PHILHARMONIC : The Inside Story of an Orchestra
Language: English
Published by Penguin, Melbourne, Australia, 1953
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.100POCKETS
AbeBooks seller since March 7, 2000
Condition: Used - Very good
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Pelican A264. Text/Near New, showing faint margin discoloration. Blue rimmed soft cover/VG; strong & sound, faint creasings to corner tips & trace soiling. PO name on fEP. First published in 1942. Music history. An evaluation of symphony orchestras half century ago; sub-title: A Future for the Symphony Orchestra. 16 chapters: 1, The Evolution of a Modern Orchestra; 2, Conductorless Orchestras; 3, The Leader of the Orchestra; 4, Conductors Face to Face; 5, Should the Composer Know Best?; 6, The Perfect Orchestra; 7, A Background to Music; 8, Interlude I - Instruments & Players; 9, The Problem of the Concert Hall; 10, The Building of Programmes; 11, Interlude II - On Audiences in General; 12, Music Betrayed; 13, Interlude III - Gramophone Records; 14, Concerts for Children; 15, The Finance of a Modern Orchestra; and, 16, Conclusions. Strong copy.
Seller Inventory # 004934
Bibliographic details
- Title
- PHILHARMONIC : The Inside Story of an Orchestra
- Author
- Russell, Thomas; (Introduction By J.B. Priestley)
- Publisher
- Penguin, Melbourne, Australia
- Publication year
- 1953
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- None as Issued
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Alan Gregory (Illustrator)
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Music, Sheet Music, Music Criticism
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