Orchestra - Softcover

Richard Morrison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057121584X ISBN 13: 9780571215843

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2005

Synopsis

Filled with anecdote, analysis and humour, this compelling biography by the chief music critic of The Times marks the London Symphony Orchestras 100th birthday. The author traces the orchestras history and celebrates its revolutionary spirit, focusing on pivotal moments from its rebel origins in 1904, through turbulent years of risk-taking, conflict and musical genius, to 2004 and its status as the very model of the 21st-century orchestra. Slightly off-mint.

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About the Author:

Richard Morrison is chief music critic of The Times and writes a wide-ranging weekly column on cultural and social matters, which is noted for its humour and passion. From 1989 to 1999 he also edited the paper's arts pages. He is a music graduate of Cambridge University and former orchestral trombonist and organist.He was taken to his first London Symphony Orchestra concert in 1960, aged five, and wrote his first professional review of the orchestra 16 years later. Since then he has heard the orchestra perform under most of the world's top conductors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 057121584X
• ISBN 13: 9780571215843
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320