First Nights: Five Musical Premieres by Thomas Forrest Kelly

First Nights: Five Musical Premieres

Thomas Forrest Kelly

314 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced
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This lively book takes us back to the first performances of five famous musical compositions: Monteverdi’s Orfeo in 1607, Handel’s Messiah in 1742, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in 1824, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique in 1830, and Stravinsky’s Sacre...

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