Violin and Violoncello
Abstract
Music a Part of Everybody' s Life, Looking Toward the Future. add interest and effec More than fifty well-chosen pictures and an extensive of books and perioditiveness, bibliography cals is included. has been made on the fact that, in presenting Comment such as sample lists of composers, material illustrative symlists of instruand dance bands, conductors, phony orchestras not so intended, on undoubtedly ments, etc., there is emphasis, their importance the names mentioned, at stressing thereby For instance, while mention is the expense of names omitted. of reference made of Eastman School of Music, the omission in any category to the name of Howard Hanson, head of the school, recent winner of the Pulitzer prize (for composition), Music Festival founder of the American at Rochester, former of Schools of Music, and president of the National Association in the United of nearly all major orchestras guest conductor States and abroad, could be misleading to the novice who fails to understand that the author does not attempt to present historical or factual material, per se, but rather has selected more or less at random the names of people and institutions Thus it is that Chicago Symphony for illustrative purposes. in the