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Author Warren, Richard S.

Title Begins with the oboe : a history of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Richard S. Warren.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 287 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261), discography (pages 255-259) and index.
Summary The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been a part of the arts scene in Toronto for eighty years. Richard Warren, the orchestra's archivist since 1976, uncovers taped interviews and other documentation of the orchestra's musicians, visiting artists, music directors, and administrative personnel, to present an insider's view of the orchestra, and by doing so makes the history of this great cultural institution come alive. In describing the challenges, achievements, and trials of the orchestra, Warren includes the stories of artists who performed with the orchestra and who then went on to become outstanding performers on the world stage, including Seiji Ozawa, Sir Andrew Davis, Jon Vickers, Lois Marshall, Maureen Forrester, Zara Nelsova, and Ben Heppner, among many others. He also recounts the orchestra's tours through China, the United States, Britain, Japan, Australia, and Europe, and their performances in the renowned theatres of London, New York, Sydney, Vienna, and Berlin. The symphony has become an icon of Canadian culture and enriched the lives of Torontonians and all Canadians as an important part of our heritage.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""ONE: Prelude""; ""TWO: 1922â€?1931: Luigi von Kunits""; ""THREE: 1931â€?1945: Sir Ernest MacMillan, Part 1""; ""FOUR: 1945â€?1956: Sir Ernest MacMillan, Part 2""; ""FIVE: 1956â€?1965: Walter Susskind""; ""SIX: 1965â€?1973: Seiji Ozawa and Karel AnÄ?erl""; ""SEVEN: 1973â€?1975: Victor Feldbrill, Resident Conductor""; ""EIGHT: 1975â€?1982: Andrew Davis at Massey Hall""; ""NINE: 1982â€?1987: Andrew Davis at Roy Thomson Hall""; ""TEN: 1988â€?1994: Gunther Herbig""; ""ELEVEN: 1994â€?2000: Jukka-Pekka Saraste""
""Toward the Unknown: 2001�2002""""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Appendices""; ""A. Musicians of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra""; ""B. Music Directors, Conductors, and Composers""; ""C. Presidents/Chairmen of the Board of Directors""; ""D. Canadian Works Commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra""; ""E. Discography""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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Subject Toronto Symphony Orchestra -- History.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
History.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Toronto.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra -- Histoire.
Toronto -- Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Warren, Richard S. Begins with the oboe. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2002 9780802035882 (DLC) 2004269187 (OCoLC)50937409
ISBN 9781442671232 (electronic book)
1442671238 (electronic book)
1282014692
9781282014695
0802035884
9780802035882