{"product_id":"22185-strauss-richard-1904-ny-wannamaker-store-concert-program","title":"Strauss, Richard. (1864–1949) 1904 NY Wannamaker Store Concert Program","description":"Scarce original April 16 \"Post-Easter Invitation Concert\" program from the composer's 1904 American tour, during which Strauss conducted the premiere of his Symphonia Domestica in NY and gave a total of 35 concerts and recitals. (Kurt Wilhelm, p. 298) On the present program, he conducted his Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel and four songs songs, with his wife Pauline Strauss de Ahna, appearing with the \"Wetzler Symphony Orchestra of One Hundred Musicians\" at New York's Wannamaker Store. Further programs are included following the Strauss performances: Supplementary Promenade Concert at Various Points On Fifth Floor; Vocal Quartet Concert; Vienna Artists' Quartet. 12 pp. Toned, small loss rear blank cover, else fine. \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eIn 1903 the German-American composer, organist, and conductor, Hermann (Hans) Wetzler \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eestablished with donations the WetzIer Symphony Concerts, which had considerable success. Richard Strauss conducted a series of concerts of his own works with the Wetzler group, including the premiere of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSinfonia Domestica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eDepartment stores emerged as central institutions in the expansion of the consumer culture in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and music played an unusually prominent and varied role in these new palaces of consumption.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eMusic's range of cultural associations worked to the retailers' advantage by investing the stores with excitement and drama, by imbuing commonplace goods with luxury and status, and by encouraging leisurely shopping. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093805256863,"sku":"22185","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Strauss_2C_Richard_1904_NY_Wannamaker_Store_Concert_Program_22185a.jpg?v=1722190483","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/22185-strauss-richard-1904-ny-wannamaker-store-concert-program","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}