Trans-Atlantic passages
Subtitle: Philip Hale on the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1889-1933
By: Jon Ceander Mitchell
Edition: First edition.
Series: The new urban Atlantic; New urban Atlantic
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781137453495
Subjects: Music critics; Biography; HISTORY / United States / General; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical; MUSIC / History & Criticism; MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician; Boston Symphony Orchestra
Description: "Trans-Atlantic Passages : Philip Hale on the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1889-1933 deals with one of the greatest of American music critics writing about one of the greatest of American Orchestras during a time of great change. Philip Hale (1854-1934) put Boston on the Transatlantic map in terms of the music world and its circuits of exchange. Professor Mitchell reconstructs Hale's oeuvre to produce an authoritative account of Hale's contributions to music criticism and to the role the Boston Symphony was able to play in the international world of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music"--

Trans-Atlantic Passages : Philip Hale on the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1889-1933 deals with one of the greatest of American music critics writing about one of the greatest of American Orchestras during a time of great change. Philip Hale (1854-1934) put Boston on the Transatlantic map in terms of the music world and its circuits of exchange. Professor Mitchell reconstructs Hale's oeuvre to produce an authoritative account of Hale's contributions to music criticism and to the role the Boston Symphony was able to play in the international world of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1854-1889. Norwich-Northampton-Exeter-Walt Whitman-Yale-Albany-Studies in Europe-Marriage-Return to Albany; title: 1889-1900. Musical Life in Boston to 1881-Higginson-The Boston Symphony Orchestra and its Early Influence-Boston in 1889-Hale's Arrival-Boston Critics-Boston Home Journal-St. Botolph's Club-Boston Post-Boston Musical Herald-Boston Journal-A False Start-Nikisch-The Dvorak Controversy-Paur-Gericke-The Musical Record; title: 1900-1903. Symphony Hall-The Longy Club-Boston Pops-Entr'acte-Reinstatement as Program Annotator-Correspondence in Periodicals Regarding Hale-Musical World; title: 1903-1917. The Boston Herald-On the Criticism of Music-Salome-On Various Conductors-Muck-Fiedler-Mahler-The Tavern Club and the Thursday Evening Club-Boston Opera-Early Recordings; title: 1917-1933. Muck's Arrest and Fallout-Monteux-The Fradkin Incident-The Strike and Its Aftermath-Burgin-New York Times offer-Hayes-Koussevitzky-Guest Conductors-Boston Symphony Orchestra's 50th Anniversary-Henschel's Return-Commissioned Works-Final Reviews; title: Aftermath and Conclusion: 1933-1936. Retirement-Hale's Passing-Testimonials; title: Selected writings of Philip Hale.