No Vivaldi in the Garage
A Requiem for Classical Music in North America
Sheldon Morgenstern

Northeastern University Press
University Press of New England

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• First Notes
• Tooting My Horn
• Eastern Music Festival: The Dream
• It's the Baton, Stupid!
• Local Boy Makes Good
• Too Much Money, Power, and Pride
• But the Beat Goes On
• Board Games
• What a Conductor Does
• The Real Job: Music Director
• The Pressure Cooker
• All Aboard!
• Players Out of Tune
• Where Did All the Melodies Go?
• The Superstar Ripoff
• Movers, Fakers, and Funders
• What's Next?
• APPENDIX 1: Questionnaire
• APPENDIX 2: Letter to Bill Clinton
• Select Bibliography
• Index

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