WHO KILLED CLASSICAL MUSIC? Maestros, Managers, and Corporate Politics by Lebrecht, Norman - 1996

Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1559724153; Binding is almost as new. Contents are almost as new. DJ is almost as new. ; Third Printing of the First Carol Edition, 1998. 9-1/4" Tall, 455pp. Light gray boards, black spine lettering. MUSIC. "Here is the start-to-finish history of the classical music business: its heroes, villains, lions, and legends. Controversial, polemical, and rich with inside information. Most people suppose that classical music is a genteel, dignified business, carried out by nice people with nice manners. Lebrecht has made it his mission to prove that the business is, in fact, a sewer of greed and depravity, distinguishable from its vulgar pop sister only by its pretensions and secrecy. Now Lebrecht has condensed ten years of dirt digging into a massive earthwork of a book. He has created a furor in Britain and will likely have the same effect here - for many of its villains are America. " ... Bilbiography. Index. 8-pages of b/w illustrations, including reproductions and photos. .