The horns of Valhalla
Subtitle: saga of the Reiter brothers
By: Norman Schweikert
Publisher: WindSong Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gurnee, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780615644363
Subjects: Horn players; Biography
Other titles: Saga of the Reiter brothers
Description: "The Reiter brothers, Josef and Xaver, were true heroes of the horn, having filled solo positions in the Munich Opera, other European orchestras in Sondershausen, Hannover, Karlsruhe and the Bayreuth Festival, before coming to America in the latter half of the 1880s. Here they were solo horns of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Symphony with Damrosch, Scheel's Orchestra of San Francisco, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the first season of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and finally the New York Philharmonic with Gustav Mahler and Josef Stransky. They appeared as soloists with several of these orchestras. The older brother, Josef, returned to Munich and left us rather early in 1909, but Xaver, with his hair down to his shoulders, lived on in Valhalla, New York, until 1938, a real character to the end of his life!"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Haag; title: The Reiter family; title: The early lives of Josef and Xaver; title: Munich, Sondershausen, Hannover and London; title: Bayreuth, Munich and Karlsruhe; title: Bayreuth, Boston and Munich; title: Boston and New York; title: New York and Baltimore; title: The New York Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco, 1893-98; title: The Metropolitan Opera, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Josef's death, 1898-1909; title: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, 1909-23; title: The State Symphony Orchestra, 1923-25; title: German Grand Opera Company, 1929-31; title: Final years, 1932-38; title: The wives and children of Josef and Xaver, and memories of Xaver, Josephine and Valkyrie Rock Farm; title: Appendix 1. Music composed or arranged by Josef Reiter; title: Appendix 2. Music composed by Xaver Reiter; title: Appendix 3. Printed and published music in Josef Reiter's collection; title: Appendix 4. Christina's side of the Reiter family; title: Appendix 5. Addendum.