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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra : grace, grit, and glory
 9780814340622, 0814340628

Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1. An Emerging City and Its Music, 1701-1887
2. The Founding and the Founders, 1887-1910: Rudolph Speil, Fritz and Hugo Kalsow, and the First DSO
3. A Glorious Rebirth, 1914-36: Weston Gales, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Orchestra Hall, and the First "Golden Age"
4. A City and an Orchestra Struggle, 1936-42: Victor Kolar, Franco Ghione, Depression, and War
5. The Reichhold Era, 1943-49: A One-Man Band
6. Another Rebirth, 1952-63: The "Detroit Plan," Paul Paray, and a New Golden Age. 7. Changing Times, 1963-76: Sixten Ehrling and the Changing Fortunes of a City and Its Orchestra8. An Orchestra and a City in Flux, 1977-90: Antal Dorati, Günther Herbig, and a City in Decline
9. The Orchestra and the City Rebound, 1990-2005: Neeme Järvi and Another Golden Age
10. Musical Artistry in an Era of Uncertainty, 2005-Present: Leonard Slatkin and the Future of the Modern Symphony Orchestra
Notes
Appendix: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Personnel, 1906-2015
Index.

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