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One woman in a hundred : Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra Mary Sue Welsh
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks ML 419 .P486 W45 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Welsh, Mary Sue.
- Series:
- Music in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Phillips, Edna, 1907-2003.
- Phillips, Edna.
- Philadelphia Orchestra--History.
- Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Harpists--United States--Biography.
- Harpists.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 241 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2013.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- In the lion's den
- A formidable arena
- The little goat
- Keeping up with the speed kings
- One step ahead of the sheriff
- A season of firsts
- "Answer yes or no"
- "Mortally wounded"
- War on Broad Street
- Honor among women
- A month out of school
- On to Fantasia
- A silent exit
- Cajoling and seducing composers
- War stories
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252037368 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252037367 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 788272706
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