Wilhelm Koch (Editor), Aus meinem Kunst- und Bühnenleben. Erinnerungen des Bassisten Karl Formes (Köln 1888). The English version was published privately by Formes's third wife, Pauline Formes, as: My Memoirs. Autobiography of Karl Formes. Published in his Memory, (James H. Barry (printer), San Francisco 1891) See Internet Archive, Karl Formes Autobiography to read online
Listings, see Frank Hamilton (ed., 2009), 'Opera in Philadelphia Performance Chronology 1850–1874' (Research by John Curtis 1867–1927), [8]: also W.G. Armstrong, A Record of the Opera, Philadelphia (Porter & Coates, Philadelphia 1884) [9].
Eugene Tompkins, The History of the Boston Theatre 1854 to 1901 (Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York 1908) [12].
'To hear him rattle off "Schaudernd zittern meine Glieder, Angst schlagt meinen Muth darnieder" in the se(x)tet in Don Juan in steady crescendo up to fortissimo, and with every syllable distinct was a caution!':William Foster Apthorp, By The Way (Copeland and Day, Boston 1898), II, p.67: [13]
austriaca.at
From Frankfurt, real name Agnes Schmidt, see Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online, [15]. Fabbri 1831–1909, on her first US tour: later (1870s) Director of Grand Opera House, New York. She married Richard Mulder: ref. John Emerson, 'Madame Inez Fabbri, Prima Donna Assoluta, and the Performance of Opera in San Francisco During the 1870s,', in M. Cole and J. Koegel (Eds), Music in Performance and Society: Essays in Honor of Roland Jackson (Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park, 1997), 325–354. See University of California, Berkeley Fabbri archive [16].
For the context of Ullman's project see Bethany Goldberg, 'Marketing Musard:Bernard Ullman at the Academy of Music', American Music Review XXXVIII no 1, Fall 2008, Newsletter. [4]Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. See also Katherine K Preston, Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825–60, (University of Illinois 1993, 2001) [5].
cdlib.org
oac.cdlib.org
From Frankfurt, real name Agnes Schmidt, see Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online, [15]. Fabbri 1831–1909, on her first US tour: later (1870s) Director of Grand Opera House, New York. She married Richard Mulder: ref. John Emerson, 'Madame Inez Fabbri, Prima Donna Assoluta, and the Performance of Opera in San Francisco During the 1870s,', in M. Cole and J. Koegel (Eds), Music in Performance and Society: Essays in Honor of Roland Jackson (Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park, 1997), 325–354. See University of California, Berkeley Fabbri archive [16].
cuny.edu
depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu
For the context of Ullman's project see Bethany Goldberg, 'Marketing Musard:Bernard Ullman at the Academy of Music', American Music Review XXXVIII no 1, Fall 2008, Newsletter. [4]Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. See also Katherine K Preston, Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825–60, (University of Illinois 1993, 2001) [5].
frankhamilton.org
Listings, see Frank Hamilton (ed., 2009), 'Opera in Philadelphia Performance Chronology 1850–1874' (Research by John Curtis 1867–1927), [8]: also W.G. Armstrong, A Record of the Opera, Philadelphia (Porter & Coates, Philadelphia 1884) [9].
fu-berlin.de
ub.fu-berlin.de
Gotthilf Weisstein, 'Alt-Berliner Erinnerungen', Nationalzeitung 55th Year (1902), 23 November, Sunday Edition, p.1-2. See copyright transcript by Ulrich Goerdten, [18]Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.
gazettes-online.co.uk
To be discharged by June 11, 1863 by composition of 2s.6d. in the pound to creditors. London Gazette, Formes's bankruptcy in 1863 [17].
Mme Gassier, formerly Mlle Cubas: see NYT obit of Ed G who died of vomito in Havana. [7]. But H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera say she was Josefa Fernández.
For the context of Ullman's project see Bethany Goldberg, 'Marketing Musard:Bernard Ullman at the Academy of Music', American Music Review XXXVIII no 1, Fall 2008, Newsletter. [4]Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. See also Katherine K Preston, Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825–60, (University of Illinois 1993, 2001) [5].
French soprano (1825–1905), American debut 1855 (& American career). See phot etc at [6]Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine.
M. Blake-Alverson, 60 Years of California Song 1836–1923 (Oakland 1913) [10]Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine.
Gotthilf Weisstein, 'Alt-Berliner Erinnerungen', Nationalzeitung 55th Year (1902), 23 November, Sunday Edition, p.1-2. See copyright transcript by Ulrich Goerdten, [18]Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.
wikisource.org
de.wikisource.org
H.A. Lier, 'Formes, Karl Johann' in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, in German Wikisource [1].
