| Description |
xiii, 242 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 21 cm |
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The author's reminiscences as manager of the Philharmonic society of San Mateo county, California. |
| Contents |
Gabrilowitsch arrives -- Henry Hadley carries on the concerts -- Alfred Hertz -- Bruno Walter conducts in the New Woodland Theatre -- Gabrilowitsch rehearses -- Our society is disrupted -- Again Gabrilowitsch -- Arthur Judson outlines his plan: Molinari's New York "Première" -- A Toscanini triumph -- Tea with Alexander Smallens -- All aboard -- Arthur Pope equips the theatre -- Albert Coates -- San Francisco welcomes Bernardino Molinari -- A close-up of Molinari -- Noel Sullivan's house -- Bruno Walter and Antonia Brico -- The creator of opera in San Francisco -- Ernest Bloch -- Henry Eicheim and his Temple Bells -- Walter Damrosch -- The Irish composer-conductor: Sir Hamilton Harty -- Monsieur and Madame Monteux -- Enrique Arbos -- Eugene Goosens -- The Tristan of the orchestra -- Howard Hanson -- Olin Downes -- Frederick Stock -- Celebrities exchange ideas -- Mischa Elman plays host -- Vicki Baum and Richard Lert -- Concerning destinies -- Distinguished guests: Russian music -- Beauty and friendship and the dream fulfilled. |
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Musicians.
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Musicians. |
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Philharmonic Society of San Mateo County (Calif.)
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Music -- California.
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Music. |
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California. |
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Music -- Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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