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BE YOUR OWN MUSIC CRITIC by Robert E. ed. Simon

BE YOUR OWN MUSIC CRITIC

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Pub Date: Oct. 24th, 1941
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran

Skillful shop talk of interest in its field, -- the group of lectures presented at Carnegie Hall this year, celebrating its 50th anniversary, and edited by its president. Olin Downes on personal criticism, Edward Johnson on singing, Yves Tinarye on the voice, Leopold Mannes on piano, Egdon Petri on playing and teaching, Albert Spaulding on the violin, Albert Stoessel on strings, Georges Barrere on woodwinds, Modeste Alloo on brass and percussion, Leon Barzin on conducting, Harl McDonald on orchestral styles-experts and specialists in their fields discoursing for the layman and the music lover fine points of music appreciation, history, techniques.