Uncle Sam's orchestra
Subtitle: memories of the Seventh Army Symphony
By: John Canarina.
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Seventh Army Symphony (U.S.)
Description: The United States Army once maintained a symphony orchestra, the Seventh Army Symphony, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Formed in 1952 as a public relations measure, it was intended to demonstrate to the Europeans, and Germans in particular, that American soldiers were young men of culture capable of appreciating and performing the music of Beethoven, Brahms, and other great composers with feeling and understanding.

In this the orchestra was extremely successful, touring repeatedly throughout (West) Germany, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom. In addition to paying tribute to the important work the orchestra did in the field of cultural relations, this book chronicles many humorous incidents that arose out of the perennial friction between the rather unmilitary orchestra and the "regular Army" personnel with whom it came in direct contact.
Notes: Includes index.