America's concertmasters.9780899901398 America's concertmasters. Heiles, Anne Mischakoff. Harmonie Park Press 2007 564 pages $50.00 Paperback Detroit monographs in musicology/studies in music ; no. 51 ML398 Heiles follows the evolution of the role of the concertmaster con·cert·mas·ter n. The first violinist in a symphony orchestra. , and then describes the history of concertmasters in 12 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. orchestras, such as those in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and Toronto, as well as the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra is the resident summer orchestra of Chautauqua Institution. It plays concerts on most Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights throughout the Institution's nine-week season. . She incorporates profiles of 22 current and past concertmasters, drawing from interviews conducted between 2000 and 2007, in which she asked them questions about technique, their role, what distinguishes them from section players and soloists, their musical training, the power shared with the conductor, authority, their musical interests, and advice for aspiring musicians. Heiles, the daughter of a concertmaster, has taught violin and music history at the U. of the Pacific, Northwestern U., California State U. at Fresno, and the U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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