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The Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828-1967
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The Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828-1967 Hardcover - 2004 - 1st Edition

by D. Kern Holoman


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This is the story of one of the world's great philharmonic societies, told by a distinguished conductor and writer whose command of the subject is nothing short of virtuosic. Established in 1828 with roots stretching back to the 1790s, the Socit des Concerts du Conservatoire reflected and in many ways encapsulated the development of French culture, and of Western music, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. D. Kern Holoman describes how in the 1820s and 1830s the potent forces of democracy, exclusivity, and revolutionary fervor that collided in and around the Conservatoire forged and then tempered an organization as flexible as it was strong.

In elegant and spirited prose, accompanied by illustrations and a website with copious further documentation, Holoman chronicles the life of the Socit, from its day-to-day operations to its role in creating the canon of orchestral concert music in our culture. A testament to the Socit's power and importance, his book is itself a significant contribution to the history of Western music.

From the rear cover

"Holoman displays a virtuosic command of the orchestra's archives. The book makes sense of a voluminous and complex documentary record and succeeds in doing this with an engaging and often humorous prose style. Holoman moves effortlessly from shouting matches at committee meetings to balance sheets to broader questions of aesthetics, performance practice, and repertory with real verve and panache."--Steven Huebner, author of French Opera at the Fin De Siècle: Wagnerism, Nationalism, and Style

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  • Title The Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828-1967
  • Author D. Kern Holoman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 620
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 2004-02-24
  • ISBN 9780520236646 / 0520236645
  • Weight 2.56 lbs (1.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.12 x 1.83 in (23.62 x 15.54 x 4.65 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Societe des concerts du Conservatoire
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002032797
  • Dewey Decimal Code 784.206

About the author

D. Kern Holoman is Barbara K. Jackson Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis, where he conducts the UCD Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of Berlioz (1989), Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers (1992), and, most recently, of Masterworks: A Musical Discovery (third edition, 2003).
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