Evenings on and off the roof : pioneering concerts in Los Angeles, 1939-1971 / Dorothy Lamb Crawford.
| Author/creator |
Crawford, Dorothy L. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California, Press, ©1995. |
| Description | xvii, 362 pages : illustrations, portraits, pls. ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | "We are not dismayed": 1931-1938 -- "The world will come to us": 1938-1945 -- "The keynote of a true musical culture": 1945-1954 -- Peter Yates and the musical modernists -- Discoveries in early music: 1939-1954 -- "What is news in the musical world": 1954-1959 -- "Swimming against the stream": 1959-1963 -- "From the middle ages to tomorrow": 1963-1971 -- Lawrence Morton and contemporary music -- More discoveries in early music: 1954-1971 -- Management styles in the "Mecca for music-making". |
| Abstract | In April of 1939 an unusual event occurred on a Los Angeles rooftop: nineteen people gathered to hear an all-Bartok program of chamber music. Thus was launched the now-famous Evenings on the Roof. The concert series later became the Monday Evening Concerts, whose popularity continues to this day. This is the story of that adventurous series, and the author's graceful telling reveals the changing world of twentieth-century art music. It is also a story of idealism and determination, and of a unique synthesis of talent that could happen only in Los Angeles. Evenings on the Roof were the inspiration of writer Peter Yates and his wife, pianist Frances Mullen. To the Yates's rooftop studio came local and emigre musicians and composers. Though performers received little financial compensation, composers offered their latest works, and the growing audiences welcomed the challenging new music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index. |
| LCCN | 94033945 |
| ISBN | 0520088913 (alk. paper) |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML200.8.L72 C7 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |