RUSSELL, Charles Edward

THE AMERICAN ORCHESTRA AND THEODORE THOMAS

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1927. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 344. Includes appendices and index. Illustrated with photographs. Owner's name on pastedown. VG. Item #31110

Thomas was born in Essen, Germany, showed talent for the violin very early and became a child prodigy. The family emigrated to America while Thomas was stil a boy; and he helped to support it by playing wherever he could, in the theater and in bars. Eventually he became a conductor, and was, to a great extent, responsible for the growth of the symphony orchestra in the U.S.

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