Title: Music Mads Me
Description: A nonagenarian magnet who as a boy was denied a concert career takes over his wife's small orchestra and decides to turn it into a major new symphony orchestra in New York City.  The protagonists are journey-people musicians struggling to make a living.  A flutist and a bassoonist, their wives and friends, are enlisted in the new orchestra.  A young woman conductor is hired to conduct Mahler's Eighth.  The novel carries everyone through a first concert in Carnegie Hall, its failure, and what happens afterwards.  This book explores the many aspects of music in America, sprinkled with philosophical and ethical concerns.
Subjects: Music, NYC, America, Flute, Bassoon, Mahler, Requiem, Female Conductor
Places: New York City, New Jersey
People: Mahler, NYC Musicians
Time periods: Present time, classical Instrumentalists