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First Nights: Five Musical Premieres
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Selected by New York Times Book Review as a Best Book Since 2000
“With its abundant portfolios of documents and sensitively chosen illustrations, this is the kind of book that has us crying, ‘Oh, that we were there!’”—Jonathan Keates, New York Times Book Review
This lively book takes us back to the first performances of five famous musical compositions: Monteverdi’s Orfeo in 1607, Handel’s Messiah in 1742, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in 1824, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique in 1830, and St...
“With its abundant portfolios of documents and sensitively chosen illustrations, this is the kind of book that has us crying, ‘Oh, that we were there!’”—Jonathan Keates, New York Times Book Review
This lively book takes us back to the first performances of five famous musical compositions: Monteverdi’s Orfeo in 1607, Handel’s Messiah in 1742, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in 1824, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique in 1830, and St...