| Description |
xvi, 288 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Based upon a series of radio talks." |
| Contents |
Part One: Prologue -- 1. ... Fine Frenzy Rolling -- 2. Backstage -- 3. Guaranteed Handmade -- 4. Now the Grease Paint -- 5. Part Two: First Theme -- 1. On Getting Acquainted -- 2. Hearing's Not Enough -- 3. Name-Calling -- 4. In the Order Named -- 5. Ancestor Worship -- 6. Grandpa Talks Too Much -- 7. The First Hundred Years -- 8. Seven Score and Spry -- 9. Reducing Diet -- 10. Smaller and Louder -- 11. Place Aux Dames... Bitte -- 12. Music in Your Eye -- 13. Experts Can Stub Their Toes -- 14. The Tongue Without Words -- Part Three: Second Theme -- 1. Phenomenon -- 2. Swan Song -- 3. Masterpiece -- 4. The Dumb Genius -- 5. Innovator -- 6. The Great Romantic -- 7. A Writer and A Gentleman -- 8. The Little First Viola -- 9. Stepchildren -- 10. The Underprivileged -- Part Four: Development Section -- 1. Getting A Laugh -- 2. Art Under Pressure -- 3. The Grave Robbers -- 4. "Mr. Blank Means to Say ..." -- 5. The illiterate Art -- 6. Wasted -- 7. The Dislike Is Mutual -- 8. The Mongrel Prima Donna -- 9. Dream of the the Long-Lost Strad -- 10. Assembly-Line Music -- 11. Of Thee They Sing -- 12. The Foot in the Door -- 13. The Door Opens -- Part Five: Recapitulation -- 1. The Worried Neophyte -- 2. Heterodoxy -- 3. Short and Hot -- 4. The Human Clarinet -- 5. Comes the Revolution -- 6. The Defense Rests -- Part Six: Coda -- 1. Barbarian America |
| Subject |
Music appreciation.
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Music appreciation. |
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