John Canarina Books
Uncle Sam's orchestra
The United States Army once maintained a symphony orchestra, the Seventh Army Symphony, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Formed in 1952 as a public relations measure, it was intended to demonstrate to...
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Pierre Monteux, maitre
"Pierre Monteux became famous at the age of thirty-eight for conducting the riotous world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Paris on 29 May 1913. The composer, fearing bodily harm, es...
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