Transforming Music in the Flower City: Hermann Dossenbach’s Year in Europe, 1911–1912

By Lisa Kleman

Bonus Additional Content

Elsa Dossenbach’s diary from her European trip of 1911
Interview with Author Lisa Kleman (Podcast)

On July 29, 1911, Hermann Dossenbach; his wife, Daisy; and their three daughters set sail on the USS President Lincoln, bound for Berlin, Germany. They planned to live in the city for the better part of a year, then travel throughout Europe and England before returning home to Rochester. Dossenbac...

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