLOIN 25 3. LITTLE DAVID, PLAY ON YOUR FIDDLE 32 4. JOHN DOUGLAS, NEGRO 37 5. UNION SQUARE THEATRE AND ACTOR-WORSHIP 41 6. I PLAY IN HONKY-TONKS 46 7. THE M. M. P. U. 1883 50 8. ROAD WORK 55 9. STAGE-STRUCK AND ART-STRUCK 58 10. SETBACKS AND COMPENSATIONS 62 11. KOSTER AND BIALS 66 12. RICHARD MANSFIELD ANTON SEIDL AND MY FIRST RECITAL 71 13. EUROPE AND FIASCO 79 14. A FEW STEPS AHEAD 86 1 5. ENTER WALTER DAMROSCH 93 1 6. I STUDY WITH HALIR 96 17. THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY 99 1 8. YOUNG PADEREWSKI ORCHESTRA TOURS IO2 19. I MOVE UP HEAR YSAYE AND SEE A CERTAIN ALTOS FACE 105 7 Contents 20. ADVENTURE IN CANADA 1 1 2 2 1 . MY FIRST STRIKE 1 1 J 2 2 . ENTER CLARA DAMROSCH 1 2O 23. THE BIRTH OF THE SETTLEMENT 124 24. THE DAMROSCH DYNASTY 128 2 5 . ROMANTIC PURSUIT I 3 3 26. HALIR AGAIN AND MARIENBAD 137 27. I PROPOSE 141 28. I MARRY 144 29. I WORRY 149 30. WAGNER OPERAS TOUR AMERICA 156 3 I . THE SETTLEMENT GROWS 1 65 3 2 . EAST THIRD STREET 1 70 33. A SON IS BORN 173 34. FRITZ KREISLER THE KNEISEL QUARTET WEIN GARTNER 175 35. SUMMER ON MECOX BAY DEATH OF A QUARTET THE SYMPHONY CLUB 1 79 36. HUSBAND AND WIFE VIOLIN AND PIANO 184 37. THE FEDERATION OF MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENTS IS BORN 187 38. HUMAN DOCUMENT 192 39. SONATA RECITALS DAVID AND CLARA MANNES 196 40. GUSTAV MAHLER ISADORA DUNCAN 203 41. I RESIGN FROM THE SYMPHONY 2O6 42. HAMPTON INSTITUTE MY COLORED FRIENDS 210 8 Contents 43. MUSIC IN HARLEM 213 44. BIG JIM EUROPE 2 1 45. MUSIC AT SING SING 221 46. THE SETTLEMENTTHRIVES THEODORE ROOSEVELT 225 47. SONATAS IN LONDON i RESIGN FROM THE SETTLE MENT 230 48. WE START OUR OWN SCHOOL 233 49. RAMBLING THOUGHTS 236 50. PABLO CASALS ERNEST BLOCH 241 5 1 . THE MUSEUM CONCERTS TWENTY YEARS OF CON DUCTING 244 52. WE HOUSE OUR SCHOOL 254 53. ROSARIO SCALERO AND DR. HANS WEISSE THE TEACHING OF COMPOSITION 258 54. ARTISTS AND THE SCHOOL CORTOT SCHNABEL 26 1 55. WE FACE COMPETITION 264 56. CREDO 267 ILLUSTRATIONS DAVID MANNES Frontispiece DAVID MANNES, AGED FIVE facing page 32 DAVID MANNES, VIOLINIST 96 THE MANNES QUARTET 176 CLARA DAMROSCH MANNES 192 STREET CONCERT 224 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART CONCERTS 240 THE DAVID MANNES MUSIC SCHOOL 256 II