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The great orchestrator : Arthur Judson and American arts management / James M. Doering.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doering, James M.
- Series:
- Music in American Life
- Music in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Impresarios--United States--Biography.
- Impresarios.
- Arts--Management.
- Arts.
- Judson, Arthur Leon, 1881-1975.
- Judson, Arthur Leon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Great orchestrator : Arthur Judson & American arts management
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This biography charts the career and legacy of the pioneering American music manager Arthur Judson (1881-1975), who rose to prominence in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Introduction : confronting the silent giant
- Pt. 1. Discovering the audience, 1900-1921. The young educator ; The lessons of musical America ; Fertile ground in Philadelphia, 1915-1921
- Pt. 2. Cooperation and cultivation, 1921-1942. New alliances, new media, New York ; Managing a renewal, 1922-1930 ; The list, the old man, and the English replacement ; Competition and indecision
- Pt. 3. The empire of diminishing returns, 1942-1956. The war years and a shift to a new era ; Troubled waters
- Conclusion : lessons from AJ
- Epilogue : the final years.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-09459-X
- 1-299-14792-5
- OCLC:
- 828140136
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