Music for a city, music for the world : 100 years with the San Francisco Symphony / Larry Rothe.

Author/Creator:

Rothe, Larry.

Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2011.

Format/Description:

Book
271 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Subjects:

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra -- History.
Orchestra -- California -- San Francisco -- History.

Contents:

Introduction
Preliminaries : on civilization's frontier
A quick-start guide to making an orchestra : the Henry Hadley years (1911-1915)
Personal struggles and musical triumphs : the Alfred Hertz years (1915-1930)
Crisis and rescue : the Basil Cameron/Issay Dobrowen years (1930-1935)
San Francisco's favorite sport : the Pierre Monteux years (1935-1952)
An enigma and a tragedy : the Enrique Jordá years (1954-1963)
Musical body-building : the Josef Krips years (1963-1970)
A new kind of glamour : the Seiji Ozawa years (1970-1977)
A West Coast success story : the Edo de Waart years (1977-1985)
Mandate for change : the Herbert Blomstedt years (1985-1995)
On the future's frontier : the Michael Tilson Thomas years (1995-present).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780811876001
0811876004

OCLC:

683247829

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