Tanglewood / Herbert Kupferberg.

Author/creator Kupferberg, Herbert
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : McGraw-Hill, ©1976.
Description280 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents The Tanglewood experience -- Founding a festival. "A true public festival" ; Dr. Hadley meets Miss Robinson Smith ; Dan Hanna's horse ring ; Exit Hadley -- The Koussevitzky Era. Aristocrat from Russia ; Enter the Boston Symphony ; Hawthorne's Tanglewood ; A storm and a shed ; A home in the Berkshires ; The Berkshire music center ; Triumphs ; And troubles ; Summer of '42 ; The war years ; "Tanglewood, U. S. A." ; Opera's golden age ; "I will never give it up" ; Bernstein on Tanglewood -- The Munch years. "A boy from Alsace" ; Dress, guests and tourists ; New music, new musicians ; The roof falls in -- The Leinsdorf regime. Reform movement ; In search of a theme ; Tension at the top -- The 1970s. The Troika takes over ; Rock and opera ; Berkshire balance sheet ; Two birthdays -- At the center. Opeining day ; Ordeal by audition ; Students at work ; Putting it all together ; Koussevitzky's children.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.
LCCN 76011772
ISBN0070356432

Availability

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML200.8.B5 K86 1976 ✔ Available Place Hold