Author: National Task Force for The American Orchestra, An Initiative for ChangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Americanizing the American Orchestra
Author: National Task Force for The American Orchestra, An Initiative for ChangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Presentation of the National Task Force Report
Author: American Symphony Orchestra League. National ConferencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Symphony orchestras
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
American Orchestras in the Nineteenth Century
Author: John SpitzerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226769771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Studies of concert life in nineteenth-century America have generally been limited to large orchestras and the programs we are familiar with today. But as this book reveals, audiences of that era enjoyed far more diverse musical experiences than this focus would suggest. To hear an orchestra, people were more likely to head to a beer garden, restaurant, or summer resort than to a concert hall. And what they heard weren’t just symphonic works—programs also included opera excerpts and arrangements, instrumental showpieces, comic numbers, and medleys of patriotic tunes. This book brings together musicologists and historians to investigate the many orchestras and programs that developed in nineteenth-century America. In addition to reflecting on the music that orchestras played and the socioeconomic aspects of building and maintaining orchestras, the book considers a wide range of topics, including audiences, entrepreneurs, concert arrangements, tours, and musicians’ unions. The authors also show that the period saw a massive influx of immigrant performers, the increasing ability of orchestras to travel across the nation, and the rising influence of women as listeners, patrons, and players. Painting a rich and detailed picture of nineteenth-century concert life, this collection will greatly broaden our understanding of America’s musical history.
American Orchestra Fact Book
Author: American Symphony Orchestra LeaguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concerts
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas
Author: Charles Edward RussellPublisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Biography of an interesting character and great musician who started the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Orchestra Management Handbook
Author: Travis NewtonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197550673
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
What is Orchestra Management? -- Internal Relationships -- Steering the Ship -- Community Relationships -- Artistic Planning -- Financial Management -- Building Sustaining Relationships -- Marketing and Public Relations -- Toward Relevance -- From the Field.
The American Symphony Orchestra
Author: John Henry MuellerPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Americanization of the American Symphony
Author: Audrey Hennen DavisSymphony
Author: The Great American Symphony Orchestra
Author: Anthony J. CironePublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1574631950
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
(Meredith Music Resource). This book is a must-read for anyone interested in acquiring a "back-stage" tour of symphony life, not included in the price of a box-office ticket! Gain a behind-the-scenes look at the orchestra as a family; its discipline, artistry, and devotion, the overwhelming audition process, and the good and bad about the orchestra musicians' profession. Learn about the love-hate relationship between musicians and conductors as the author shares his experiences performing under conductors Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo DeWaart, Herbert Blomsted, Michael Tilson Thomas, Eugene Ormandy, Igor Stravinsky, Arron Copland, and Arthur Fiedler. Discover conductors' dictatorial control, interpretative powers, and technical skills, as revealed through quotes from James Levine, John Barbariolli, Gustav Mahler, Daniel Barenboim, and Herbert von Karajan. Examine comments from Leonard Bernstein, Arturo Toscanini, Carl Nielsen, and Lou Harrison that bring a unique awareness to avante-garde music in the chapter titled Cruel and Unmusical. Understand the difference between conducting talent and composing talent and how rare it is to possess both.