Beethoven in Beijing: Stories from the Philadelphia Orchestra's Historic Journey to China

by Jennifer Lin

Book Overview

In 1973, Western music was banned in the People's Republic of China. But in a remarkable breakthrough cultural exchange, the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted a tour of closed-off China, becoming the first American orchestra to visit the communist nation. Jennifer Lin's Beethoven in Beijing provides a fabulous photo-rich oral history of this boundary-breaking series of concerts the orchestra performed under famed conductor Eugene Ormandy. Lin draws...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143992161X
• ISBN13: 9781439921616
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.1" x 10.3"