Margaret Blake-Alverson
FOREWORD
THE TEXT
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
PORTRAITS OF PUPILS
CHAPTER ONE ANTECEDENTS AND CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER TWO OUR TRIP TO CALIFORNIA VIA THE ISTHMUS, AND EARLY DAYS THERE. FIRST CHURCH CHOIR IN STOCKTON
CHAPTER THREE STOCKTON IN THE FIFTIES. BENICIA SEMINARY.
CHAPTER FOUR HOW I MADE THE FIRST BEAR FLAG IN CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER FIVE BOSTON. DEDHAM CHOIR, 1858. THE CIVIL WAR. FAMOUS
CHAPTER SIX SANTA CRUZ IN THE SIXTIES. WHY I BECAME A
CHAPTER SEVEN LADY OF LYONS GIVEN AT SANTA CRUZ. FLAG-RAISING AT GILROY HOT SPRINGS. VISALIA CONCERTS
CHAPTER EIGHT ON THE ROAD WITH DICK KOHLER, MR. VIVIAN, WALTER CAMPBELL, MR. WAND AND CHARLES ATKINS
CHAPTER NINE EARLY MUSIC AND MUSIC HOUSES. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS. OLD-TIME SINGERS
CHAPTER TEN AS A CHURCH CHOIR SINGER. BARNABEE, ZERRAHN, PATTI,
CHAPTER ELEVEN GOLDEN JUBILEE OF SONG SERVICE, JUNE 12, 1896
CHAPTER TWELVE CAMILLA URSO'S FESTIVAL, 1873. MADAME ANNA
CHAPTER THIRTEEN ROMAN CATHOLIC, EPISCOPAL, AND JEWISH MUSIC. J.H. DOHRMANN. THE BIANCHI'S
CHAPTER FOURTEEN GREAT MUSICAL FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY, 1878. AT GILROY SPRINGS.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN AUTHORS' CARNIVAL, 1880, PRESIDENT HAYES AND GENERAL SHERMAN PRESENT
CHAPTER SIXTEEN VACATION EPISODES AT DEER PARK, JULY 4, 1893
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN IN OAKLAND. SAD ACCIDENT. BRUSH AND EASEL. KIND FRIENDS.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN PARTY AT DR. J.M. SHANNON'S HOME IN 1907
CHAPTER NINETEEN LEE TUNG FOO
CHAPTER TWENTY WHAT I KNOW OF THE VOICE AND OF TEACHING
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE TREMOLO
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO MORE ABOUT THE VOICE "There is little
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING. WORK AS A PATRIOT.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR REPERTOIRE AND OTHER DATA. MUSICIANS AND SINGERS OF THE LAST CENTURY
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE EARLY CALIFORNIA REMINISCENCES OF MUSICIANS AND SINGERS
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX REMINISCENCES OF LATER CALIFORNIA MUSICIANS AND SINGERS
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN WITH MY PUPILS
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT A LIST OF MY PUPILS Ach, Annie, 1903, '04 High soprano
