Detroit Symphony Society

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra

• Author(s): Laurie Lanzen Harris, Paul Ganson

• Categories: Music

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2016-09-06
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• Publisher: Wayne State University Press

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Grace, Grit, and Glory details the history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as seen through the prism of the city it has called home for nearly 130 years. Now one of America’s finest orchestras, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra began in 1887 as a rather small ensemble of around thirty-five players in a city that was just emerging as an industrial powerhouse. Since then, both the city and its orchestra have known great success in musical artistry for the symphony and economic influence for the city. They have each faced crises as well—financial, social, and cultural—that have forced the DSO into closure three times, and the city to the brink of dissolution...

Program

• Author(s): Detroit Symphony Orchestra

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1926
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Stages

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1994
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Magazine of the Women's City Club

• Author(s): Women's City Club of Detroit

• Categories: Women

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1925
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Witness of Music

• Author(s): Alexander Suczek

• Categories: Music

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2006-01-01
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• Publisher: Unknown

Non-Fiction. Alexander Suczek's THE WITNESS OF MUSIC is a history of Pro Musica of Detroit, a small concert society devoted to presenting the works of great composers and musicians for almost 80 years.