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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