The tale of Tanglewood : scene of the Berkshire music festivals / M.A. De Wolfe Howe, with an introduction by Serge Koussevitzky.
| Author/creator | Howe, M. A. De Wolfe |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : The Vanguard press, [1946] |
| Description | 4 preliminary leaves, 11-101 pages : including frontispiece, 1 illustration plates, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Serge Koussevitzky -- Tanglewood itself -- Berkshire festivals -- High noon of summer music -- Festival programmes. |
| Abstract | "The word Tanglewood has two vivid associations in the mind of the American public. The first is with Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales; the second, with a series of Music Festivals conducted in recent summers by Serge Koussevitzky at the country place that bears the same name." Thus the author begins the story of the famous Berkshire Music Festival, which has attracted thousands of Americans every summer since it was started in 1934. The author, whose love of music and literature are matched with an unassuming learning and with, takes us from the days when Hawthorne and Melville met as strangers near Stockbridge during a violent thunderstorm, and delightfully brings us to the present, when, under the inspired direction of Serge Koussevitzky, the name Tanglewood has come to stand not only for a kind of American Salzburg but also as a vital symbol of those elements of civilization for which the free peoples of the world have been struggling. With music assuming an ever more important place in American life and with transportation again possible, the thousands who already have visited Tanglewood and those unable to do so during the war will find Mr. Howe's book not only of genuine interest in itself but a keepsake to add to the memories of the Festival that has made Tanglewood a great mecca of music. |
| General note | "Festival programmes": pages 75-98. |
| Bibliography note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 46006037 |