Title Page
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Prodigy’s Apprenticeship
Chapter 2. The Orchestra’s Beginnings
Chapter 3. Szell’s Improvements
Chapter 4. The Woodwind Section
Chapter 5. World Tour
Chapter 6. Szell’s Dictates
Chapter 7. The String Section
Chapter 8. The Brass Section
Chapter 9. Auditions and Mavericks
Chapter 10. Conductor Wannabes
Chapter 11. The Percussion Section
Chapter 12. Szell’s Methods, Touring Travails
Chapter 13. Prodigies, Masterpieces, Boulez
Chapter 14. Concert Experiences
Chapter 15. Szell’s Haydn and Schumann Interpretations
Chapter 16. Attire, Duty, Respect, Decorum
Chapter 17. A New Chorus Conductor
Chapter 18. The Musicians’ Insurrection
Chapter 19. Picketing and Resolution
Chapter 20. A Suitable Summer Site
Chapter 21. Blossom’s Creators
Chapter 22. The Blossom Triumph
Chapter 23. The Death of the Maestro
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index