Music in the Mountains: The First Fifty Years of the Aspen Music Festival - Softcover

Berger, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555663117 ISBN 13: 9781555663117

Publisher: Johnson Books, 2001

Synopsis

Berger, a writer and pianist, charts the growth of the Aspen Music Festival from a tent in a meadow and rented teaching space to permanent performing venues and school facilities. Based on interviews with musicians, festival personnel, and members of the audiences, his account features the internationally famous musicians as well as students and enthusiasts who transformed this mining town into a world stage for a major summer musical event. Contains a section of b&w photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

From the Publisher:

A lively insider's history of the Aspen Music Festival and the visionaries and world-famous musicians who have made it one of the world's most renowned centers for classical music.

About the Author:

Bruce Berger came to Aspen in the fifties and has been a friend and devotee of the Festival ever since. He is the author of The Telling Distance, Notes of a Half-Aspenite, A Dazzle of Hummingbirds, Hangin' On, There Was a River, Almost an Island, and Facing the Music. He now divides his time between Aspen and Baja California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johnson Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1555663117
• ISBN 13: 9781555663117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 167