| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 606 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
bk. 1. "Queen of the arts" : birth and growth. Introduction : a tale of two cities (1893) -- pt. 1. Boston and the cult of Beethoven ; John Sullivan Dwight, Theodore Thomas, and the slaying of the monster concerts ; Henry Higginson and the birth of the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Building a hall, choosing a conductor ; Composers and the Brahmin confinement -- pt. 2. New York and beyond. Anton Seidl and the sacralization of opera ; Symphonic rivalry and growth ; Leopold Stokowski, Gustav Mahler, Arturo Toscanini, and the gossip of the foyer ; Antonín Dvořák and Charles Ives in search of America ; Coda : music and the Gilded Age. |
| Subject |
Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0393057178 hardcover |
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