EVENING AT SYMPHONY A Portrait of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by Baker-Carr, Janet - 1977

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0395256976; Binding is almost as new. Gift note on half-title page. Two small matching stains on the half-title page & its facing page. Contents are almost as new. Minor edge wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1977. 7-1/4" x 9-3/8". 172pp. Black cloth, bright silver spine lettering. Bibliography. Index. 59 b/w illustrations, mostly photos. MUSIC. Since its inception in 1881, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has reached out, through recordings, radio, and television, to an ever-growing national and international audience. Typically, more than 100 people play in the Orchestra year-round, including the program series in Symphony Hall, the Pops and Tanglewood concerts, concert tours, recording sessions, special chamber music concerts, and the filming and producing of the television program, EVENING AT SYMPHONY. This handsomely illustrated volume takes you backstage at the BSO to discover the history of the institution, the famous conductors, the musicians, the interaction of audience and performers, the special lore of this highly gifted group of people - all the elements that are essential to the life of a major performing orchestra. ; 9-3/8x7-1/4"; 172 pages .