It was called "The Gilded Age." It was a time of great industrial growth in America (and great wealth, too) as evidenced by super-rich industrialists and philanthropists such as Rockefeller, Morgan, Stanford, Mellon, Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie - the steel magnate, who happened to meet New York City conductor Walter Damrosch onboard a ship. The leisurely pace of life at sea gave the younger musician time to interest his wealthy travel companions in the idea of a new concert hall in New York City, to be named, of course, Carnegie Hall.
