One Woman in a Hundred: Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra
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Gifted harpist Edna Phillips (1907-2003) joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1930, becoming not only that ensemble's first female member but also the first woman to hold a principal position in a major American orchestra. Plucked from the Curtis Institute of Music in the midst of her studies, Phillips was only twenty-three years old when Leopold Stokowski, one of the twentieth century's most innovative and controversial conductors, named her principal...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0252037367
ISBN13:9780252037368
Release Date:February 2013
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:241 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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