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“SERENADING THE RELUCTANT EAGLE: American Musical Life, 1925-1945” By Nicholas Tawa

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

SERENADING THE RELUCTANT EAGLE: American Musical Life, 1925-1945.  By Nicholas Tawa. 261 pp.  New York: Schirmer Books, 1984, $19.95. Few books on the subject of American concert music provide much of either value or interest.  Most tend to fall into one of two …

“THE COMPOSER’S ADVOCATE: A Radical Orthodoxy for Musicians” By Erich Leinsdorf

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

THE COMPOSER’S ADVOCATE: A Radical Orthodoxy for Musicians.  By Erich Leinsdorf. 216 pp.  New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981. $14.95. Erich Leinsdorf, certainly one of our most intelligent and knowledgeable conductors has written a book of considerable value.  Though its intended reader …

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