Hans von Bülow

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Overture: Dresden, Leipzig, Stuttgart (1830-1848)
• 2. The student years: Leipzig, Berlin (1848-1850)
• 3. Decision time: Weimar-Zurich (1850-1851)
• 4. Weimar apprenticeship (1851-1853)
• 5. The young virtuoso: Austro-Hungary (1853-1854)
• 6. Polish interlude (1854-1855)
• 7. The pedagogue: Berlin I (1855-1857)
• 8. 'Gallant hotspur': Berlin II (1857-1859)
• 9. Rebel maturity: Berlin III (1859-1864)
• 10. The Wagner years: Munich (1864-1869)
• 11. A new start: Florence (1869-1873)
• 12. Triumph and betrayal - on tour: England and Russia (1873-1875)
• 13. Transatlantic adventure (1875-1876)
• 14. Convalescent interlude (June 1876-September 1877)
• 15. Bulow redux: Hanover, Glasgow (1877-1878)
• 16. Kapellmeister in Hanover (1877-1879)
• 17. Intendant in Meiningen (1880-1885)
• 18. The Philharmonic years I (1886-1889) Hamburg/Bremen/Berlin
• 19. The Philharmonic years II (1889-1890) America again/domestic crisis
• 20. The Philharmonic years III (1890-1892) Hamburg/Berlin
• 21. The Philharmonic years IV (1892-1894): Finale
• Afterword: Bulow and Bayreuth
• Appendix: Bulow performance chronology
• Select bibliography.